[CQ-Contest] level playing field and the 2 point "exception"

[Jim Brown]

Bill,

As much as I respect the fine stations that you've been able to build, I 
don't know who the "us" is in your first sentence. Most of the "us" that 
includes me build stations where we live, which is usually determined by 
factors unrelated to ham radio. Is your "us" the 1% with all the money 
in the world? I don't believe that contesting rules should favor those 
with money to build any station anywhere, and I believe that contesting 
will be stronger and healthier if they does not.

Contest scoring rules that leave 95% of the world's hams out of the game 
are simply not good for contesting. Your example of WAE is completely 
out of context. I'm talking about contests that are CALLED WorldWide, 
and ARRL DX contests that should be inclusive of members living 
anywhere, but are not.

73, Jim K9YC

On Mon,5/25/2015 7:49 PM, K4XS via CQ-Contest wrote:
> Most of us choose our QTH.  When we decide to operate from a  certain part
> of the world, we accept the advantages and  disadvantages.
>   
> Those who choose to operate on the southern islands just north of  zone 9
> accept the fact that NA contacts are only two pointers even though just a
> couple of hundred miles to the southwest P4 gets to count them as three
> pointers.
>   
> Likewise I know that I can't be as competitive as a K1 in  CQWW.  I chose
> the QTH and live with it.   When I lived out on  KH6, there was no way I
> could beat guys on ZF/8P etc for the ARRL DX.   However, it was my choice to
> operate from there....no bitching from me about the  rules.
>   
> For guys out on KH6, DARC's WAE contest is a contest where we could  never
> win.  I didn't expect the guys in Germany to change the rules because  EU
> was 8000 miles away from KH6.
>   
> Like any sport, if you don't like the way the game is played, don't  play.
> The contest sponsors  will know if the contest is a dud and  will change
> the rules.  If you don't like the way a certain QTH plays in a  contest, we
> are always free to QSY permanently or temporarily to a new QTH to  negate the
> QTH disadvantage.
>   
> Contesting is supposed to be fun.  When a certain contest is  not, I turn
> off the radio and do something else.
>   
> By the way, KH7XS is a definite go, and I expect to be operating  from a
> QTH less than a mile away from my old place by this time next year..even
> though WAE win is only in my dreams.
>   
> K4XS/KH7XS