If you're out to win a contest in the high power category, or to get rare ones on the first or second call, go for the max. But here 400 watts or less has gotten 344 DXCC entities on RTTY, 5 watts ha
The key factor missing from the top portion of this "pecking order" is QTH, both macro (Lat/Lon) and micro (hilltop or valley; saltwater, etc.). Ed W0YK ______________________________________________
At the top of the pecking order is operator skill. Neal Campbell Abroham Neal LLC _______________________________________________ RTTY mailing list RTTY@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mai
Not true Neal... When your calling CQ in a contest, it's being heard. Not skill. 73 Jim W7RY --Original Message-- From: Neal Campbell Sent: Saturday, March 25, 2017 11:51 AM To: ed@w0yk.com Cc: RTTY
Agreed Ed! 73 Jim W7RY The key factor missing from the top portion of this "pecking order" is QTH, both macro (Lat/Lon) and micro (hilltop or valley; saltwater, etc.). Ed W0YK _______________________
I have been thinking a lot about buying some form of amp for my shack to do 400-600 watts on RTTY. Then looking out my shack window I am reminded that I have a lot of really close neighbors and I do
All I know is that K7SV, 100 watt station routinely beats me in any go for a station when I am running 1500w, 4 ele Steppir. DX or contest, he 100% beats me to a station. I don't think he has a locat
-- ORIGINAL MESSAGE --(may be snipped) REPLY: Being on the East coast gives a definite advantage for both DXing and contesting. Not so easy from the West coast, which is much farther from Europe, Afr
-- ORIGINAL MESSAGE --(may be snipped) REPLY: I agree with Jim. Skill is quickly learned. I'd say 99% of the contest ops are good enough. Other factors are more important. 73, Bill W6WRT ____________
Just some random, rambling thoughts (from a relatively new contester) perhaps not all accurate or rather, pertinent... It's obviously a combination of things. I would think high power makes a differe
In my opinion, most of your success is because of your location in New Jersey. 73 Jim W7RY --Original Message-- From: Al Hanzl Sent: Saturday, March 25, 2017 2:47 PM To: Bill Turner Cc: RTTY Reflecto
I avoided an amp for years, for the same reason, I live in a sub-division, very close neighbors, when I first moved in, had trouble with the one neighbor when on my temporary butternut installation..
Better antennas should always come before more power or a new radio with more knobs. John GW4SKA I have been thinking a lot about buying some form of amp for my shack to do 400-600 watts on RTTY. The
The sorts of problems you have with higher power in the modern era tend to be in RF pickup on the cable/internet boxes like ATT Uverse, etc. The old stuff like phones & TV are not primary issues. The
roll with 100w from a small lot.......BUT.....I gotta tell you.....skill AND a AMP make you deadly!!!!! worked a lot of new ones on 160 and 80 recently, including all the African dxpeditions..... --O
I guess once you go over to the power of the dark side there is no going back! I'll stick to low power for now, keep the SB-200 dormant a while longer and work on improving my antennas. Al K2AL Sent
'Back in the day' low power really meant 50w. I can remember when I first got my FT1000d and could run 100w it felt like high power! Neal Campbell Abroham Neal LLC ___________________________________
After 75 watt limit with Novice license, 200 watts with the SB-100 was nice. K2AL Sent from my iPhone _______________________________________________ RTTY mailing list RTTY@contesting.com http://list
When all else is constant, a 10 dB gain (100 watts to 1 kW) can make a marginal signal turn into a perfectly printable signal when conditions are perfect (no fading, no selective fading, no Doppler s
-- ORIGINAL MESSAGE --(may be snipped) REPLY: Be careful with this. When you put ferrites or do anything to your neighbor's stuff, from then on if anything goes wrong with his stuff, it's your fault