I should have been more clear. I'm not decrying W6YLZ's effort. Before
the contest, I heard from several sources that N6NB and the lunchbox crew
were going out. Since it ended, two folks (one on this reflector and one in
the soapbox) claimed to have had independent contact with several members of
the group. I am confused by the lack of logs from all but one of them as
the current evidence suggests that the circle group did in fact, go out.
That is why I posted the comment to your excellent analysis of the effects
of roving during the June contest. You were concerned that the group's lack
of activity was a bad thing for the contest community and I was pointing out
that I don't think they sat it out. That also does make W6YLZ's score make
sense.
That is the basis for my curiosity. With the kind of effort that is put
into the pack, why only one log? That's not an indictment, nor any jump to
a conclusion. I'm genuinely interested and have an open mind on it.
Steve
K4GUN/R
On Fri, Jul 17, 2009 at 8:50 PM, James Duffey <jamesduffey@comcast.net>wrote:
> Steve Thanks for the comments on my post. I made my post on the contest
> activity before the claimed scores were posted, so I did not know about
> W6YLZ's impressive score.
>
> I don't agree with you that W6YLZ's score is impossible without grid
> circling, but I am very impressed with his score without the microwave QSO
> points. Visiting a lot of grids, making sure that there are stations on the
> different bands in different grids to work when you are there, and lots of
> Es can all lead to a big score without grid circling. There is certainly no
> blatant evidence of grid circling in the logs received posts. I am not sure
> why there is any reason to suspect it.
>
> I ind it hard to believe that the participants in a 4 or 6 or 8 station
> coordinated rover effort would not submit logs. So if there was a
> coordinated effort, I suspect that it was done with fixed or portable
> stations. But I am not convinced that a grid circling effort was required to
> achieve that score.
>
> With Es, if the band is open a lot, 200 + contacts in 100+ grids are
> possible. This would put the limited rover in the 100,000 point category, as
> long as a sufficient number of contacts were made on the upper bands in a
> reasonable number of grids.
>
> I think we should wait until the results are published before we decry
> W6YLZ's efforts. - Duffey
>
>
> --
> KK6MC
> James Duffey
> Cedar Crest NM
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