Oh yeah? So why do LPL and RM still beat be out 99/100 times
during peak band openings?
Barry W2UP
> On Fri, 1 Feb 2002 "Greg Gobleman" <k9zm@frontiernet.net> writes: > >
> > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dick Pechie - KB1H"
> <rpechie@snet.net> > snip: > > I believe the very high antennas of
> KC1XX and W3LPL can > > open a band early but after the initial
> opening these two guys are > in the > > pack with the rest of us.
> Operating skill can overtake allot of > mediocrity > > very easily. >
> > > There are times when the only antenna to have is big and tall. I
> > was > sitting here playing around in a ARRL DX test a couple years
> ago. > Sun came > up and I was hearing a few EU on 20m but not near
> as many or as loud > as the > previous day. I was going work a bunch
> on 10 & 15, or so I thought. > I have > the Telrex TB6EM at 62 or so
> feet pointed at EU and not a peep on > either > band. I can hear guys
> in AZ and NM working them, as well as east > coast and > southern US.
> I can't hear any EU. I come across Jerry, WB9Z and > he's a CQ >
> machine. I heard him work a couple of guys in Europe, but even he >
> is mostly > working South America. His rate is way off but I can only
> hear half > of what > he is working and none of the Europeans. He was
> using a C31XR at I > think > double my height or better and maybe some
> other antennas too. I > checked one > of the forecast sites and it
> showed a huge polar absorption area had > slid > down over the central
> US and killed the bands for us. Jerry is not > that far > from me,
> and there simply wasn't many spots coming out of 9/0 land > for EU >
> that day. Only guys with height were working Europeans from here. >
> Not very > scientific, but I had a lot of time to observe. > > Maybe
> the guys with height are in the pack with us at the peak of a > band >
> opening, but time and again I hear them carrying on conversations >
> thru the > lids that I could never do, even with my Henry 8877. I
> suspect that > part of > that reason is that they have multiple
> antennas and are using the > one that > they think is best at the
> time. I have experienced moments of true > pleasure > when I was
> antenna challenged and my Gap Titan vertical one called > thru the >
> big guns. But that was rare. I also would not characterize KC1XX >
> and W3LPL > as mediocre operators. > > 73 > Greg K9ZM > > > > >
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Barry Kutner, W2UP Internet: w2up@mindspring.com
Newtown, PA Frankford Radio Club
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