On Thu, Apr 07, 2005 at 11:09:22AM -0400, ku8e@bellsouth.net wrote:
> No disrespect to my Canadian contesting friends but why does Canada
> need to be considered the same as a US state in ARRL sponsored contests....
> ...You have a "huge" advantage if you could
> run EU below 14150 and in the clear as compared to fighting for the
> band edge like the big S/O and M/M US stations do. Don't even get me
> started on 40 meter phone.
*sigh*
Let's examine this assertion that Canadians have a huge advantage in the
ARRL International DX Contest, Phone, W/VE competition.
There are thirteen entries categories. In the phone contest, how many
of the W/VE records for these categories are held by Canadian stations?
One. (see http://www.arrl.org/contests/results/intldx-rec.html)
Category Area Call Score Year
----------------------------------------------------
SOHP W1 KQ2M 6,586,785 2002
SOLP W4 K4XS 3,186,945 2001
SOQP W2 K1ZM 1,917,510 2001
SOSB/10 W4 W4ZV 981,837 2000
SOSB/15 W8 K8DX 1,239,540 2000
SOSB/20 VE6 VE6WQ (@ VE6JY) 933,525 2004
SOSB/40 W4 K4XS 268,761 2004
SOSB/80 W3 KQ3V 156,216 1996
SOSB/160 W1 K1ZM 34,380 1996
SO/A W1 KI1G 5,790,720 2000
M/S W1 K5ZD 6,730,380 2000
M/2 W1 K1AR 11,435,802 2000
M/M W1 KC1XX 19,610,580 2000
If the Canadians have such a huge advantage over their American
competition in this contest, wouldn't you expect them to hold all
the contest records? What about 40 meters? The Canadian record
for SOSB/40 is only 62,622 points (also from an operation at
VE6JY, clearly the ideal contest location!) That's only 23% as
high as the W/VE record, and lower than _any_ U.S. call district
record.
How often do Canadian stations win any of the 13 entry categories
in the DX phone contest?
Canadian victories in the ARRL DX Phone Contest
-----------------------------------------------
2004: 2 out of 13 categories
2003: 1 out of 13 categories
2002: 2 out of 13 categories
2001: 0 out of 13 categories
2000: 0 out of 13 categories
1999: 0 out of 13 categories
1998: 1 out of 13 categories
1997: 1 out of 13 categories
Basically, Canadians win category victories in the ARRL DX Phone
contest about as frequently as do stations from the U.S. west coast or
Texas.
So, why are we complaining? Because one Canadian station has managed
repeat victories in one entry category?
--
Kenneth E. Harker WM5R
kenharker@kenharker.com
http://www.kenharker.com/
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