[CQ-Contest] Run rate vs. S&P rate RTTY Roundup

[Barry Jacobson]

Hi Jim, I use the MFJ989D tuner which is quite capable and gets me 1:1 on
all bands including 160 where the antenna is too short. It is fed with
ladder line all the way from back of tuner to antenna.

Attaching a screenshot of RBN listing from last Sat night NAQP CW using
same setup. (I mistakenly used amp and became a checklog because exceeded
100 W limit). Same general setup as for RTTY Roundup the week before. I
don't think the antenna is the problem. Have worked plenty of Europe and
South America in DX contests. One thing I can't help is my property is
narrow and antenna is oriented so that broadside is sort of North-South
rather than East-West which I'd prefer. I think part of the issue is NY is
a boring state that nobody really needs because so many hams there.

Barry WA2VIU

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Barry Jacobson
WA2VIU
bdj at alum.mit.edu
@bdj_phd

On Fri, Jan 20, 2023, 7:21 AM Jim Brown <k9yc at audiosystemsgroup.com> wrote:

> On 1/19/2023 4:50 PM, Art Boyars wrote:
> > KK9A knows a lot more than I do, but I don't think "poor antenna" is the
> > main factor in this case.  Lots of us get by with poor antennas.  I run
> > 100W to a 200-ft-long dipole, and I can run IF I pick my band correctly.
> > (Of course, I'm talking about CW and some SSB; I don't do RTTY.)
>
> Yes, KK9A does know a lot more than you do. A resonant half-wave dipole
> antenna is a very good match on odd harmonics and presents a VERY high
> impedance a terrible match on even harmonics. A decent tuner can match
> your 200 ft-long dipole on bands where it is NOT a very high impedance.
>
> I agree that propagation could have been at play. By the end of RTTY RU,
> 20M might not have been jumping between W6 and W2, and 40M certainly
> does sometimes go long.
>
> 73, Jim K9YC
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