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Re: [CQ-Contest] World Records and Verticals

To: "KEN SILVERMAN" <k2kw@prodigy.net>,"[Contest Reflector]" <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] World Records and Verticals
From: "Russell Hill" <rustyhill@earthlink.net>
Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2005 16:11:42 -0000
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I challenge anyone to set up 2 or three golf club bags full of verticals over rocky soil in central Texas and out perform towers with Yagis at the same location. Yes verticals in a salt water marsh work wonderfully, but that does not lead to a conclusion that a vertical on a city lot can successfully compete with towers and Yagis on a larger piece of real estate.

Certainly verticals in the right location are effective, and in some cases are the most effective antenna, but if we are going to have a discussion about how wonderful verticals are, then lets compare apples to apples.

73, Rusty, na5tr

----- Original Message ----- From: "KEN SILVERMAN" <k2kw@prodigy.net>
To: "[Contest Reflector]" <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Sent: Sunday, January 02, 2005 6:54 AM
Subject: [CQ-Contest] World Records and Verticals



To set the record straight: Team Vertical did own the WORLD RECORD for M/M
in 1998. Period. Don't forget, this was from 2 point land!


Can I help it if the CQWW guys can't get it right?  If you look to the
records to be a reliable source of information, you are assuming too much.
There are other mistakes in their records.

You should also note that Team Vertical now owns ALL the single band QRP
records, and 2 low power world records. Let's see: a World M/M record, All
the current World QRP single band records, and 2 current World low power
single band records. Since the above won't convince some, I would also
guess they won't give any credit to the WPX North America M/M record, and
bunch of 1st place WPX M/S operations (can't set a world record ALL the
time. Darn).


Gee, and all that from 2 or 3 golf club cases worth of stuff.  Nah,
verticals don't work - not enough evidence to support that.

Kenny K2KW



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