On 1/26/2025 12:15 PM, Roger Kennedy wrote:
Still, I did manage to work everyone I could hear, a total 0f 42 NA
stations. Best DX was Missouri - didn't hear anyone further west. (didn't
bother calling CQ, as I didn't want to be plagued by EU stations!)
Roger,
I'm disappointed by this attitude, because I find it discourages
contesters with smaller stations, which results in their giving up,
which gives everyone fewer stations to work. With a good station and
high power in Northern California, my multiplier possibilities are US/VE
states and provinces, the Caribbean, South America, Oceania, and Asia.
With a pretty serious operation, I worked 50 state/provinces and 9 DX. I
might have picked up a 4-5 DX mults if I was an early riser to work AS/OC.
Those US/VE states/provinces are the direct equivalent of the UK working
Europe -- the east coast is 2,500-2,800 miles from here. I missed VT and
WV because the stations there didn't want to be bothered with NA
stations, using directional antennas that favor EU and reject most of
NA. And when the path to EU died, they went to bed, rather than listen
for the rest of NA.
For contests to be successful, there must be a lot of stations to work.
With an exchange as simple as this contest, how can it be a burden to
work local stations? If nothing else, it builds operating skills to
work more stations more quickly! Often, I'll spend time in a contest
just to give others another station to work.
73, Jim K9YC
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