It wasn't me...I'd have been in and out of there in a minute!
Every competitive endeavor has 'tricks of the trade' that can give you an
advantage over the other players. As long as the tricks are legal under the
rules of the game, there's nothing wrong with them, and since the ostensible
purpose of a ham radio contest is to prepare us for operating in emergencies
under less than favorable conditions, everything we learn has the potential
to help get the message through "when all else fails"!
Ron Castro
Chief Technical Officer
Results Radio, LLC
N6IE
www.N6IE.com
(Formerly N6AHA)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul" <designer@quickdata.com>
To: <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, December 22, 2006 7:15 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Orion 1 & 2 "Talk Power" problem
> Ron,
> So you're the one :) There I was with my little 17W Argo V trying to
> work this guy in Sweden and all the big guns are masking my signal -
> 1KW, 700W, 500W minimum, big compression, etc.
>
> Finally, an hour and a half later, they were all done and in the lull
> I gave one more call and the guy came back to me! He could hear me
> just fine once all the shouting was done. So now I have a nice QSL
> card from Sweden with my 17W. Seems that high power and compression
> wasn't necessary for communication - just for competition.
>
> I understand the strategy, When I was a competitive Archer I learned
> that competitors purposely de-tuned their bows so the arrows would
> fly "crooked". With two or more archers sharing the target, one
> shooting after the other, the indoor distance was such that the
> crooked flight would not matter as far as hitting the target center.
> But the shaft of the arrow, being less than straight in, would cover
> more of the target real estate. So there was more chance the other
> guy's arrow would hit the shaft instead of paper and deflect out.
>
> I can't think of DX in quite the same way. However, I do understand.
>
> 73,
> Paul
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