Ham Radio is definitely no “level playing field”!
I live on a 100 ac farm, and have a decent set of antennas. I am just finishing
up an almost Quarterwave vertical (35 m) tower for 160 m, with plans for an
offset wire for 80 m. There are Beverages for 6 directions too. I’m making the
most of it while I can!
I’m hoping to improve on my 143 countries on Top, and remembering the topic of
this thread, 43 CQ Zones.
73, Luke VK3HJ
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From: Jim Thomson
Sent: Thursday, 11 March 2021 3:38 AM
To: TopBand List
Subject: Topband: CQ Zones
You folks using CW have a HUGE advantage over the SSB operator.
And folks using a remote RX have a bigger advantage over everybody.
And hams, who live on 5-10 acres out in the bush....have a huge advantage
over us mere mortals on postage stamp sized city lots, surrounded by noise in
all directions.
So its all relative really. Relative to what an individual can do with what
they have.
When somebody has 200-250 countries on 160m...and lives on 20 acres out in
the bush,
complete with beverages pointed in all directions, and a S1 noise level....
to be honest, I am
not overly impressed. Its what I would expect with their better
setup..and location.
The only thing that counts, is how well one does with the cards you are dealt
with. The folks
with the multi tower setups, and stacked arrays, that rack up huge scores in
a contest, good luck
to them. The rest of us cant even begin to compete with that, so why bother.
Amateur radio is like having 40 cars on a race track, ranging in
performance from A-Z. We can
all guess the expected results, with great accuracy. Its laughable really.
You can only do so much.
Jim VE7RF
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