[CQ-Contest] New category: "Wires only"??

[Bill Coleman]

On Jan 26, 2006, at 9:05 AM, Barry N1EU wrote:

> WPX is the only contest that even provides the TB/wires category.

WPX does not have a TB/wires category. They have a Tribander / Single  
element antenna category. A tribander is very carefully defined, and  
it's reasonably clear what a single element antenna is.

Even so, there's room for abuse with this definition. For example,  
someone with an 80m /75m OWA dipole wouldn't be disqualified from  
this category, because his dipole has more than one element.

On the other hand, if someone built a 450 foot 80m collinear  
vertical, that wouldn't disqualify them.

>   So even
> if you get a new "wires only" category created, what contests do  
> you think
> will adopt it?

And the guy who got nothing but rhombics pointed in every direction  
on his 40 acres will dominate this category....


Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASEL        Mail: aa4lr at arrl.net
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