[CQ-Contest] Is the wpx a prefix test or dx contest?

[David Gilbert]

I thought it was obvious that I meant the difference between Georgia and 
Massachusetts was minor compared to the difference between either of 
them relative (as in the word "relatively" that I used in my post) to 
most of the rest of the U.S. ... or anywhere else, for that matter.

73,
Dave   AB7E



On 5/7/2013 1:25 PM, Cqtestk4xs at aol.com wrote:
> I'm not for changing the rules but.........
>   
> If one thinks the difference in propagation relatively minor you haven't
> operated from both places.  I had a friend come down from W2 land years ago
> and worked in the WAE CW.  He was listening on 80 and wanted to know when
> the EU stations got loud.  I told him that was as loud as they usually  get.
>   
> In the winter K1s can run EU almost 24 hours a day on 40 for CQWW.   Try
> that from here.
>   
> I'm not saying we don't have advantages, but we do NOT have pretty much the
>   same prop as K1 does.
>   
> My previous post summed up SE strategy, work quantity and not  quality.  It
> worked for me this year.
>   
> Bill K4XS/KH7XS
>   
> In a message dated 5/7/2013 8:15:54 P.M. Coordinated Universal Time,
> xdavid at cis-broadband.com writes:
>   
> In any  case I suspect
> that many of us not living on the east coast find the  distinction
> between Georgia and Massachusetts to be relatively  minor
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