Topband: Atlantic Basin Scoring

[Tod]

Jim:

You certainly pick the interesting dragons( windmills) Don Quixote .

Once upon a time when I was the editor of NCJ I had the temerity to suggest we should explore an alternative to the, then current scoring,  to reduce the Atlantic Basin advantage. Got a lot of responses. The kindest ( and most perceptive ) suggested I should move my QTH if the scoring was an issue for me.

I have reflected on that in later years and come to agree with that assessment. Simple rules seem to work best. There are some folks who do change jobs and venues with an eye toward a better Contest QTH. Most of the rest of us have made peace with 'life as it is' . 

I have to admit Jim, I am really envious of your 100 foot plus Redwoods available for dipole hanging. I don't think I will be moving to CA anytime soon, however.

Good luck on your quest for the "impossible dream" and say Hi to Sancho Panza when next you see him.

Best 73,
Tod, K0TO


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> On Feb 25, 2015, at 5:28 PM, Jim Brown <jim at audiosystemsgroup.com> wrote:
> 
>> On Wed,2/25/2015 3:26 PM, john wrote:
>> are actually physically there--they are not in my opinion , hired guns, that description  is unnecessarily unkind and  incorrect , in my opinion, they are operating  radio(s) on site..on site being the key
>> I appreciate the efforts of  w3lpl's et al stations  and their efforts... Other than you having an  apparent  issue with big gun stations and club ,   the (your), problem is????
> 
> I have no problem at all with it -- indeed, I have participated in several multi-multi and multi-two operations. It's a lot of fun. I'm simply pointing out that K4VV is no more and no less than another of those "team" stations. My own station is pretty decent, and can be set up for two operators in Multi-Single or Multi-Two, and I occasionally entertain guest operators.
> 
>> for the record I am about as far from being a big gun station as you could get..
>>   I guess it is up to each of us to decide  what is right and ethical , but for me, until I am slapped into a nursing home,,, Ill take the on site,(real radio) ,  every time...guess it is personal choices
> 
> Over the last ten years or so, I've done a lot of research, and published a lot of it, about RFI, -- all the RF noise on the ham bands that makes life miserable for guys in most neighborhoods. 10dB over S9 noise is common in a lot of places. And for at least that long, I've been reading tales of woe from guys whose CC&R deed restrictions prohibit them from putting up antennas on their own property!  San Francisco is a city of more than a half million, yet there are virtually no HF ham stations within the city.  Chicago, a city of more than 3 million, had only four guys (including me) active on HF when I moved from there in 2006, and our stations were quite modest.
> 
> I think you, and a lot of others who have wailed and wrung your hands about this,  have very closed minds.  What, exactly, is your problem with those guys, and there are many thousands of them stuck in that situation, operating a station remotely?  Should they be relegated to shack on a belt operation on the local repeater?
> 
> What I DO strongly object to are contest scoring rules for virtually major DX contests that give a 20:1 advantage to the good old boys gathered around the Atlantic basin.
> 
> 73, Jim K9YC
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