Charles for years the contesting community down under has said we cant compete
with the Hawaiians for Oceania -
Recently from the antipodes the ZL8X team did just that - competed and broke
the Oceania MM record - why ? They had very good ops, a good location and even
better antenna.
There are only a handful of good stations in Oceania - I am one of the guys
that put together the VK4KW team and we have done heaps of work to get results
and are on constant improvement - there has been two years steady improvement
and at least another two years before we hit our straps..
The scores from 9M6AAC over the years say to me that your neck of the woods is
fine - you just need to make a station that works - just like everyone else
does..
Start with beverages on 160 70 and 40 and work from there - I am sure you will
be happy with the results
--- On Mon, 6/12/10, Charles Harpole <k4vud@hotmail.com> wrote:
From: Charles Harpole <k4vud@hotmail.com>
Subject: [CQ-Contest] a little more fairness?
To: "Contest Internet" <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Received: Monday, 6 December, 2010, 10:34 PM
A modest proposal.... Could the contesting community consider cutting some
slack to a neglected part of the contesting world, specifically CQ Zones 22,
26, 27 and 28, South Asia area. I suggest doubling the point count for working
stations in this area from outside the zones.
The reason is that (1) most beams are from NA to EU or the reverse or are on JA
(these headings are a long way from S. Asia usually), (2) many very high power
stations clustered in EU tend to drown out S. Asia to all in EU, (3) the start
time of 0000Z gives very poor first hours to S. Asia stations due to prop at
those hours, and (5) there are just not as many one-hop stations to work within
these and near-by zones and (5) not many stations in S. Asia do contests partly
due to what is listed here.
The playing field is just not flat, not nearly, and looks more like a mountain
between S. Asia and the large collections of contesters in EU and NA. So, I
ask this be considered because it will also liven up contests and add more
challenges. I will certainly encourage S. Asia stations to participate more
and longer.
73, Thanks, HS0ZCW
Charles Harpole
k4vud@hotmail.com
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