But there you are at least fairly close by to US/VE and the rest of north
america, which should make getting QSOs fairly easy, especially on the low
bands. I would think the worst contest location would be somewhere where
making any QSO could be kind of difficult. Are the South Shetland Islands
considered rather rare DXwise?
73s John NE0P
----- Original Message -----
From: "Warren C. Stankiewicz" <nf1j@earthlink.net>
To: <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2006 10:03 PM
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Worst contesting location?
> The problem with some of the locations so far suggested is that they're
> either rare or semi-rare; which means at least you've got the chance of
> generating a pileup of not only people in the contest, but other DX-rabid
> operators to add to your score, regardless of where you are or what sort
of
> propagation you have.
>
> I would think the worst contesting locations would be in areas with poor
> propagation and minimal geographic value--say the far northern middle
> sections of Zone 4. Then you have the polar conditions, terrible weather,
> and not as many people need to work far northern Manitoba...
>
> 73,
>
> Warren, NF1J
>
>
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