[RTTY] Not to beat the ANTENNA OVERKILL horse...

[Bill Turner]

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On Fri, 21 Jul 2006 11:53:16 -0500, you wrote:


>I hope you see what I'm getting at. I'm not making any future plans for a
>new wire antenna
>
>category. But someone will, and most likely with better plan then what I
>have written above..

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Hi Ron, nice to hear from you again. For those new to RTTY contesting,
Ron was the AA5AU of his day, and I mean that as a compliment to both.

Ron used to wipe the floor with all of us and he knows whereof he
speaks.

But...  My proposal goes beyond just one radio vs two, or what kind of
wires one puts up. I'm suggesting two classes: Limited and Unlimited. 

LIMITED CLASS: 

1. One TX, one RX. When the TX is on, the RX must be off and vice
versa. In other words, conventional transceiver operation.

2. No spotting of any kind, either help in the shack or internet,
packet, etc, etc. Find 'em and work 'em the old fashioned way.

3. A "modest" antenna system. One antenna per band. 20/15/10 may have
the gain-equivalent of a three element yagi and 160/80/40 the gain
equivalent of a half wave dipole. All antennas may be rotatable.

UNLIMITED CLASS:

1. Anything legal in your country is allowed.


Within those two classes you could have single op and multi op, and
HP/LP/QRP if desired, but the hardware would stay the same. I think
this would encourage the average amateur with a "modest" station to
give contesting a try. 

Sounds pretty doable to me. What do you think?

Bill, W6WRT