Gerry Hull windev@netmarket.com of W2SZ M/M fame wrote:
> CU2QSO is not going to impact who is in the top ten.
Only captive rovers provide that level of score increasing power!!!
http://lists.contesting.com/pipermail/vhfcontesting/2002-June/000722.html
Joe Taylor joe at Princeton.EDU of WSJT fame wrote:
> It has to do with the effect of club-oriented Rovers on the
> total scores of their "home clubs".
> Ev, W2EV: you most likely know all (or nearly all) of the people
> who have used CU2QSO in recent contests. Would you care to let
> us know who they might be, and what club(s) they might be
> affiliated with?
Yes those darn "club-oriented" rovers - Is that the PC term these days? Anyone
ever ask of W2SZ that same affiliation question? Ever wonder how one can
acquire hundreds of QSOs on 1296 & up when the closest competition only logs a
small fraction (5-30%). Its unfortunate the contest writeups never go so far
as to address these phenomenal numbers :( At least now we can gain some
insight into the tremendous gaps using the ARRL web scoreboard. Using June
2002 numbers of SZ vs. closest competitions Q's:
6/02 SZ vs. Closest
1.2G 176 vs. 64
2.3G 124 vs. 44
3.4G 105 vs. 28
5.7G 96 vs. 21
10G 78 vs. 30
24G 35 vs. 2
And its no wonder with numbers like these that there are those who complain to
the ARRL (and seemingly sway the tide) whenever there is a request to make the
competition logs public or create some sort of opt in-out program. Here was a
noble attempt:
http://www.wm7d.net/az_proj/az_html/vhf_qth_net.txt
Like showing a log would be giving away some sort of trade secret....yea right.
I would more over guess that the secret is the right combination of ops,
equipment and location. Oh yes, and "club-oriented" rovers.
Give it up suckers....hehe
W2SZ & 'SZ squatters rule!(?)
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