I don't know "what I was looking for," Russ --- perhaps I was searching for
other's "analysis approaches or takeaways" and your example, with the
spreadsheet approach, is one I hadn't contemplated.
I will be in the CQ 160 event and hope to add you to my log....appreciate you
taking the time to reply...72, ma Mon --- Jim R. K9JWV
> Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2014 22:46:42 +0000
> To: rodenkirch_llc@msn.com; topband@contesting.com
> Subject: Re: Topband: Speculating via Stew posted scores
> From: topband@contesting.com
>
> From another QRP perspective, conditions were pretty miserable from here in
> Michigan, "part of the mid-west sorta thang.". I didn't hear a single Euro,
> KH6, or KL7. I only heard 2 CA guys but they couldn't pull me out and
> worked only 2 in FL which seemed odd. In the past couple of years I was able
> to work G, KH6, and CE1 with my puny 5 W. I gave up early trying to fight
> the QRO guys (especially those with key clicks) and the endless CQ machines
> which would look for a response for maybe 500uSec. I just decided to pound
> away trying to get as many 3, 6, and 9 pointers as I could. I did end up
> with 228 Q's and and 103 grids. I operated for a total of 9 hrs: 2200Z -
> 0500Z and then 1100Z - 1300Z Sunday morning (this old man just can't stay up
> all night like I used to.)
> I'm not sure what K9JWV is looking for, but I put my log into a spreadsheet
> and sorted by grid, with the following results:500-1000mi. - 111 Q's, FM19
> was the most with 13 Q's followed by FN42 with 10 Q's which is probably
> reflective of the ham population in those grids1000 - 1500 mi. - 10 Q's1500 -
> 2000 mi. - 6 Q's2000+ mi. - 2 Q's, NP4X and KV4FZ.
> My station consists of a K3, a "T" xmit antenna 62' high with a 144' span on
> the top and 64 radials, K9AY loops for RX.
> So, if I can stay awake, maybe I'll run into you in the CQ160 the end of Jan.
> Russ, N3CO
> From: James Rodenkirch <rodenkirch_llc@msn.com>
> To: Tim Shoppa <tshoppa@gmail.com>; Top Band Contesting
> <topband@contesting.com>
> Sent: Monday, December 29, 2014 8:18 AM
> Subject: Re: Topband: Speculating via Stew posted scores
>
> Forgot to state that both stations I used as examples were QRP entries, Tim
> ....k5go is in AR and n9tf is in IL and I chose them 'cuz they are reasonably
> close to each other, "mid-west sorta thang."
>
> I guess....if we all chimed in with our ideas of why the numbers are
> different, we'd have a shopping list of things/constraints/influencers to
> consider when setting up the antenna system, rig to use, contest category to
> enter, time periods to focus our operating time on, etc.....
>
> 'Nuff said - I can hardly wait to get home and modify my current antenna
> system to get back on 160....miss my old 43' vertical, 25' top loading wires
> and elevated radials...hihi
>
> 72 and Best Wishes to all in 2015 -- here's hoping for improved low band
> conditions!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Jim R. K9JWV
>
> > Date: Mon, 29 Dec 2014 07:29:45 -0500
> > From: tshoppa@gmail.com
> > To: rodenkirch_llc@msn.com; topband@contesting.com
> > Subject: Re: Topband: Speculating via Stew posted scores
> >
> > Oops, braino correction on the last sentence. I temporarily forgot that
> > there were bands and contests other than 160M :-). Last sentence should
> > read "ARRL 160 low power category".
> >
> > On Mon, Dec 29, 2014 at 7:27 AM, Tim Shoppa <tshoppa@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > There are many different factors at play way beyond the antenna system.
> > > First and foremost, K5GO is QRP so he gets an automatic 3x multiplier for
> > > all his QSO's. I don't know N9FT's category.
> > >
> > > Beyond power category, a station in a densely populated area will get an
> > > awful lot of 1-pointers and 2-pointers, even working local stations that
> > > can't load their bedsprings on 160M. A station that is in a remote area
> > > but
> > > within easy low-power reach of one or even better two population centers
> > > can get fewer QSO's but most of them are 3-, 4-, and 5- pointers (and he
> > > may get a 1.5 multiplier on every Q if he was low power himself or a 3x
> > > multiplier if he was QRP.)
> > >
> > > Even in contests without distance multipliers and with section+DXCC
> > > multipliers, there is an advantage to being in low-power reach of multiple
> > > domestic population centers. For example US midwest rules the ARRL DX low
> > > power category.
> > >
> > > Tim N3QE
> > >
> > > On Mon, Dec 29, 2014 at 5:56 AM, James Rodenkirch <rodenkirch_llc@msn.com>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > >> Is there a way via Stew results to measure the concentration of Qs...
> > >> with relation to the distance of the Q?
> > >>
> > >> For example, looking over the scores posed at the 3830 web site one finds
> > >> N9FT's QSOs to point ratio is 3 pts. while K5GO has a ratio of 8.1.
> > >>
> > >> On the surface, one would draw the conclusion.. that K5GOs Qs were
> > >> farther away, suggesting an antenna system geared to lower elevation of
> > >> radiation while N9FT's antenna may favor shorter hauls?
> > >>
> > >> Also, propagation and local noise enter into the discussion as
> > >> well....and, can't discount more QRP Qs for K5GO, perhaps.
> > >>
> > >> My QRP friend, WC7S, and I consider all of this one of the joys of
> > >> working the Stew...one can draw/speculate loose conclusions from the
> > >> scores... sorta. Then one goes to QRZ.com to see f the stations of
> > >> interest
> > >> list equipment and antennas and them MORE speculation crops up ---- all
> > >> of
> > >> this should be undertaken during happy hour!
> > >>
> > >> 72 to all, Jim Rodenkirch K9JWV
> > >>
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