[Mldxcc] Fw: [NCCC] ARRL 10M

[Bill Haddon]

​N1DID wrote:
>​ I know it's very difficult to ever win 10M and above contests because
1/2 our gridsquares are in a big ocean but on the other hand, we have Japan
:-)

from last year's ARRL 10m in Medium category:

Club                           # logs     Tot score
1. Frankford Radio Club      32           14,018,274
2. Arizona Outlaws Contest Club  42   14,012,518

10.  MLDXCC                             24     4,928,000

MLDXCC scores from last year
​suggest that with a serious push maybe 5,000,000 additional points could
have been added fairly easily, for a 3rd place finish.  True, a given
Western station if transplanted to the E coast will do a bit better. .  but
with numbers of logs and solid efforts W coast can do well.  50 logs would
help!

To their credit, NCCC did not drop 3 logs and enter in Medium cagtegory
(they would have won).  Unfortunately, the large clubs are allowed to do
that within competition rules.

Regarding multipliers:  Better Eu from East Coast but
​compensate by higher difficulty for small Eastern stns in urban areas to
work nearby states.
​These stns will lose mults; loss of nearby by state mults is less
important in West, especially because many MLDXCC stations in rural,  quiet
areas.

In 2013, running low power, I was 2nd for MLDXCC and only a little behind
W1SRD.

There's limited or no interest from NCCC.  I'
​ll support an MLDXCC effort again this year and will of course toss a few
points in the ring.

For 10m I'll again toss up a 2nd fixed beam for US only to optimize Eu and
NA early in the day, and JA/US in the closing hours.

73 Bill n6zfo