[CQ-Contest] 100 Watt power limit for Sprints-Discuss

[Dennis McAlpine]

I agree with Jeff.  Living in a gated community, it is impossible for me to
put up a tower or beams and with the tallest trees in my yard being only 40'
high, I will never have a signal big enough to compete with those with large
gain antennas.  Running 600-700 watts to a doublet antenna gives me a bit of
a chance to be heard that I would not if I only started with 100 watts.
Leave the rules as they are for Sprints and think about adding a HP category
for NAQP.
73,
Dennis, K2SX

-----Original Message-----
From: Jeffrey Clarke [mailto:ku8e at bellsouth.net] 
Sent: Sunday, September 18, 2011 1:09 PM
To: cq-contest at contesting.com
Subject: [CQ-Contest] 100 Watt power limit for Sprints-Discuss

When these discussions come up no one ever seems to talk about the ERP of
the antennas that people are using. If you change the power limit to 100
watts is it fair for someone using a wire antenna such as a dipole to
compete directly against someone using directional gain antennas such as
yagi's and quads ? This surely isn't a level playing field.

 

I wish NAQP would go to high power and low power categories. I think the
Sprints are fine the way they are. The noisy conditions on 40 and 80 meters
in last night's Sprint was a good example of why we should keep high power.

 

Jeff

 

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