[UK-CONTEST] Guest Operating

[Steve]

There's a further aspect to this that is unusual, if not unique, to 
radio contests. In other fields of competition entrants can largely 
choose their own tactics, unaffected by the fact that others of higher 
and lower capability are there too. That's not the case with radio - the 
bandspace is taken up by the biggest with many kW into big aerials and 
the smaller station doesn't have the same freedom of choice, e.g., 
whether to call or hunt.

Steve

> I accept your point about the 100 Watts power level restriction in
> most contests, but I don't know of any contests that specify "100
> Watts to a wire antenna". There may well be some, of course!
> 
> Interestingly I have entered WPX SSB for the last 3 years in the
> section to which you refer.  I usually feel it would be more
> interesting for me personally if I was not up against stations with
> Tribanders though! :-)  That said, I can fully understand why CQ have
> that as a section in their contests.