[CQ-Contest] M/M with MULTS Stations

[Mills, Wayne N7NG]

 Fabil and all:

The CQ rules cleverly use the words TOTAL output power:

"All high power categories must not exceed 1500 watts total output power on
any band."

This should eliminate any questions about what to do with multiple amps and
multiple antennas. 

Wayne, N7NG/1

-----Original Message-----
From: IT9GSF Fabio Grisafi
To: cq-contest at contesting.com
Sent: 9/17/2001 07:05 PM
Subject: [CQ-Contest] M/M with MULTS Stations



Hello from Italy,

a friend in Italy told me that all the stations during the CQWW contest
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can use a maximum of 1500 Watts output and that
the maximum power is not yet related to the maximum legal power... or =
better, the maximum usable power is the legal power
when it doesn't exceed 1500 W.

My question is.... what about stations using different amplifiers with =
different antennas fed by the same exciter ?

For example, a station can have Antenna 1 on 20 mts to the JA direction
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with 1000 W and Antenna 2 to the USA
direction with 1200 W. Is this station legal or not ?

If you consider the E.R.P. minus the antenna gain the power will not =
exceed the maximum power to any direction, but if I
use 5000 W to a dipole I will not be legal but my signal strenght will =
be lower, but I will have a very large target area.

Personally, I don't believe that power is a primary task for contest =
winners... first you should consider other factors as
antennas, propagation, operators skill, etcetera....and then power if it
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is not 100 W.

Expecially in a MULTI/MULTI, to have six 3 KW amplifiers with power line
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problems due to the excessive power cosumption
is not so competitive as to have six 1 KW amplifiers well running =
without power problems.

Now, please, let me say that this time we are preparing the CQWW =
Contests from IG9A and we are not so happy because of
the brutal attacks we had in New York and Washington (I say WE because =
it was an attack to the umanity and we think that
american people should know that they are not alone.  Personally, I do =
have some money in the NYSE, NASDAQ but I
didn't change because they (the terrorists) want we do that. I hope the
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world awake and react with peace and progress.
(This was the name of a communist radio in the 70s and 80s, but I am not
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communist, HI HI).

So, I wish to thank all those friends that are working to make the IG9A
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2001 effort a real thing !

We see many hams all over Italy (but USA and Europe too !) working on =
antennas, software, interfaces, radios, cables, towers,
rotators, filters, beverages boxes, power splitter, amplifiers, and so =
on.

We plan to use special phased antennas this year with different heights
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over the sea.

The CQWW adventure is, of course, a full year effort !


Also special thanks to Antonello, IT9EQO, President of ARI-RG, for his =
support and Flavio, IV3TMV, for his hardwork in antennas,
all the friends from M.Capra Contest Group (IQ4A) and all the MCC, =
Marconi Contest Club, members and Giorgio, I2VXJ.

Thanks also to Mario, I2MQP, for his support, again this year, in being
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our QSL manager.

Some of the operators will be 9H1EL, 9A6A, SV8CS, I4VEQ, I4TJE, I4EAT, =
IT9CHU, and others coming from many parts of the world.

We are still looking for a high speed pile-upper for 15 or 20 meters =
band operation. If you are a well known contester send an e-mail
to my personal address... you will receive an application form with some
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skill questions.

I wish to excuse me with some contesters that have already sent their =
application, if you didn't get an answer from me, please,
send an other e-mail (we had some problems with an e-mail account).

See you during the CQWW RJ RTTY Contest.... we will be QRV from =
Lampedusa Island, African Italy, as IG9A M/S, with YL2KA,
YL2CW, and other operators that will drive all over Europe by car to =
reach Lampedusa.

Best 73 and CU IN TEST,
Fabio, IT9GSF...................one of  ( I G 9 A ).


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