LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION !!!!
On Wed, 19 Sep 2012 14:57:05 -0400 <n...@woh.rr.com> writes: > The heck with it all, if you hear it, that's good enough. > Free 5 Band DXCC for everyone! > > Or better yet, the much coveted D-Star DXCC Award. Ohhhhhhhhhhh > > ---- mstang...@comcast.net wrote: > > Jim, > > > > You can't have your cake and eat it. The West coast has nicer > weather than the East coast but the left coast ocean is larger... > > > > Maybe there should be an award based on Grid Squares. > > > > Mike N2MS > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Jim Brown <j...@audiosystemsgroup.com> > > To: 'TopBand' <topband@contesting.com> > > Sent: Wed, 19 Sep 2012 17:17:35 -0000 (UTC) > > Subject: Topband: DXCC Fairness > > > > Talk about DXCC fairness -- it's FAR easier to work DXCC with a > modest > > station anywhere around the Atlantic, or within 1000 km of it, > than it > > is from the Pacific. I've got a very nice antenna farm and have > taken > > the time to become a competitive contester, but I am almost never > able > > to work DXCC in a weekend contest, all bands combined. But guys on > the > > east coast consider it trivially easy. The difference is > especially > > striking on Topband -- there are often openings from EU to eastern > NA, > > whereas we might HEAR a dozen signals a YEAR out here in > California. It > > took me four years to work 100 countries on 160, and two years > later I'm > > at 125. I haven't heard EU for two years. > > > > 73, Jim K9YC > > _______________________________________________ > > UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK > > _______________________________________________ > UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK > ____________________________________________________________ Woman is 57 But Looks 27 Mom publishes simple facelift trick that angered doctors... http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/505a181570a6918155cb3st02vuc _______________________________________________ UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK