K6XX sounds a lot like Stan, K5GO, in his approach.
If we are working a contest that allows an assisted category, or use of it,
we'll run it but unless the run and H&P operators coordinate well, it can kill
a run rate.
One of the key needs for ops in this two-radio world is "Must play well with
others." It's a dance and if the run rate is good, the run station needs to
lead.
Thank you for your astute observations. Stan and his son Kevin (N5DX) will be
in Moscow.
Art, KØRO
--- On Tue, 5/25/10, Jim Brown K9YC <k9yc@audiosystemsgroup.com> wrote:
From: Jim Brown K9YC <k9yc@audiosystemsgroup.com>
Subject: Re: [TenTec] wither CW?
To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec@contesting.com>
Date: Tuesday, May 25, 2010, 11:29 AM
On Tue, 25 May 2010 09:02:03 -0700 (PDT), Art Trampler wrote:
>10kW ERP
ERP is Effective Radiated Power, which is transmitter output multiplied by
antenna system gain. Thats 1.5kW into a big Yagi with a gain of 9.2dBi and
1dB of loss in the line. Entirely legal.
>Sure, Skimmer is cool, and often enough like OPS (other peoples' spots) it
>can be inaccurate.
I have several friends who are top contest operators and who have qualified
(by top scores over a period of two years) to go to Moscow in July for the
IARU Championships. One of them, K6XX, is my neighbor about 3 miles up the
road; another, N6TV, lives over the mountain in Silicon Valley. Both are
superb operators with great stations. K6XX built every element of his
station, including clearing the land, putting up a half dozen towers doing
all the climbing, and building sophisticated control systems. N6TV is mostly
an appliance operator, and has a single tower (and some other antennas) on a
city lot that he hired people to put up. Both tried Skimmer early on (K6XX
built a bunch of soft rocks so he could run it on every band).Two years
later, N6TV is a big fan of Skimmer, while K6XX finds it a waste of time and
never uses it. Both of these guys can make the Energizer Bunny look tired.
73,
Jim K9YC
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