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Re: [CQ-Contest] NAQP Power Level

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Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] NAQP Power Level
From: Jim Brown <k9yc@audiosystemsgroup.com>
Reply-to: k9yc@arrl.net
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 2016 16:51:36 -0800
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On Sun,1/10/2016 1:23 PM, Radio K0HB wrote:
If a guy is not competing for a prise, why do we care what (legal) power level 
they use?

Here's a simple example of why we care from last night on 80M. In S&P mode, I was calling a station who had a considerably better signal than many from the east coast I had worked, but I wasted a lot of time trying to get his multiplier.

Another example -- I'm running S&P and calling another station I need as a mult and a high power station wins the jump ball. He's 12 dB louder by virtue of his power amp, not his antennas or distance.

73, Jim K9YC
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