[CQ-Contest] SS Question

[Grillo's]

Well said, Leigh.

But, watch out for Steve, N2IC.  Next year's results could top them all!
Look at his recent SSCW results from Colorado, Wyoming, and New
Mexico.....Well built 2-tower stations with stacked beams.

His new construction project in Silver City looks like a daunting task, but
looks like a perfect spot to set new records....good luck Steve, your
efforts are setting a new standard!

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Leigh S. Jones" <kr6x at kr6x.com>
To: <cq-contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, November 21, 2003 7:43 PM
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] SS Question


> First of all, imagine that you love to operate contests, and really
> enjoy winning.
>
> Next, imagine operating the SS year after year from your station
> in the continental US/VE.  Imagine winning 130 million in the
> Pennsylvania Lotto.  You build up your station -- spend all the
> money it takes.  You buy just the right property, you buy 5
> 120-foot Big Bertha's and stack dozens of big monoband yagis.
> You win the contest year after year from the continental US/VE.
>
> Now, isn't your victory nothing but a hollow victory?  I mean,
> after all, you've spent more money in pursuit of victory than any
> other ham in history, and it was sheer dumb luck that you could.
>
> Seems to me that you're missing the point here.  Everyone who
> contests can take credit for his accomplishments, even if the
> score is only a few hundred QRP contacts, and even if the
> score is an outright victory from a fine station.
>
> Frankly, it isn't all that easy to go to Puerto Rico or the Virgin
> Islands and win the SS.  If it was, then you'd see five or six
> West Indies stations topping the SS top 10 every year.  In
> fact, to win SS from DX requires that you combine a fine
> station and a fine operator.  Anything less than a real fine
> station won't cut it from DX in the SS.
>
> If the WP3R station and operator combination were moved
> to the Gulf Coast somewhere, the contact total would perhaps
> be down a bit, but it looks to me as if it would still be good
> for a victory (I assume here that someone doesn't fill the
> void from Puerto Rico).
>
> The reason WP3R dominates is that we're seeing a truly
> quality combination of QTH, OP, and ANTENNAS, just
> as we saw when a series of fine operators went to KP4RF
> years ago.  It's not because it's real easy from DX.  You
> have to remember the incident around 20 years ago when
> a fine operator with about 10 recent SS first place finishes
> (K7VPF/K7JA) went to a fine DX station (KV4FZ) that
> was only slightly down from the standards of antenna
> building that WP3R and KV4FZ have set (stuff like big
> yagi stacks on all the important bands) only to come in
> second behind W0TR with W0UA operating.
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <K5NZ at aol.com>
> To: <cq-contest at contesting.com>
> Sent: Friday, November 21, 2003 12:34 PM
> Subject: [CQ-Contest] SS Question
>
>
> > Can someone tell me why anyone would go outside the continental
> US/VE year
> > after year to win SS ?  I truly don't understand it.  I can see
> going and doing
> > it for the fun of being DX one time but every year?  And if it is
> for the
> > winning aspect, the true competition is being first from continental
> US/VE ?  A
> > win from DX is nothing but a hollow victory.  Maybe I'm missing
> something here?
> >
> > nz
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