Topband: DXCC Fairness

[n8ie at woh.rr.com]

That's the truth!
I like to dabble in UHF\VHF contesting. A good weekend may net me a 150 - 200 Q's between 6M and 70cm, I see posts from 2 landers with 500-600 Q's.

Run what you can, make the most of it, and have fun!

73
Dan, N8IE

---- k2qmf at juno.com wrote: 
> 
> LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION !!!!
> 
>  
> On Wed, 19 Sep 2012 14:57:05 -0400 <n8ie at woh.rr.com> writes:
> > The heck with it all, if you hear it, that's good enough.
> > Free 5 Band DXCC for everyone!
> > 
> > Or better yet, the much coveted D-Star DXCC Award. Ohhhhhhhhhhh
> > 
> > ---- mstangelo at comcast.net wrote: 
> > > Jim,
> > > 
> > > You can't have your cake and eat it. The West coast has nicer 
> > weather than the East coast but the left coast ocean is larger...
> > > 
> > > Maybe there should be an award based on Grid Squares.
> > > 
> > > Mike N2MS
> > > 
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: Jim Brown <jim at audiosystemsgroup.com>
> > > To: 'TopBand' <topband at contesting.com>
> > > Sent: Wed, 19 Sep 2012 17:17:35 -0000 (UTC)
> > > Subject: Topband: DXCC Fairness
> > > 
> > > Talk about DXCC fairness -- it's FAR easier to work DXCC with a 
> > modest 
> > > station anywhere around the Atlantic, or within 1000 km of it, 
> > than it 
> > > is from the Pacific.  I've got a very nice antenna farm and have 
> > taken 
> > > the time to become a competitive contester, but I am almost never 
> > able 
> > > to work DXCC in a weekend contest, all bands combined. But guys on 
> > the 
> > > east coast consider it trivially easy. The difference is 
> > especially 
> > > striking on Topband -- there are often openings from EU to eastern 
> > NA, 
> > > whereas we might HEAR a dozen signals a YEAR out here in 
> > California.  It 
> > > took me four years to work 100 countries on 160, and two years 
> > later I'm 
> > > at 125. I haven't heard EU for two years.
> > > 
> > > 73, Jim K9YC
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