On Thu, 29 Jan 1998, Kirk H Pengelly wrote:
> Watching this debate, I've yet to see anyone say that they would pull up
> stakes and move to the upper mid-west (ie: RF's Black hole).
Yep. No doubt the closer you get to WB0O, the worse chance you have in
doing well in a DX contest. I think everyone here, with a few clueless
exceptions, understand this fact.
Personally I marvel at the acomplishments of guys like W9JA, W9RE, N2IC
& other midwesterners who continue to brave the all band categories and
still manage to make a box.
Kudos to the contest organizers of the CQWW and ARRL DX for breaking out
geographic areas in the writeups. In my estimation, the winner of Zone
5 should get no more attention than the winner for Zone 3. We should
all be as impressed with N6IG's zone 3 win as we are with K1AR's zone 5
win for CQWW.
73
Bill, W4AN
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