[Amps] AL-1200 VS AL-1500

[Pete Smith]

Actually, it is probably neither.  Here's why.

I am the guy who programmed the database and its searches, using 
FrontPage.  I am NOT a skilled programmer.  The data are free-form, in each 
field, so, for example, someone could fill in the amplifier field with 
"Ameritron 1200", "AL1200", "AL-1200", "2 x AL-1200", etc.

Depending on how you phrase the query, you get different results.  For 
example, if I ask for "1200" and "1500" I get 121 and 94 hits 
respectively.  However, if you look at the actual returned field contents, 
you'll see all of those variations.

Unfortunately, the data were not more structured to begin with, and now, 
with almost 3000 stations in the database, converting would be pretty tough.

73, Pete N4ZR

  At 12:48 PM 2/25/2005, Dennis Sokol wrote:

>Blake, I just clicked the link you gave. My results were different!
>
>87 AL-1200's
>57 AL-1500's
>
>52.6% greater. That difference is significant.
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