What I should have said was "Did you copy, while working 150 QSO's per
minute, the call correct......"
Tom - W4BQF
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tommy" <aldermant@alltel.net>
To: "Jim Brown" <jim@audiosystemsgroup.com>; <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 2004 1:26 PM
Subject: Re: [spam] Re: [TenTec] The QSK of QSK
> Opps...one step too far here Jim!
>
> Money has little to do with it, other than allowing one to purchase what
is
> necessary to have a VERY competative station. What's the beef about RST?
Who
> cares that all RST's are 5NN? Did you copy the call correct ( sometimes
> exceedingly strange call signs), did you copy the zone, or the name, or
the
> state, or the country. Without getting all of it, it doesn't count for
you.
> I sure would be willing to bet you that a single-op contester, who wins a
> national or an international contest is, above all, a VERY top notch
> operator...and it doesn't matter if he uses a foot switch or full QSK...he
> is a darned good operator.
>
> Tom - W4BQF
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jim Brown" <jim@audiosystemsgroup.com>
> To: "Ten Tec List" <tentec@contesting.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 2004 8:23 AM
> Subject: [spam] Re: [TenTec] The QSK of QSK
>
>
> > On Tue, 17 Aug 2004 00:21:39 -0700, Michael Tope wrote:
> >
> > >Some would argue that it takes a masochistic streak to do it
> > >with low power and mediocre antennas.
> >
> > I would say the opposite. Most current award and contest structures
> > reward those who buy more of the most expensive gear and assemble
> > the biggest stations. They cater to the the rich, not to ordinary hams.
> > They reward the ability for the brain to process two QSO's at a time and
> > type the information into a computer. I see this structure as basically
> > flawed.
> >
> > The structure of most contests requires a signal report. When is the
last
> > time you sent or received a real signal report during a contest? When's
> > the last time you did that working DX? I worked the WAE contest at 5
> > watts, and well over half of the QSO's I made required repeats of my
> > call and the serial number, but every single RST was 599. Huh?
> >
> > Yes, most contests do have "classes" for less than 150 watts, and
> > some do for QRP. But it's very different running 100 watts when
> > everyone else is running 100 watts as compared to when everyone else
> > is running 1.5 kW.
> >
> > Ah, you might say, it's also about antennas. I say it's about LEARNING
> > about antennas, about how to do more with less. I have far more
> > respect for someone who has spent time designing and building an
> > antenna that fits into a restrictive residential situation than for one
> who
> > buys whatever monster multiband antenna that someone else designed
> > and puts it on a big tower.
> >
> > Some "big" contesters and DXers don't even sign their calls often
> > enough for folks to know who they are by tuning the band -- you have to
> > use a computer to find out who these guys are! Or they work at high
> > speeds, under the assumption (often wrong) that they have such a big
> > signal that it's no problem to copy them at high speed. These guys are
> > LIDS too.
> >
> > One other point. When you are running high power, you can be causing
> > serious QRM to folks who you can't even hear. When you are running 12
> > dB more power than everyone else, you have the responsibility for
> > LISTENING 12 dB more carefully to your operating frequency, including
> > the time "between your signals."
> >
> > Jim Brown K9YC
> >
> >
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