On 80 I also felt that way at times with a 4 square and an Alpha 99
running right at the legal limit. The closest station was invariably the
one they heard and worked.
73 W0ETC
On Sun, 09 Mar 2003 17:49:59 -0800 Bill Turner <w7ti@dslextreme.com>
writes:
> It was interesting to see the difference between my two amplifiers.
> My
> big amp needs some new resistors in the parasitic suppressor, so I
> used
> my SB-1000 at about 600 watts output. After many contests, one gets
> a
> feel for when there should be an immediate response and when not.
> I'd
> estimate the 600 watts was about 70-80% as effective as the 1500,
> especially so on 40/80. On those bands I all but gave up S&P'ing
> out of
> sheer frustration. Could not break the pileups. I found I did
> much
> better by CQing, QSYing, CQing and QSYing again, yo-yoing up and
> down
> the band. Weird, but it worked.
>
> Took a while to get in a rhythm. Sprint is a strange contest, not
> one
> of my favorites. I think it's good for the LP guys.
>
> The details:
>
> ________________________________________________________________
>
>
> 9 80m QSOs
> 49 40m QSOs
> 82 20m QSOs
> 140 QSO points
> x 31 Multipliers
> = 4340 Claimed score
>
> Station:
> Kenwood TS-870S
> Heath SB-1000
> Cubex 4-el quad 20/15/10 @ 80 feet
> W9INN trap dipole 40/80 @ 70 feet
> Software by WriteLog
>
> Call used: W7TI
> Name used: Bill
> QTH: Orange section, California
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