I was just catching up on these posts. Wow, where did the lynch mob come
from on poor Pat?
I'll block some bullets for a buddy by disclosing that last summer, I did
exactly that as well. I was in the process of "upgrading" my antennas and
cables to be ready to handle 1.5kW in contests vs the 100 - 150W they had
been designed and built for - for the 10 years prior. As I approached the
end of the summer, I realized that a few hours of NAQP at 1.5kW would give
me some good exercising of it for an evening as well as SO2R my 2 amps. So
I ran for probably 3 hours SO2R HP.
I of course knew that it wasn't allowed in the contest competition. But I
wasn't competing, so not my concern. I was simply giving out the desired
exchange to those who were competing (oh yes - thank you for Vermont by the
way - especially on 10M!).
I left for a business trip to Asia a few days later. I didn't even submit a
check log. So technically, I wasn't even in the contest. I was just being
a very cooperative Q for those that were. If you have ever coaxed a newby
through a Q then you have coerced the same. I just did it much more
efficiently for 3 hours.
So back off of Pat guys.come on.
Ed N1UR
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