"Michael Coslo" wrote


The unskilled operators don't do very well even with an excellent setup, and
the skilled operators do well with a more mundane setup that the new or less
experienced have a lot of trouble with.


This assertion is different from your original question which implied that
100W/dipole stations are manned by better operators than "knob twiddlers" found
at better equipped stations. My assertion is that competition-grade STATIONS
("competition grade" does not mean "most expensive") are built and operated by
competition-grade radiomen. Witness K1TTT, KC1XX, W3LPL, W0AIH, N0AT, K0KX,
K3LR, W7RM, etc., etc.

dit dit
de Hans, K0HB