I agree with Hal on HP. Perhaps the same argument could be used for SO2R vs
SO1R when considering a level playing field in any contest.
Ralph K1ZZI
> Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2008 02:17:18 -0000
> From: "Hal Kennedy" <halken at comcast.net>
> Subject: Re: [SECC] Announcement; NCCC Practice and NCCC Ladder This
> Thursday Night
> To: "'John T. Laney III'" <k4bai at worldnet.att.net>, "'secc'"
> <secc at contesting.com>, "'ACG'" <acg at alabamacontestgroup.org>, "'Paul
> Newberry N4PN'" <n4pn at cox.net>
> Message-ID: <000001c8e6ea$12a9c1f0$6701a8c0 at N4GG2>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
>
> I only participate in contests with a HP category. Stuck with low wires
> at the bottom of the cycle and living on one of the coasts, I am below
> the noise floor on the other coast when running 100W. The "test" you
> need to run is HP, not "dupes." Your rules say, literally, that the
> 100W limitation "levels the playing field." How so? It does the
> opposite. Those in the mid-west can be heard on both coasts at 100W.
> Those on the East and West Coast can only be heard on bands like 80 on
> the opposite coast when they can run some power or if they own
> substantial antenna installations. Lowering those of us on the coasts to
> 100W drops us below the noise floor on the other coast, thereby tilting,
> not leveling the playing field.
>
> Please think about it, or, come here and operate from my place at 100W.
> Ill supply dinner, wine, a soft bed and a ton of frustration until you
> turn the amps on.
>
> 73,
> Hal N4GG
|