[CQ-Contest] WRTC Qualifying

[rjairam at gmail.com]

If we are talking about WRTC qualification, does it really matter if you
get high scores in a contest? It only matters that you score higher than
those in your qualifying area.

Up here I’m not competing with you.

Ria
N2RJ

On Sun, Jul 8, 2018 at 8:04 PM Bill via CQ-Contest <
cq-contest at contesting.com> wrote:

> Come on Bob, being in Al or FL is an advantage to work JA and VK, true.
> However, no way can it make up for the multitude of countries and QSOs that
> are available  in EU, especially on 160 and 80.  I'm only 4000 miles from
> JA out here in KH6, and would gladly exchange the NY EU runs for my much
> slower JA, BY, YB, HS runs from KH6.  The quantity is just not there, even
> with my outstanding location.
>
>
> You forgot one other thing too.  Being in AL or FL means that we get
> almost one hour less darkness at the end of Oct and Nov to get all those
> 40, 80 and 160 mults and countries.  Even the ARRL DX contests have that
> issue.  The only time AL, FL have equal darkness is for WPX SSB.  And no,
> the extra hour of light is not a big deal for AL/FL on 10, 15 or 20
> especially at this point of the cycle.
>
>
> I once had a big time contester come down from NY to do a multi-single.
> He listened on 80 and wanted to know when the signals got better/stronger.
> I broke the news to him.  That was a strong as they got.  He was quite
> disappointed.  End of story.
>
>
> Bill K4XS/KH7XS
>
> .  The same way that being in Alabama should provide a BIG advantage vs.
> New England to working Japan, Southeast Asia, UA9/0 and the Pacific even
> though there are not as many stations to work.I’m sure that 100 miles North
> or South makes a big difference on some DX paths in Alabama too but that it
> is less noticeable until that 100 miles gives you a nice water path
> somewhere and then you will REALLY notice the difference.
>
>
>
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