[CQ-Contest] [FCG] a little more fairness?

[Radio K0HB]

Charlie,

I will gladly trade my QTH in Upper Zone Four, aka The Black Hole, for a 
spot with propagation like you enjoy in any of the 4 zones that you mention.

73, de Hans, K0HB
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> A modest proposal....  Could the contesting community consider cutting
> some slack to a neglected part of the contesting world, specifically CQ
> Zones 22, 26, 27 and 28, South Asia area.  I suggest doubling the point
> count for working stations in this area from outside the zones.
>
> The reason is that (1) most beams are from NA to EU or the reverse or are
> on JA (these headings are a long way from S. Asia usually), (2) many very
> high power stations clustered in EU tend to drown out S. Asia to all in
> EU, (3) the start time of 0000Z gives very poor first hours to S. Asia
> stations due to prop at those hours, and (5) there are just not as many
> one-hop stations to work within these and near-by zones and (5) not many
> stations in S. Asia do contests partly due to what is listed here.
>
> The playing field is just not flat, not nearly, and looks more like a
> mountain between S. Asia and the large collections of contesters in EU and
> NA.  So, I ask this be considered because it will also liven up contests
> and add more challenges.  I will certainly encourage S. Asia stations to
> participate more and longer.
>
> 73, Thanks, HS0ZCW
>
> Charles Harpole
>
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