[CQ-Contest] ANOTHER SMELLY SUBJECT

[CT1BOH - José Carlos Cardoso Nunes]

I'm on my way to the beach, to enjoy some waves of what's left of a dying
swell, and right now, I  guess I don't really care much about stations
capable of running 10kw...but I am curious about the sensitive discussion
concerning amplifiers.

If someone builds and runs a 10 over 10 over 10 over 10 over whatever
antenna giving him a xDB advantage over the average top contester, nobody
cares. If someone could come up with a vertical antenna capable of spraying
signals on a "0-49" degree angle and blocking a range of incoming angle and
azimuth signals (my dream antenna) I guess nobody would care but If someone
builds a 10 KW amp giving him a xDB advantage over the average top
contester, everybody cares.

If we abstract the rules issue prohibiting more than 1.5kw out, why is it OK
to build big antennas but it is not OK to build big Amplifiers? What if the
logic behind the fact that the only restriction as far as equipment is
concerned only applies to Amplifiers?

This question is just a curiosity!

73 José
CT1BOH



-----Original Message-----
From: cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com
[mailto:cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com]On Behalf Of James Neiger
Sent: Saturday, April 03, 2004 18:46
To: CQ-Contest at contesting.com
Subject: [CQ-Contest] ANOTHER SMELLY SUBJECT


While we are focused on packet mis-use and all that blather, should we also
be interested or concerned about another smelly subject that is probably
even more rampant?  What is that, you ask?

The blatant and illegal use of super high power in contests.

Is it happening? You bet it is. Some who do are even seemingly very proud of
the fact (when I was in Slovenia for WRTC2000, one very well known European
operator came up to me and bragged that most everyone who is competitive in
his area were running Henry 8K's).

And I've personally seen tubes in amplifiers, actually multiple of such
tubes, capable of running 10 KW, and up.  In very well known, world
competitive stations.

Does anyone care?  Or do we just kind of wink, grin, approvingly shake our
heads in awe, and go have another brewskie in the 7th floor Dayton suite?

Vy 73

Jim Neiger  N6TJ

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