The top scores in CQWW have always been by guest operators. Some recent
examples W2GD, AA3B, N6MJ, N2NT, CT1BOH etc from either Caribbean or Africa. If
you've never done this don't knock it. I can tell you these guys don't just
show up and operate. They also spend a substantial amount of time doing antenna
and other work beforehand to prepare for a contest.As far as remote operation
that can have challenges as well. When operating remote stations you have some
limitations on what you can do with the equipment. Plus some of these stations
are unmanned so you can't fix stuff on the fly when a problem occurs. Many
times you might be one problem away from ending your contest weekend.Jeff KU8E
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-------- Original message --------From: john@kk9a.com Date: 10/5/20 10:38 AM
(GMT-05:00) To: cq-contest@contesting.com Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Question
about category There may be some advantage to being a guest op. The top three
SOAB scores in the last CQWW CW contest were made by guest ops and the top US
score was also a guest op.John KK9AK9MA wrote:How about the guest operator who
shows up before the contest for asingle-op operation, while the host spends the
weekend fixing things thego wrong? With remote operation, the guest op doesn't
even have toactually be there.Personally, I've always just disregarded guest op
scores when comparingthem to my own.73,Scott
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