[CQ-Contest] Proposed rules changes

[David Siddall]

May everyone understand the underlying truth of what you say.

Order of priorities to maximize contest score:

1. location;
2. antennas;
3. operator; and only then,
4. equipment.

IMHO,  one could use an 1970's-era "C" line with matching L4B to win CQWW
from Cape Cod, provided that points 2 and 3 are maximized.  (We might find
out soon, if rumors that VY2ZM/K1ZM soon may be successful in selling his
PEI QTH.  Although he does use "modern" equipment.)

How many with dipoles (or a tribander or HEX beam) at 40 feet complain that
"XXX" must have cheated to beat them with 100 watts?

73, Dave k3ZJ



On Thu, May 21, 2015 at 3:48 PM, Herbert Schoenbohm <
herbert.schoenbohm at gmail.com> wrote:

> I remember when Chip Margelli, K7JA visited me in the Virgin Islands
> bringing along his FT-101EE. Using my call running 100 watts Chip won first
> place in both ARRL Phone and CW
> sweepstakes the same year.  This was a feat never ever accomplished
> before.   He won with a good combination of circumstances, great op, great
> location, and then a rare multiplier.  Chip used paper logs, paper dupe
> sheets, and good antennas from my shack out on a peninsula with the ocean
> 50'  below a cliff where the beams were on a tower.  Everything helped Chip
> out but not as much as his determination to get the job done.
>
>
> Herb Schoenbohm, KV4FZ
>
> On 5/21/2015 1:00 PM, Jim Brown wrote:
>
>> On Wed,5/20/2015 12:54 PM, Mike Ritz, W7VO wrote:
>>
>>> Top scorers are required to submit logs with accurate frequencies." is
>>> not warranted, and is an an undue burden to those of us that like to dust
>>> off the "C" line or some other piece of vintage gear to do some serious
>>> contesting!
>>>
>>
>> Let's be realistic. Those dusting off the old "C" line are unlikely to be
>> a top scorer. :)
>>
>> 73, Jim K9YC
>>
>>
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