[CQ-Contest] SS Question

[Cqtestk4xs at aol.com]

Let me throw my two cents in.  Since I am the high claimed outside of PR and 
VI for the SSB SS, I will wind up right behind WP3R if my nils and busteds 
aren't too bad.  

Yup, I would like to see my score be number one and win the plaque.  We all 
have geographical advantages in whatever contest we are in.  Some of us are 
blessed to live in W1 land for the DX contests.  If someone wants to win SOAB in 
CQWW and lives in W6/W7 he had better buy a plane ticket somewhere because he 
sure as hell isn't going to win living in out west.

In domestic contests the SS world sort of belongs to the boys west of the 
Mississippi.  It is tough to win from W1, W2, W3.  If someone wants to win from 
those areas, they will probably need to buy a plane ticket to VI or PR.  So 
what if the same person buys a plane ticket to the same place year after year?

To me, it's like a modest MM bitching about KC1XX having great ops year after 
year and being able to spend a lot more money on equipment than the little 
guy does.

Just because a guy buys a ticket to a great station year after year, doesn't 
mean he is going to win.  When they finally do come in second, the thrill of 
victory for the new guy is VERY sweet.  Wait 'til next year.....Hope springs 
eternal!

Bill K4XS