1) How do you account for a log periodic? Say I want to get my feet wet as a rover so I grab my FT-897 and a pair of KMA 4113's (50-1300) there would be a total of 60 elements. Seems unfair that it w
I'm not sure I agree, while it may not discourage adding new bands for a better score it will discourage the building of a better station as far as antennas go. The last thing we want to do is discou
Good point. Log periodics don't have the gain of a narrowband yagi. That gets complicated. That's a good question. The number would surely change for each band. There are other factors involved, too.
Maybe I'm missing something, but I don't follow this. How would I be discouraged from building a better antenna system? I'd see it as making sure that the station was well-tuned for the antenna syste
Dana Rawding asked: Easy...how many elements were you USING? Multi-band L-P's are typically viewed as 3-element beams, right? The "most resonant element" + the "one behind and one in front" is the ru
I agree with Duane, using that formula would discourage the use of better antennas, personally I think that an ERP category is a terrible idea. Additionally, the theorticaly max gain of antenna is de
It is the same dilemma we out in the weeds face today on whether to operate HP vs. LP category. I'd love to be running high power now already but the gain in Q's and mults I'd get by having higher po
Duane, for what it's worth...you are an AWESOME force in Wisc! Even without being HP! According to the June VHF QSO Party 2003 and January VHF SS 2003 results...you beat all other single operator sta
Am I missing something, but is not HAAT (Height Above Average Terrain) a much greater factor at VHF/UHF than is ERP? 73 - Jim K8MR _______________________________________________ VHFcontesting mailin
w2ev@arrl.net based categorizing system is better for our future. much greater factor at VHF/UHF than is ERP? Only if you're not standing in front of the antenna when the key is pressed A little mor
Hi Jim, As you've pointed out with one example, there are many things that can affect outcome. The point of my proposal is that the present way to categorize LP/HP SingleOps is seriously flawed (exam
OK! I'm a 13 EE, if I can count that as a multiplier, I'm all for it:-) 73 Dan Dan Evans K9ZF Scottsburg, IN 47170 {EM78} K9ZF /R no budget Rover ex-N9RLA Check out the Rover Resource Page at: http:
Author: "Kenneth E. Harker" <kharker@cs.utexas.edu>
Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2003 10:15:34 -0600
So, how is this a fundamentally different principle than making sure that your contest operation is well-tuned for the power output that you have? Or that the contest operation is well-tuned for the
My 3 cents worth (with inflation): I agree with Ev about limiting bands or not limiting bands, but I also disagree about any other rules to limit groups of operators according to antenna gain, power
Author: "Kenneth E. Harker" <kharker@cs.utexas.edu>
Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2003 13:38:11 -0600
I think this can only be said about a very small region of the country. In very large regions of the country, 903 and up activity has never been a significant part of VHF contesting - in fact, if any
I believe that was his entire point. That it's EASIER to build a competitive station with fewer bands HAS taken away from the potential pool of uWave activity. If I can WIN M/L, and be a speck in the
Author: "Kenneth E. Harker" <kharker@cs.utexas.edu>
Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2003 14:24:30 -0600
I think there are a lot of ops out there that, when considering how they will be only a "speck in the results as M/M" would just decide to heck with it, and not operate the contest. With a M/L catego
Author: "Kenneth E. Harker" <kharker@cs.utexas.edu>
Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2003 14:40:19 -0600
These are the contests that the ARRL sponsors on VHF+: January VHF Sweepstakes June VHF QSO Party ARRL UHF Contest September VHF QSO Party ARRL 10 GHz and Up Contest (two weekends) So, two contests o
Hoo boy, I hesitate getting back into this fray... But here goes. There was a time when the League, through the contests (and otherwise) was actually pushing to activate the higher bands. By these I
Why do you want to destroy VHF contesting experience for the rest of us? Yeah that's it, I want to destroy VHF contesting for the rest of you. That's pretty stron words. How is it being "destroyed"?