[CQ-Contest] Xtreme category, catch 22

[David Gilbert]

I agree ... to a point.  Individual stations who compete under the 
Xtreme category essentially compete against each other, and their 
existence isn't (in my opinion) likely to kill the sport of radio 
contesting any more than computer chess tournaments (i.e., IBM's Big 
Blue) have diminished the playing of chess among humans.  That assumes, 
of course, that stations using things like remote receivers admit to 
such when they declare their entry category, but the same caveat holds 
for stations running high power.

Unfortunately, and incomprehensibly to me, the CQ Contest Committee saw 
fit to allow Xtreme category scores to be grouped into the club scores, 
and for that there is no protective segregation.  Being heard in Europe 
from here on the west coast is not especially difficult, but hearing 
Europeans calling through the east coast QRM can be almost impossible 
for long stretches on any band.  A west coast club with remote receivers 
in Europe would have a HUGE advantage in the club category if very many 
of its members elected to use it.

73,
Dave   AB7E



Sandy Taylor wrote:
>
> And if you're not in Xtreme, you're not competing against the Xtremists, so
> it's not like you have to try and beat a guy with receivers on every
> continent.
>
> The other categories remain untouched by this, and will remain, in my
> opinion, relatively unscathed by the few who attempt to compete for the
> Xtreme prize.
>
>