[CQ-Contest] Be careful

[i4jmy]

With all the respect, aiming for an equal setup is not only a pie in
the sky but also off the ham spirit. Ham radio and contesting is not
only keying a pad or speaking into a microphone and having good ears.
This is what happens during the contest but the "work" and operator
learning (skill) had started long time before, and requires much more,
hardware and studies.
We all know that any station is different from another likewise any
location has its own propagation. Any location, even close to another
like in a WRTC can suffer of local QRM or because enviromental
obstacles, or position, etc.
Playing with a tribander and wires is different than using a 4 square
on 160 and stacked arrays on 40m and above. Forty eight hours of huge
pileup are a different story than only few hours, and a 48 hours
pileup doesn't exist, unless in peculiar locations. The strategy rely
on setup and available conditions, not only on the human factor.
Big antenna farms, experience on own setup or bands, sophisticated MM
setups or big efforts on choosing strategical locations are fully part
of the game called contesting.
Cheating or beeing hypocrite is instead a matter of own behaviour.

73,
Mauri I4JMY