I remember one year in ARRL DX CW I worked V73C on 40. He sent me "005"
as his power. He was REALLY REALLY loud. I almost fell out of my chair.
He told me a few years later that he was indeed running 5 watts but a 40
meter beam spaced the right height above salt water can do wonderful
things.
73, Zack W9SZ
On Thu, 2 Nov 2006 g.m.mcadams@comcast.net wrote:
> Bill,
>
> You bet!
>
> Ignore it. This is nothing more than an extreme case of sour grapes. Although
> the accuser shows a little more courage than most of the snipers.
>
> You know how you competed; the other station does not. Its really that simple.
>
> 73 Gary
>
> -------------- Original message --------------
> From: "whhendrick" <whhendrick@mchsi.com>
>
> > I received a note via US mail accusing me of running more power than I
> > claimed during the 2006 CQP contest. I am asking the contesting community
> > for some advice on this matter. I could ignore it as someone who is mad at
> > me since my score is greater than there's. I could try to prove my entry,
> > which I am willing to do. I could give in to them and throw my log out but
> > then it makes me feel like I am in the wrong, which I am not. I ran legal
> > power but to very high gain antennas and I'm sure my signal was strong
> > enough to seem like I was running higher power.
> >
> > Any suggestions?
> >
> > Bill, N0AC@N0NI
> >
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