That was always my experience, even at the well-equipped station of NQ4I
running full legal power and great antennas. You don’t always break through the
pileups first.
> On Aug 24, 2021, at 5:56 PM, Ben Coleman NJ8J <nj8j@benshome.net> wrote:
>
> Given that there's going to be many people with the same idea in mind, I
> question that you can depend on 'knocking off stations instantly'. You may
> very well click on the band map and find you're fighting to compete with a
> pileup of stations trying to do the same thing you are. And if you're a
> little pistol, you can find yourself clicking from pileup to pileup that you
> can't easily break.
Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASEL Mail: aa4lr@arrl.net
Web: http://boringhamradiopart.blogspot.com
Quote: "Not within a thousand years will man ever fly!"
-- Wilbur Wright, 1901
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