Topband: DXCC Fairness

[W0MU Mike Fatchett]

What we usually here is some east coast guy.....Hi Bob nice to work you 
again on topband for the upteenth time this week.  Just wanted to let 
you know that you are still 20 over 9 here.  Any luck working the west 
coast....................................

Mike W0MU

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On 9/19/2012 4:31 PM, Jim F. wrote:
> Excellent observations on DXCC from the East Coast.
> I think all Atlantic Coasters should operate QRP -  Just to make it fair.
>   
> jim / W1FMR
>
> --- On Wed, 9/19/12, mstangelo at comcast.net <mstangelo at comcast.net> wrote:
>
>
> From: mstangelo at comcast.net <mstangelo at comcast.net>
> Subject: Re: Topband: DXCC Fairness
> To: jim at audiosystemsgroup.com
> Cc: "'TopBand'" <topband at contesting.com>
> Date: Wednesday, September 19, 2012, 2:36 PM
>
>
> 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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