[CQ-Contest] Rules off the table ?

[Cqtestk4xs at aol.com]

It can be a challenge, just like winning the ARRLDX or CQWW is from  
anywhere other than 1, 2 or 3 land is.  However, guys in W6 land make do  and have 
different goals other than 1st place.  
 
It can be a challenge for stations other than in the south to win ARRL 10  
meters.  However, guys in W7 enter and set different goals than 1st  place.
 
The 370 or so guys I worked in SS phone from W1, W2 and W3 show that  
despite the disadvantage, they had no problem firing up the rig and having  fun.
 
I won SS this year as a U station and have gotten close several times as a  
B station.  I intend to keep participating with nr 1 as a goal in the  
contest.  It makes the win more special when a contest is skewed.
 
Admittedly it takes a great station and an experienced op to do  it.  But 
then again, it takes a great station and experienced op to win  almost any of 
the major contests anymore.
 
Bill K4XS/KH7XS 
 
 
In a message dated 2/6/2013 11:39:01 A.M. Coordinated Universal Time,  
richnn3w at verizon.net writes:

On  2/4/2013 2:47 PM, Cqtestk4xs at aol.com wrote:
> I won this year in SOAB U  phone.
>

K1TO won B in 1998; KM9P in 1992; and W2GD in  1978.

> CW: W2TZ, WA3DSZ, W2GD (ALL A OR B) 70-89
> SSB W4AAA,  K1BX, N4PN, K4VUD,N4PN, K4XS (ALL A OR B CLASS) 90-09

Those are are all  -A- class.  No operator in the Southeast, East, or 
Northeast has won  the "B" category since 1963.  That should tell you  
something.

> SSB: K1EUF, N4MM, K4XS (ALL A OR B CLASS)  70-89
Again, all in the -A- class.

So, in the top level category -  Single op High power - since 1970, there 
have been 84 opportunities for  stations on the east coast to win 
Sweepstakes.  It has happened a  total of three times.  And two of those 
times involved stations in  the deep south east.  In other words, W2GD is 
the only station in my  neck of the woods who has won Sweepstakes.  I 
think that's a pretty  telling sign that winning Sweeps on the East coast 
is a major  challenge.  Kind of like winning CQWW from California.

73 Rich  NN3W
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