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Re: [CQ-Contest] It's time for an Assisted category in NAQP

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Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] It's time for an Assisted category in NAQP
From: Jeff Clarke <ku8e@ku8e.com>
Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2018 00:43:02 -0400
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Jim,

The amount of power you run is not as important as the type of antennas you are using. You can't possible agree that a station running low power and stacked yagis is equal to someone using dipoles? In fact I proved this point earlier this year when I ran high power in the January NAQP SSB contest. I heard many stations on scatter who were supposedly running 100 watts (based on the 3830 postings) who couldn't hear me calling them and I was running 600 watts. There are several stations that I hear in NAQP every year who are just way too loud on scatter to be running 100 watts.

BTW the NAQP was the replacement for the old CD Parties that were being discontinued by the ARRL. I was in that smoked filled room way back in the 1980's at the ARRL National Convention in Louisville, KY when the idea of the NAQP was dreamed up.  I don't seem to remember if the old ARRL CD parties were only low power contest?

Jeff


On 8/7/2018 11:48 AM, Jim Brown wrote:
On 8/7/2018 6:48 AM, N4ZR wrote:
ARRL 160 CW and ARRL 10M contests got rid of this anachronism a few years ago - it's time for NAQP to follow suit.  I don't know who decides such things, but trust that Chris will know who needs to take action.

I strongly disagree. NAQP is what it is BECAUSE of the no-cluster, Low Power Rule.

73, Jim K9YC
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