[UK-CONTEST] Train of thought leading up to ... 144MHz CW

[STEVE JONES]

Tim,
I will be putting up a small 2m beam just for the cw contest - and I will try out my recently purchased top of the range ft225rd mutek with a max of 25w, from the bottom of this valley in far flung west Wales - I like a challenge :-)
 
Alternatively, I could meander down the a487 a bit and run qro into a large optibeam at 100ft at a friends shack and shell peas on 20m as an alternative, as I might stand more chance of winning SO HP assisted first place in GW certificate in one of the many hf contests  
 
Looking forward to working you on 2m cw with low power it is then - you have twisted my arm! At the very least it will be nice to hear some cw on 2m band.
 
73
 
Steve GW0GEI
 

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 From: Tim Hugill <tim04 at swandhams.com>
To: uk-contest at contesting.com 
Sent: Wednesday, 10 October 2012, 13:24
Subject: [UK-CONTEST] Train of thought leading up to ... 144MHz CW
  
David,

Your team came 2nd on 144MHz in NFD and you're quitting ?
Better than last year's 4th too - well done.
We realise that you'll suffer from lowish pts-per-QSO on 4m & 6m compared to
groups in GM/GI/GW. 
But if you built the right systems for 70/23cms, you could be really
competitive on those bands, higher bands which don't do much for the more
remote groups. 
Then you get lucky with some Es on 6m and your group could really be in a
winning position, without having to go to the trouble of travelling any
distance to achieve that.

Anyway, back to my question - who's up for the 2m CW contest next month ?

73
Tim G4FJK



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Steve

Think hard, the majority of stations worked are in UK. The point scoring
system is based on distance. You are in the centre of all those Gs and guess
what points per QSO is much much lower than someone on the edge of that
group.  We therefore work a lot more QSOs but get a lot less points per QSO.
The scoring system is working against someone located in the centre of
activity. QED we cannot win this contest from our current location.

Moving location is not an option so moving contest is unless a different
scoring system is used. A pint per QSO times square multiplier would produce
from VARC perspective a fairer system.

73 David G3YYD




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