[CQ-Contest] Worst contesting location?

Zack Widup w9sz at prairienet.org
Wed Jan 18 10:23:18 EST 2006


On Wed, 18 Jan 2006, lew wrote:

>      I'd suggest that the worst place to contest from would be South 
> Sandwich Island. Several reasons would be:  the most remote location to 
> get to and from, No close encampment of people,  Terrible weather, 
> creatures in the water that will eat you if you fall in, zero 
> infrastructure (you bring 100% of what you need), some days of zero 
> propagation, and living in the poo of  hundreds of thousands of penguins 
> that are extremely smelly and perversly loud at all times...not to 
> mention being alert for charging bull seals when you innocently go to 
> the designated spot to relieve yourself. 

Didn't Captain Cook say something to the effect that the South Sandwich 
was the most disgusting place on earth he'd seen?

73, Zack W9SZ



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