[RTTY] Q Rate Killers

[Stanley Zawrotny]

I think there should be a category for those of us who only have wire antennas. I know some contests have an overlay for tri-beams and wires, but a wire doesn't compete with a tri-beam. Maybe wires and verticals can be grouped, but no kind of beam.

And I agree, it's the guys with the contest-level receivers that are giving the QRPers their points. Or the QRPer has a beam... 5 watts into a good beam beats 100 watts into a dipole.

I'm not saying that some QRPers don't work for their points, but I don't think they should use the tag as a badge of entitlement.

Stan, K4SBZ

"Real radio bounces off the sky."

> On Sep 27, 2016, at 12:26 PM, Al Hanzl <alhanzl at comcast.net> wrote:
> 
> Well, my logic may be screwed up, but everything is relative. 
> I run 100 watts with compromised antennas due to fact I live on a typical small suburban lot with one large tree smack in middle of a small backyard. 
> I am sometimes asked for repeats. 
> 
> There may be QRPers with more ERP than I put out. 
> 
> And I do get annoyed when stations with booming signals can't hear me at all. 
> 
> As much as I sometimes get discouraged that the same super stations keeping winning, it's not their problem that I can't compete. 
> I sometimes run QRP just so I have a chance to win a low participation sub category. 
> Anyway, some rambling thoughts from an amateur contester. 
> Al
> K2AL 
> 
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On Sep 27, 2016, at 11:28 AM, Bill Turner <dezrat at outlook.com> wrote:
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>>> On Tue, 27 Sep 2016 08:38:30 -0400, Dave wrote:
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 3. Because of the higher possibility of repeat requests, does anyone 
>>> think that qrp is out of place in some or all RTTY contests.
>> 
>> REPLY:
>> 
>> Maybe I'm just an old grump, but I think QRP is annoying anywhere in
>> ham radio, not just contests. The QRPers are proud of their lousy
>> signals whereas the REAL work is done by the stations trying to copy
>> them. 
>> 
>> Flame deflector on, fire away. :-)
>> 
>> 73, Bill W6WRT
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