I'd love to see this happen. To me, if you can work a guy in Oceania
or Asia, that ought to be worth more points than working EA8. I think
it'd add a nice dynamic to the contest and it would be most
interesting to see how this would change the top of the boards.
Of course, it's easy for me to say that since I don't ever expect to
be amongst the world leaders from from my station!
-Todd/KN4QD
On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 1:55 PM, W4SVO <w4svo at att.net> wrote:
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> From: W4SVO
> Sent: Wednesday, June 15, 2011 1:51 PM
> To: ns3t at arrl.net
> Subject: ARRL Dx Contest
>
> Hi Jamie, Hope all is well with you. Here is my take on this subject. It
> gets kinda of old seeing the same multi stations winning year after year. If
> ARRL was to use distance as a system to gives points per QSO, then the
> playing field would level out to where the guys farther south, and in the
> midwest would actually have a chance in being competitive. Take NR5M, lots
> of money invested in big antennas, never going to win though, too far away!
> NQ4I , very good contest station, but too far south ! NR4M? in Virginia,
> even they can not crack the top 3. So this is why some old contest stations
> are no longer competing, N4RJ, W4MYA and others. They know they can not
> compete with the NE Boys, only K3LR can compete. So this discourages people
> from operating these contests, cause they can never win! I read what VY2ZM
> wrote. He? has spent a lot of time and investment in his station on PEI. He
> also knows that through the years he has seen how well VE1ZZ, Jack has done
> from his location. He also knows that his location is optimal for working
> dx contests. He is the closest to Europe!! This is why ops from Europe go to
> EA8, CU2, CT3 and northern Africa, because this is the best location in the
> world, close to Europe and straight across the water to USA! I know that by
> leveling the playing field more people would want to participate. I hope
> that the rules will be changed. Now we will be able to see who the really
> great operators are, not just the ones closest to Europe. Mark W4SVO
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