[CQ-Contest] SS from KP4

[Bill Coleman AA4LR]

On 5/7/99 15:10, Patrick Barkey at pbarkey at gw.bsu.edu wrote:

>What's the ethical difference between operating SS
>from KP4 and operating a DX contest from W1?

Well, there's no huge geographical advantage from KP4 for SS. Typically, 
someone in the midwest wins SS, not KP4. Indeed, KP4 can be fraught with 
dangers.

In 1989, I won division leader for low power SSB SS from GA. That's the 
Southeastern division, which inclides KP4/KP2. I didn't even make the top 
ten. Of course, the guys down in KP4/KP2 were all putting the pieces back 
together after Hugo....

KP4/KP2 can have rather tough propagation into the population centers of 
the states (ie 1, 2 and 3-land). It's mostly on the higher bands, and 
those in the target area with beams are most likely pointed west, not 
south. The middle states of the country do better, because they have 
better propagation into the population centers on the low bands.

Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASEL        Mail: aa4lr at radio.org
Quote: "Not within a thousand years will man ever fly!"
            -- Wilbur Wright, 1901

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