Author: Art via CQ-Contest <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 2016 19:43:07 -0500
Just heard from Pat that he will be using high power to feed into 3 different stacks for NE, N, and NW during the NAQP Saturday. He'll be entering as a check log but wanted to see how the antennas wo
Author: George K5KG via CQ-Contest <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 2016 09:10:37 -0500
If Pat wants to see how the antennas play in the NAQP, he should just run low power, and submit a legitimate entry. Few years ago, I made the mistake of running high power in the NAQP, and submitting
Why not allow high power in the NAQP? The guys that win all the time typically run HP in other contests anyway. Plus most of them have large antenna farms as well. You call that a level playing field
One of the great joys of NAQP is that it IS a Low Power Contest. Another is that stations outside of the east coast have a shot at it. 73, Jim K9YC _______________________________________________ CQ-
There sure is a lot of talk about "level playing fields". Are there really those who think we should bring everyone down to the lowest level of station and antennas so we can say we have a level play
Stan, That's exactly what the NAQP rules do. Everyone has to run 100 watts and that's somehow fair and a level playing field for everyone? As we all know your antennas make your station not running h
And I'll bet that some of them run HP in NAQP, either willfully or due to ignorance of the rules. Bob NG9M _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contestin
Where does it say the NAQP rules were made to create a level playing field? -Chris KL9A _______________________________________________ CQ-Contest mailing list CQ-Contest@contesting.com http://lists.
Nope. But NAQP IS A LOW POWER CONTEST. PERIOD. A high power station in NAQP is like a turd in a punch bowl. In NAQP, the competition is more about antennas and operating skills. By all means, use NAQ
I don't understand. Why does one have to assume the rules were written to create a level playing field? This is poor justification for creation of a "KU8E Category" in any contest. __________________
For the guys in the top-10 ("the guys that win all the time"), you would lose that bet. Thanks to the RBN, it is very easy to identify "curiously strong" stations. In past NAQP's, a number of those s
Jeff, That was not a personal attack, nor was any offense intended. This subject has been beaten to death a thousand times on every ham radio reflector I can think of. Your argument is based on one a
I haven't been able to follow every post on this topic, so maybe this was covered, but why can't they do the test with 100 watts? the lowest level of station and antennas so we can say we have a leve
If W5WMU is operating legally under the rules of the FCC, and he decides to make short contacts with people where he exhanges names and states, why is he obligated to follow the rules of some contest
This has become a very strange thread indeed. The NAQP rules specifically recognize the possibility that some stations may run more than 100 watts and provide that logs of such stations will be check
I checked at Snopes and Myth Busters without success, but I am persuaded that truly "level playing fields" do not exist in the wild, and probably not even in captivity at WRTC. In fact, I'll ventur
I would like to mention that W5WMU is a very good guy. Not only is Pat an experienced and revered contester...he is also one of the most hospitable guys you could imagine. When I went on a trip to do
Author: Ktfrog007--- via CQ-Contest <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 2016 20:35:01 -0500
Most likely he's experimenting with an aim toward running maximum power in some future contest and sees the NAQP as a convenient test bed. I sincerely doubt he's trying to ruin anything for the rest
All, As the founder/originator/creator of the NAQP, I feel compelled to comment on this thread The NAQP was the brainchild of myself and several other active contesters in the Contest Hospitality Sui
I was just catching up on these posts. Wow, where did the lynch mob come from on poor Pat? I'll block some bullets for a buddy by disclosing that last summer, I did exactly that as well. I was in the