[CQ-Contest] NAQP Power Level

Radio K0HB kzerohb at gmail.com
Sun Jan 10 16:23:24 EST 2016


If a guy is not competing for a prise, why do we care what (legal) power level they use?



__73, de Hans, K0HB

"Just a Boy and His Radio"™

On Fri, Jan 8, 2016 at 10:06 PM, Raymond Benny <rayn6vr at gmail.com> wrote:

> Tree, and others,
> The NAQP was setup and designed to run 100 watts max, and not for others to
> do whatever they want to do with the rules. When the NAQP rules were
> established, there was no talk of "leveling the playing field", but only to
> limit the power to 100w!
> If you intend to submit a log in any form, it would be nice that you comply
> with the rules. Most contests permit full power, but the NAQP one is not
> one of them.
> Find another to experiment with!
> Ray,
> N6VR
> On Fri, Jan 8, 2016 at 4:37 PM, Tree <tree at kkn.net> wrote:
>> I was planning to get on this weekend and hand out some QSOs in the NAQP.
>> I won't be serious competition as my new station isn't setup well enough
>> yet to so SO2R - and it's pretty tough to do well without that.
>>
>> So - after reading the thread about W5WMU - I guess I might as well turn on
>> the KW?  I'll have faster rates and heck - I wasn't really competiting
>> anyway.
>>
>> Is this what we want to turn the NAQP into?  Maybe 15 or 20 guys running
>> KWs and everyone else running S&P?
>>
>> Just doesn't feel right to me.
>>
>> Part of the challenge in this contest on the low bands is pulling weak
>> signals out of the noise.  If the guy you are trying to work is running a
>> KW - then it certainly makes it a lot easier.
>>
>> I think the high road for those contesters who are concerned about their
>> reputation is to run the suggested power level.  You certainly can tell if
>> an antenna is working or not with 100W as well as you can with a KW.
>>
>> Tree N6TR
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