Topband: Fw: Re: The East Coast Advantage

[Julius Fazekas]

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Julius Fazekas
N2WN

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--- On Wed, 10/28/09, Julius Fazekas <phriendly1 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> From: Julius Fazekas <phriendly1 at yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: Topband: The East Coast Advantage
> To: "Jim Brown" <jim at audiosystemsgroup.com>
> Date: Wednesday, October 28, 2009, 6:45 PM
> 
> > And even 
> > then, W3DQ managed to come through loud and clear to
> work
> > me in the middle of a JA run.
> 
> W3DQ runs HP, not sure what he has for antennas, so
> difficult to make any real determination. I figure the bulk
> of most peoples QSOs are with LP folks with less than grand
> antennas. Do you hear us when we call and you're running
> Asia? 
> 
> > 
> > Yes, the west coast has a distinct advantage in
> working
> > into the 
> > Pacific -- JA, VK, ZL, and so on. There are sometimes
> a lot
> > of JAs 
> > to work -- I think I've worked as many as 70 or 80 in
> a 160
> > contest 
> > -- but only one multiplier, and there are not very
> many
> > stations on 
> > topband in other countries.  An equal number of
> EU/AF
> > Qs would yield 
> > at least two dozen mults. There are a LOT more
> country
> > multipliers 
> > in Europe and Africa, and there are a LOT more active
> hams
> > than in 
> > the Pacific Rim. You're also a lot closer to the
> Carribean,
> > which is 
> > another cluster of multipliers, but thanks to QRN, it
> can
> > take a lot more signal to get through to them. 
> 
> I definitely agree we have more multipliers closer to us
> and many with more than a few contesters playing in an
> event. I don't see a means to compensate for that reality,
> even with distance thrown into the mix. Maybe that's part of
> the equation in ARRL160 using sections, but still the Mid to
> Eastern parts of the US and Canada have the numbers. It's a
> heck of a lot easier for me to work RI than LAX, maybe for
> you as well, but if I miss both of those I might pick up say
> 6W and IS easier than you would get DE and NS. Maybe sub
> dividing the Western States? You'd still have to get the
> hams into those areas. We're REALLY lucky to have a couple
> active hams in WY, MT and the Dakotas. I've often ran
> Wyoming, by working KO7X. I'll bet you can come up with a
> couple hours with a half dozen Tennessee stations logged.
> 
> Have the same problems with the various Asian contests. For
> me a good performance has been a dozen JA QSOs... The West
> Coast may be in for a better than average season, seems like
> I've heard guys out there working EU and EU wasn't even ESP
> in Tn. Hope so, there's a few folks I'd like to see have a
> LOT of fun and win.
> 
> Contests will favor population centers.
> 
> 73,
> Julius
> 
> 
> Julius Fazekas
> N2WN
> 
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> 
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