I'd still contest, but just not as much. A few hours here and there
during the weekend to observe the fun and pass out some contacts to those guys
able to copy a puny weak signal.
The same principle has applied to SSB DX contests during the recent sunspot
minimum, for even better equipped stations like mine (KW and tribander
from the near midwest). Only so many people can squeeze into 200 KHz on 20
meters, and those people are either better equipped and/or dumber than me.
73 - Jim K8MR
In a message dated 11/8/2010 7:00:45 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
al_lorona@agilent.com writes:
Another marvelous SS CW has come and the usual post-contest flurry of
messages has begun, so here's my (completely serious) contribution:
If for whatever reasons the only station you had available to you was a
QRP transceiver and a low dipole, would you still operate in the SS?
I imagine-- but could be way off-- that once one has the taste of victory
in one's mouth from a superstation with all of the accoutrements, that
falling back to a spartan little pistol operation with llittle hope of doing
any damage is probably too little to capture one's interest.
In other words, you'd sit out the SS rather than subject yourself to the
challenge of Q power and cloud warmer.
Or maybe not? Is the thrill of the competition alone enough for the big
guns, or does there have to be some chance of doing substantial damage with a
large signal?
If your answer is, "No, thanks," what does that say about the
antenna-limited hams who, year after year, either voluntarily or by necessity
enter in
the Q category?
Al W6LX
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