[Amps] our amplifier in 2010 CQWW

[Doug Renwick]

If you not in the contest, are you bound by the contest rules?

Doug

"Those Island days are always on my mind,
Someday soon I'm going to leave it all behind."

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Date: Tue, 09 Nov 2010 20:16:04 -0800
From: Jim Brown <jim at audiosystemsgroup.com>
Subject: Re: [Amps] our amplifier in 2010 CQWW

On 11/9/2010 6:45 AM, Carl wrote:
> That would also disqualify a good percentage of the USA and the rest
of the
> world.  Do you really think its honored, especially by the stations
that
> arent regularly scrutinized.

I know this may come as a shock to some folks on this list, I know MANY 
honorable contesters, including some with big time reputations, who play

by the rules. 

###  which rules are these?   The rules that say there is NO limit on
the
amount of money that can be spent on stacked arrays  for each band ?? 
Or the same 'rules'  that stipulate that 150 kw ERP  from station XXX
is
'ok'..... but  5 kw ERP  from  station  YYY  is a 'no-no'  ??   Or the
rules that say
you can fill up a room with  a 1/2 doz or more, $12K  xcvr's. 






There are certainly some who think that the rules don't 
apply to them -- like Ivanna Trump, rules are for the little people.

## The rules, as currently written, are clearly slanted  for  folks
with BIG cheque books. Heck, most of em don't even climb their own
towers. 






IMO, those dishonorable schmucks who don't play by the rules are the 
little people, and I have no respect for them.

## The little guy doesn't have deep pockets.  BTW... I don't see any
handy dandy
YC-156 schematics in the latest ARRL hand book. If the little guy wants
to run tubes like
that, he has to design it himself....from scratch.  Try it some time.
The end justify's the means. 





On 11/9/2010 6:45 AM, Carl wrote:
> A US magazine trying to dictate to the world is totally asinine.

No, it's the RULES FOR A CONTEST, which are established by a volunteer 
committee of contesters.

## and how many of them reside outside the USA ??   Perhaps if paid
professional's  were employed, we would get some real rules, and a level
playing field. 



>I can just see the CQ Contest Committee running around the world with
their
>wattmeters looking for those extra watts(-;

##  The array solutions  'powermaster' wattmeters  with the pro software
give you the ability to display your wattmeter on your website, or any
where else. 
Now perhaps some volunteer folks  could sit their and watch on line
wattmeters
all weekend.  Or how abt live cams ?  






In the past few years, some major contest operations HAVE BEEN 
disqualified, and the rules have been rewritten to allow representatives

of the committees to inspect competing stations in real time during the 
contest.

##  Dunno abt you, but nobody gets past my property line....and I mean
nobody....even if you bring your own milk and cookies. 




Some of you guys make me sick to my stomach, no matter what your 
nationality. My parents taught me that "the other guy does it" is NEVER 
justification for doing wrong.  Yet another example of why and how the 
world has lost its way morally and ethically.

###  IMO, as long as you have stupid rules that state that 150 kw erp is
ok for one
group.... but  3 kw erp is  not ok for another group,   and that if
group 'A'  has unlimited  financial resources,
and group 'B' is on a shoe string budget... what the heck did you expect
?   Nothing new here. This power craze
has been going on since 1968 that I know of. The little guy usually gets
fed up with getting sand kicked in his face
year after year, and decides he needs an equalizer.  A YC-156 is
$300.00   I paid $75.00  for my 10 kva CCS  hypersil
pole pig, and 1/2" cu tubing is cheap at home depot.  Or you can do what
my buddy north of me just did...and drop
$6500.00  on a shiny new Alpha  8410.  

## An 80m dipole up 100', suspended between  trees  is a nice ant.....
trbl is, you lose 14 db,
cuz of it's  14 db F/S ratio.    Most countries have rules that
stipulate to... 'use the min pwr required to
establish contact'.  The same  rules didn't say to run 150 kw ERP  for
48 hrs all weekend. 

Jim   VE7RF



73, Jim Brown K9YC