[CQ-Contest] Would You Still Contest?

[Radio K0HB]

SSCW is the sort of contest which gives more emphasis to Radioman Skills 
(tm) than to hardware and alcoa.  Because it is domestic, high power and 
large antenna farms do not unduly provide "domination" --- in fact an NVIS 
antenna like a low dipole may be a better choice than a long-boom yagi high 
in the sky in many propagation situations for this contest.

Yes, I'd be there.

73, de Hans, K0HB
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-----Original Message----- 
From: al_lorona at agilent.com
Sent: Monday, November 08, 2010 10:21 PM
To: cq-contest at contesting.com
Subject: [CQ-Contest] Would You Still Contest?

Another marvelous SS CW has come and the usual post-contest flurry of 
messages has begun, so here's my (completely serious) contribution:

If for whatever reasons the only station you had available to you was a QRP 
transceiver and a low dipole, would you still operate in the SS?

I imagine-- but could be way off-- that once one has the taste of victory in 
one's mouth from a superstation with all of the accoutrements, that falling 
back to a spartan little pistol operation with llittle hope of doing any 
damage is probably too little to capture one's interest.

In other words, you'd sit out the SS rather than subject yourself to the 
challenge of Q power and cloud warmer.

Or maybe not? Is the thrill of the competition alone enough for the big 
guns, or does there have to be some chance of doing substantial damage with 
a large signal?

If your answer is, "No, thanks," what does that say about the 
antenna-limited hams who, year after year, either voluntarily or by 
necessity enter in the Q category?


Al W6LX
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