I agree that any location in the polar zones is tough. I had thought of JW,
OX, and R1FJ, but figured that their proximity to Europe would offset that a
bit contestwise. In the southern polar zones you are close to little of
anything.
73s John NE0P
---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: "LA5HE Ragnar Otterstad" <la5he@otterstad.dk>
Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2006 12:13:26 +0100
>
>I know that the best contest location has been discussed many times before,
>and I seem to remember that EA8 came out on top. But here is a twist on
>this-what is the worst contesting location, based on propagation, geography,
>rarity, etc.
>
>
>
>
>JW would qualify I think. I once operated ARRL contest there and the sigs
>went from S0 to S9 within seconds on 40 meters !
>
>PLUS the Aurora Borealis which may render the whole spectrum dead for days
>!!!
>
>
>73
>
>" RAG " Ragnar Otterstad LA5HE JW5HE OZ8RO
>
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>
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>www.visittelemark.com for more details.
>
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