Topband: The East Coast Advantage

[Dennis OConnor]

Given the propagation characteristics of Topband along with the uneven distribution of DX entities, it is not possible to make a level playing field for the East coast versus the West coast under the current contest structure...
The East coast's proximity to Europe has a double advantage in that the countries in Europe are numerous and small and roughly the same distance from the East coast...  Many of what they call countries over there would barely make a decent county in North America - and they are densely packed together...
The West coast has less ham population and far fewer DX entities within the same 4500 mile radius that the East has...  Nothing can change this, so the rules have to change... If Contesting is to survive the next 25 years, the rules will have to center upon distance as the scoring multiplier, not the DX entity...

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