Topband: CQ Zones

[Jim Thomson]

You folks using CW have a HUGE advantage over the  SSB  operator. 
And  folks using a remote  RX  have a  bigger advantage over everybody.
And hams, who live on  5-10 acres  out in the bush....have a huge advantage
over us mere mortals on postage stamp sized  city lots, surrounded by noise in all directions.

So its all relative really.   Relative to what an individual can do with what they have. 
When somebody has  200-250 countries on 160m...and lives on 20 acres  out in the bush,
complete  with beverages  pointed in all directions, and a S1  noise level.... to be honest,  I  am 
not overly impressed.     Its  what  I would expect  with their better  setup..and location. 

The only thing that counts, is how well one  does with the cards you are dealt with.  The  folks
with the multi tower  setups, and stacked arrays, that  rack  up huge scores in a contest,  good luck
to them.   The rest of us cant even begin to compete with that, so why bother. 

Amateur radio is  like   having  40   cars on a race track,  ranging in performance from  A-Z.   We  can 
all  guess the  expected results, with great accuracy.   Its  laughable really.  You  can only do so much.

Jim   VE7RF