Qualifying should be based on the same philosophy. An excellent operator
using a typical home station will never outperform someone in the same
region driving a contest superstation. Perhaps there should be score
reductions based on antenna height and number of elements?
Ed VE4EAR
Couldn't agree more Ed.
I see all the complaints about EU zones, NA contests, weighting of contests
, assisted vs. unassisted etc. etc. but every one
of those can be overcome to some degree. Work harder, learn to use the
cluster , play in contests with low rate and scores.etc.
There is one sticky wicket though:
How can a guy with a tribander, vertical and inverted vees ever even HOPE
to compete against stations with huge
multiple stacks or high gain antennas on all bands? We're talking world
class #1 super stations here, not an added tribander or a single monoband
yagi.
10's if not 100's of thousands of dollars worth of antennas, towers & primo
real estate..I am sure there is probably one in most (but of course not all)
zones.
He can't.
WRTC is not truly a fair competition. Sure, maybe the day of it is, yes,
but to get there you need skill and very deep pockets.
Regards,
Mike VE9AA
Mike, Coreen & Corey
Keswick Ridge, NB
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