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![]() "Dan/W4NTI" wrote in message ink.net... [snip] Why do I contest? To improve my score by improving my station and myself. Its as simple as that. Have a good day PS; I worked a bunch of sporadic skip yesterday on six meters in the June VHF contest.....with 8 watts and a 3 ele yagi at 20'. It's all a matter of perspective. Dan/W4NTI I and the OM also worked some of the VHF contest and noticed a very strange thing. Only 10% of the contacts that we made were Technician operators. On the other hand, 80% of them were Extra class operators. So where are all the Techs who are "trapped" in VHF and above because they "can't" pass the code (as some would have us believe)? Dee D. Flint, N8UZE |
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Dan/W4NTI wrote:
Winning is beating the Yankee Clippers. Try operating at that "level" for the ultimate contesting experience. 73 de Jim, N2EY w3rv You got that right. Keep an eye on W4AN. The new call for the SECC (South East Contest Club). NQ4I is another super station to watch for. Also SECC. Uh-oh! This is news to me. A real three-way brawl amongst the Unlimiteds would inject some new fire into the game for certain. But you better be able to pull up around 250 Meg aggregate to get into it. Dan/W4NTI |
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![]() Dee Flint wrote: I and the OM also worked some of the VHF contest and noticed a very strange thing. Only 10% of the contacts that we made were Technician operators. On the other hand, 80% of them were Extra class operators. So where are all the Techs who are "trapped" in VHF and above because they "can't" pass the code (as some would have us believe)? It's Techs being Techs again, they're too busy "advancing the state of the art" to be bothered with learning the code and contesting. Dee D. Flint, N8UZE w3rv |
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![]() wrote I also disagree because when you get right down to it it's functionally the same as using the spots. No, it's not functionally equivalent. If you use cluster spots, then you are using information the some OTHER RADIOMAN at a DIFFERENT STATION provided. If you have your own robo-hound searching FROM YOUR STATION then you acquired the information of the air without assistance from outside sources. 73, de Hans, K0HB |
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![]() wrote And they are? IC775 IC765 I'll take a dipole at 90 feet over a TA-33 at 40 feet... For what application? A dipole at 30-40 feet is a primo antenna for SS, probably better than either you mentioned. ("Pick the fight you can win.") What's the replacement value of the tower and everything on it? Not hamfest value - replacement value. "Replacement value" is what I'd have to spend to replace it. Usually that's equal to "hamfest value". And then there's the price of the real estate to put it all on. Everybody needs to live somewhere. The prices of my homes are not a factor which contributes or detracts from my contest scores. Take SS - the ham in a rare section has a built-in advantage over the ham in a nonrare one. I hear real estate is very reasonably priced in VY0-land. 73, de Hans, K0HB |
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wrote: K=D8HB wrote: "Bill Turner" wrote Contesting hardware has evolved to the point that one must spend a small fortune to be competitive.......... I don't think money is what makes you competitive. Depends on what's competitive, the op, the station or both. A competitive op doesn't have spend a dime on a station. Which is where some of the hotshot multi-op guys come from. One of ours lives in Manhatten for instance, zero chance for having a home station no matter how much money he might be willing to spend. Have skills will travel. It's an important factor, though. Always has been. Part of the game in most contests. I agree with that. One can take a $200 station or even a $1,000 station into the contests and have some fun with it but it won't be a competitive station by a long shot *if* the frame of reference is a decent score in the DX contests. A decent score in SS at the section level with a budget station is another story altogether. "Pick the fights you can win", as a wise man once wrote. 73 de Jim, N2EY |
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