Re: [TowerTalk] correction......Tennadyne Log periodics

[EdK0KL <edk0kl@centurytel.net>]

Better to be pissed off thank pissed on ...

73!

ed K0KL




On 11/21/2014 8:40 PM, n8de@thepoint.net wrote:
> Not to be 'political', but, in 2010, I WON the "formula" class with 
> almost 20 more DXCC worked compared to the others in this class.  CQ 
> Mag and K9EL (administrator of this) REFUSED to recognize my 
> achievement ... put my entry into "unlimited" class ... and pissed me 
> off.
> 73
> Don
> N8DE
>
>
> Quoting "Joe Subich, W4TV" <lists@subich.com>:
>
> > > CQ Marathon is a year long event, the more hours you operate the more
> > > countries you will work.
> > I don't know that I would agree with "the more hours you operate the
> > more countries you will work" as it is more a matter of being in the
> > right place at the right time.  I've been #2 in the 100W class with
> > simple antennas (in my case, dipole at 20' and/or vertical) the last
> > two years.  My total score has been competitive with most of the
> > "unlimited class" entrants from this general area and beat my neighbor
> > who runs full boat to a tribander at 90 feet.
> >
> > 73,
> >
> >    ... Joe, W4TV
> >
> >
> >
> > On 2014-11-21 3:34 PM, john@kk9a.com wrote:
> > > Working DX is no indication of antenna performance. CQ Marathon is a 
> > > year
> > > long event, the more hours you operate the more countries you will 
> > > work.
> > > John
> > >
> > >
> > > To:    towertalk@contesting.com
> > > Subject:    Re: [TowerTalk] correction......Tennadyne Log periodics
> > > From:    Jim Brown <jim@audiosystemsgroup.com>
> > > Reply-to:    jim@audiosystemsgroup.com
> > > Date:    Fri, 21 Nov 2014 10:47:57 -0800
> > > List-post:
> > >
> > > On Fri,11/21/2014 10:29 AM, Paul Veal M.Ed N0AH wrote:
> > > oppss-- I knew I should kept my pen silent on 2013 Clublog 
> > > results-sorry,
> > > using the T-8, on 10M, we tied for 3rd in CONUS for number of DXCC's
> > > worked-, and first place NA in the CQ Marathon for SB on 10M- The T-8
> > > retails for $1,450 per their website-
> > >
> > > 2013 Club Log STATS
> > > 10M- 206 DXCC's tied 3rd place NA First was N2BJ with 213 DXCC's 
> > > reported-
> > > 12M  165 DXCC's  13th place NA
> > > 15M  205 DXCC's  tied 25th place NA
> > > 17M  164 DCXX's  Tied 32nd place NA
> > > 20M 175 DXCC's Tied 85th NA
> > >
> > > I know we all have different ways of quantifying results
> > >
> > > Statistics like this are meaningless with respect to any given antenna
> > > because there's no frame of reference to your location, antenna 
> > > mounting
> > > height, and because such factors as the skill of the operator and the
> > > amount of time the station is on the air, on the right band(s) at the
> > > right time have such a huge bearing on the results.
> > >
> > > The only ways I know of to quantify (or even show) small differences (a
> > > few dB) in antenna performance are 1) to set them up one at a time like
> > > N0AX and K7LXC did or 2) to set them up with identical mounting
> > > conditions, alternate transmissions between them, and compare multiple
> > > Skimmer spots for thousands of such transmissions, averaging the 
> > > result;
> > > and 3) set them up as in (2), but switch between them on receive and
> > > record and average the differences for thousands of received signals.
> > >
> > >  73, Jim K9YC
> > >
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