I am not so sure that big towers and antennas are a big plus in NAQP.
With low wires I was able to walk up and down the bands and get probably 90% of
my S&P contacts on the first call, as well as running with some decent
rates.
I know what the difference is. The big gun stations have a lot of
hardware, but that doesn't make them stand out...it is the skill and
excellence
both the operator and the operation.
For several years years, I had a top ten finish in the NA Sprint LP
Category every time I entered. I even took top spot once. Today, the
two-radio
operation is so well honed that I'd probably be lucky to be in the top 25.
Some of us are getting older and better, some are just getting older!
Although I'm usually just a casual NAQP entry, I love mixing it up with
players of all levels. I'm not sure that I have the time and the competitive
drive to really prep for one of these and make it a serious effort, but it
is loads of fun knock out even a few hours in this great contest.
In my opinion, it ain't broke. The only fix I'd suggest is to promote
more NA countries to participate!
Paul, K5AF
In a message dated 1/12/2014 8:28:25 P.M. Central Standard Time,
xdavid@cis-broadband.com writes:
I don't see how any except suggestion #2 has the slightest relevancy
to your complaint.
Dave AB7E
On 1/12/2014 2:58 PM, Jeff Clarke wrote:
> Am I the only one who has a big letdown when I check the 3830 scores and
see how badly I get beaten? I don’t know who figured out that someone like
myself who is running wire antennas (or someone with wires/tribander beam)
can be compared evenly to someone with a big station with multiple
monoband beams on towers just because we are both running 100 watts. That’s
silly.
Those big stations would still probably beat me even if I ran a KW. And it
’s not because I’m a poor operator.
>
> Here are some ideas :
>
> 1) Have both a SO2R class and a classic category (one radio) like they
have in CQWW .
> 2) Add a tribander/wires category
> 3) High and low power classes
> 4) Add an assisted category
> 5) Divide the US into regions and have top ten boxes for each of them.
The way conditions were yesterday the west coast had even more of an
advantage then they usually do because 15 and 10 meters were both open pretty
good.
>
> Don’t take this email the wrong way (as complaining) because I love NAQP
CW and the activity yesterday was great. It’s just a pretty stale contest
because the same 3 or 4 stations win every year for a long as I can
remember. Plus I would love to compete against someone who has a station more
equal to mine.
>
> Jeff KU8E
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