[CQ-Contest] ARRL is not my favourite
Barry
w2up at comcast.net
Thu Mar 7 09:22:17 EST 2013
Do all contests need to be the same? Variety is the spice of life.
There are drawbacks in every contest. For example, how dumb is it to
work a Zero point QSO to get a mult (and not be certain that you're
going to be logged, cuz the other station doesn't like his time wasted)?
Barry W2UP
On 3/7/2013 05:10, Doug Turnbull wrote:
> Gentlemen,
>
> The ARRL contest has some drawbacks for those outside the USA. You
> can only work USA and Canada and I do this happily as I am originally from W
> land but there are long periods when propagation is not great so the Q rates
> are not high and the contest less interesting. I would suggest that the
> fact that DX has to work the USA means that many DX stations give the ARRL
> DX contest a miss.
>
> This is the nature of the contest. Sweepstakes is strictly a North
> American contest yet remain popular. The French REF contest allows DX
> stations to participate but the scoring system discourages such operators.
> I suppose the ARRL DX contest is just different as all contests are. For
> me the CQ WW contests are number one followed closely by CQ WPX Contests.
> For Top Band the CQ Stew Perry and CQ WW 160M contests are excellent. The
> ARRL does a great job with its 10M and 160M contests.
>
>
>
> I am a pretty happy camper and just accept that there are differences
> between contests. For a low power station in the USA or Canada, I would
> imagine it is fun to have the rest of the world begging for a QSO. As
> for VE5, you may be isolated but you are very much wanted. Of course
> location affects the scores and so score comparisons are difficult.
>
>
>
> 73 Doug EI2CN
>
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