[CQ-Contest] Wires Only

[Richard DiDonna NN3W]

This is all fine, but let us please eliminate the 10,000 plus categories
that we seem to be coming up with in contests.

WPX: TB Wires, Single Op, Low Power, 40 meters, assisted.

YUCK!

Too many categories.

I'm starting to liken contesting to marathon running.  There is the overall
champion, and then there are category winners (e.g., under 18, 18-25, 25-40,
40-60, and 60+.  When you start adding 25-40 with Nike Air Shoes and tight
shorts, the lines of winning begin to blur,

73 Rich NN3W
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <ku8e at bellsouth.net>
To: <cq-contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Sunday, January 29, 2006 1:45 PM
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Wires Only


>
>   If you limit the size of the area you can put up your wire antennas you
would eliminate competing against someone
> who has something big like a rombic antenna farm. I would allow all types
of wire antennas (wire beams, phased verticals etc..) as long as they fit
into the required area.
>
> The whole idea is to give someone who is hardware limited by their budget
or new to contesting to have a chance to win something.  Wires cost a
fraction of  a towers/beam antenna farm and I would think would be within
everyones' budget.
>
>
> 73, Jeff KU8E
>
>
> KU8E Wire Antenna Farm :
>
> 160: Inverted L - 50 ft vertical
> 80:  Inverted L
> 40 :  67 foot zepp/ 50 ft  , wire vertical/ 4 elevated radials
> 20:   67 foot zepp/ 50 ft , Dipole SE/NW 50 ft
> 15:   67 foot zepp/50 ft
> 10:   67 foot zepp/50 ft , dipole SE/NW 50 ft
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