[UK-CONTEST] Contesting is unfair.

[Colin Thomas]

If it's any consolation Gordon, I operated 4U1ITU along with K1ZZ, PB2T,
VA3SB and a couple other ops.   We used an IC7700/PW1 combination with beams
up over 120 feet.  We managed just over 2,000 QSOs of which 1,100 were on
40M.

Why so few? The ITU building is almost downtown, in a bowl and surrounded by
buildings generating horrendous noise levels, especially on 80 and 15M.   We
knew the stations were there calling us but were unable to dig them out of
the noise.   If Dave K1ZZ can't dig them out then no-one can.

There are too many variables in contesting to say what is fair or not.
That's the way of the world I'm afraid......

At least we'll win the contest for 4U !!!

73

Colin, 4U/G3PSM

On 22 February 2011 13:46, Paul Beecham <paul at attenuate.org> wrote:

> Paul quite an uniformed comment, next time I will sit Gerry in front
> of my Icom 7800 bought and paid for by me (like every thing else here)
> and not the Icom sponsored 7700. By your way of thinking this will
> undoubtedly make it more equal for all. Thinking about it Gerry might
> have done even better with that extra receiver in the 7800 :)
>
> 73 Paul
> G6PZ
>
> On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 12:41 PM, Paul O'Kane <pokane at ei5di.com> 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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