"Michael Coslo" wrote

But this whole tangent of the thread was based on my assertion that between
the good operator and the good equipment, your best to side with the good
operator.


Presuming all else is nominally equal, that's true. But "all else" is seldom
"equal". Which is why a world-class op like K0SR with his black-hole city-lot
QTH is never invited to WRTC, passed over in favor of regional-class ops from
more propagationally favored locales.

73, de Hans, K0HB