[RTTY] AA5AU Contest Notes now multi computer n1mm SO#R

[Jeff Blaine]

This subject has drifted way off topic.   So I will give my concluding rant.

If you want to run So1R, then do it.  I ran So1r and then So2V on a single 
amp/rig for a couple of years.  If you want to run So2r, then gear up and do 
it.  Yes it takes more gear.  Yes it gives better scores, with the right op. 
And no, not everyone can do it.

But it's a different category.  So there is no comparison in the score. 
That issue has been beat to death and we can reread about it in the archives 
if one is interested.

The key point is that N1MM supports all these modes - and more - like the 
multi-combos.  It's a great logger.

Just like there are great ops.  There are great single op contesters like 
Mike (who is pretty good as a So2r op as well...), and others.  Just as 
there are great So2r and So3r ops like Don and Ed.

So if a guy does not like his results, the place to look is right there on 
your desk, not on someone elses.  Improve your operation skill, your setup, 
and learn from what the top guys are doing.  Don has been knocking the 
scoreboards for years with arguably a modest setup, a less than ideal 
location and with 100W.  Don, Mike and Ed, over the years, have given plenty 
of advice on how to get it right, do it better, and it's all mostly splashed 
over web sites, public forums, reflector notes and things like K3LR's CTU.

A great op gets great scores, even with mid level stuff.  A poor op (like I 
am) uses So2r and power to make up for his lack of knowledge and skill.  The 
key point I guess I am trying to make is that working on your skills will 
give you better scores - regardless of your hardware and geographic 
limitations.

And whatever cat you want to participate in, N1MM has an operation mode that 
can support it.

73/jeff/ac0c
www.ac0c.com
alpha-charlie-zero-charlie

-----Original Message----- 
From: John Merrill
Sent: Friday, February 15, 2013 9:34 PM
To: RTTY
Subject: Re: [RTTY] AA5AU Contest Notes now multi computer n1mm SO#R

I hope we are not going to get into the debate again that SO2R should be a 
different category :-). A single op is a single op no matter how many radios 
or antennas or amps he /she has....right??

John N1JM
On Feb 15, 2013, at 8:21 PM, "Tom Osborne" <w7why at frontier.com> wrote:

> That shouldn't be a single op station?
>
> Where do you draw the line?  73
>
> Tom W7WHY
>
>
> On Feb 15, Jeff Blaine wrote:
>> There is nothing wrong with this.  Single ops do just fine.  Search
>> on K4GMH in the single op category and you can see what a good op
>> can do.
>>
>> 73/jeff/ac0c
>
> You mean this ?????
>
> Current home station setup: SO2R - IC746s, GS-35B amps., pair of 4 el
> SteppIRs (one at 130 ft, other at 100 ft), pair of 2 el XM240s (one at 140
> ft, other at 70 ft), TH6DXX (at 40 ft), 80 m inv. vee apex 120 ft, 2, all
> supported by a single Rohn 45, 130 ft tower.  Plus a pair of 480 ft 
> Beverage
> ant. (one North East, other West directions)
>
>
>
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