[UK-CONTEST] Contesting is unfair.

[Tom GM4FDM]

Its a plain fact of life that you can't compete.   Antenna and TVI 
restrictions dont allow me to compete
in contests from my home QTH.   But then again my car cant compete in a 
<2 Litre class on the racetrack
against a well honed and designed race car with an expert driver.

Contesting is not all about winning its about having fun and working new 
Countries or States or Zones or whatever.

I dont think its unreasonable for those who are successful to take a 
pride in their achievement.....


Tom
GM4FDM

On 22/02/2011 12:41, Paul O'Kane wrote:
> On 21/02/2011 23:18, Gordon Brown wrote:
>
>> Why on earth does any private individual operating from a suburban location
>> enter contests and compete against SO entries from commercially supported club
>> stations?
> Gordon is correct - a private individual operating from
> home cannot compete against against a SO entry from a
> commercially supported club station, which G6PZ
> undoubtedly is.  It's a fundamentally unequal contest.
>
> Now, before you all jump down my throat, I operated
> SOAB HP in ARRL DX from a "club" station (EI9E), although
> not one that is commercially supported, but ended up with
> only 2000 QSOs.  Trouble is, I need my sleep - I can't
> manage anything close to 48 hours.  I suppose I'm just
> not a contender.
>
> Contesting at any level can be great fun. Unfortunately,
> it is basically unregulated compared to most other
> competitive sporting activities, and it is therefore
> basically unfair.
>
> 73,
> Paul EI5DI
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