HEY, GUYS - BIG ANTENNAS ARE KILLING COMPETITION! Maybe I have a chemical imbalance, but I am a bit miffed at the NAQP RTTY scores. I looked at the 3830 posted scores that finished above mine in NAQP
Jerry, Ditto! For sure this is getting out of hand. There is no way I can compete with super antenna stations running the same amount of power. New classifications leveling the playing field need to
Sorry, but there is no way to level the playing field. Even when they try to level it, as in WRTC, some stations are better than others. If you can't win the contest and it bothers you, either don't
Sorry Barry: 1) First I'm not whining! 2) Second my contesting skills are quite good but in a major DX contest competition I'd never be able to compete with the big antenna guns. This is not a whine
I have yet to see comments from anyone here proposing separate classes that seemed to be whining. To the contrary, its those who oppose the issue that seem to be doing the name calling, and personall
uuuuhhhhhhhhhhh, it is a hobby, is it not?? I complete with me, and trust me, that is more than enough. not a perfect world or playing field, never will be, nor was it ever intended. dx and contestin
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: -- REPLY SEPARATOR -- No need for the insults, Barry. We are not whiners and we are fully grown up, and yes, we know life isn't always fair. However, that doesn't mean that unfairne
I have to agree with Tom, WX4TM. Nobody's "whining" or asking the BIG GUN (or little pistol) SO2R ops to "...come down to the SO1R level...". If you're a proficient, contest winning RTTY operator (wi
Hi All, it's been a while since I have posted anything on the RTTY reflector. I have seen this argument for many years and figured I would make this post just for fun. When I was very active in RTTY
Given 2 operators of equal ability, the same rigs and antennas, and of course within a few miles of each other.... one op is SO1R and the other operator is SO2R... Who would you expect to have the hi
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: -- REPLY SEPARATOR -- Hi Ron, nice to hear from you again. For those new to RTTY contesting, Ron was the AA5AU of his day, and I mean that as a compliment to both. Ron used to wipe
Bill, Thanks for the very well written response above. First, fellow hams don't deserve insults and sarcasm for stating their opinions. Next, I do think AA5AU's quote of 40% advantage *is* significan
What Bill says, limited -vs- unlimited makes sense to me. I've avoided contests recently because I was told that any contact with me is worthless because I've given up bothering to submit my log. I w
What Bill says, limited -vs- unlimited makes sense to me. I've avoided contests recently because I was told that any contact with me is worthless because I've given up bothering to submit my log. I w
"One transmitter" seems easy to measure, but a "moderate" antenna systems doesn't. ARRL doesn't allow antenna gain measurements in ads, so I don't know how contesters are supposed to determine whethe
There are very few contests where your contacts won't count, especially if you make enough to show up in multiple logs. I don't think CQWW or ARRL exclude unique calls even. I believe you have been
This is totally unenforceable and counter productive ... it would force any 160 meter operator with a second receiver (R4C?) or separate receive antenna (K9AY array?) into the "unlimited" category. S
Greetings I'm new to the list and just walked in on this discussion. I run a KWM-2 with a not that high dipole and I often surprise myself by busting pileups. I dispatch for a living, endlessly yelli
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: ORIGINAL MESSAGE: -- REPLY SEPARATOR -- I used the word "moderate" as a starting point for a discussion. It can be defined pretty easily; the problem would be getting the majority t
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: -- REPLY SEPARATOR -- You totally miss the point. All the incentive and experimentation simply moves to the Unlimited Class where it belongs. It's as simple as that. Choose your cla