[CQ-Contest] Proposed contest rules

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In 30 years how many times has that happened?  In 30 years what is the 
percentage of Atlantic/East Coast winners compared to the rest of the 
field.  I suspect these numbers strongly favor the East Coast/Atlantic 
region.

Out West the propagation gods from time to time will throw us an acorn 
but it is pretty rare.

On 5/25/2015 7:32 AM, Steve London wrote:
> Gee, I know of someone 2000 miles from the Atlantic who won the USA in 
> SOAB, CQWW Phone, 2013. By your definition, Jim, I guess he was just a 
> non-competitor. Maybe he should send the plaque back to PVRC, its 
> sponsor, so they can award it to a worthy competitor.
>
> Dripping with sarcasm (in case anyone couldn't deduce that),
> Steve, N2IC
>
> On 05/24/2015 03:43 PM, Jim Brown wrote:
>> On Sun,5/24/2015 1:04 PM, Randy Thompson K5ZD wrote:
>>> There is a desire among the competitor class that they are competing 
>>> on a
>>> level playing field.
>>
>> This is completely false, Randy. And you've left out the
>> "contest-defining" class that tilts the playing field strongly to their
>> own benefit, namely those stations around the Atlantic basin. Those
>> having a station within that area have the opportunity to join that
>> competitor class. Those who do not but would like to compete are in the
>> "ruled-out of being a competitor" class by virtue of scoring rules that
>> make them non-competitve based on propagation to where they live.
>>
>> 73, Jim K9YC
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