[RTTY] Greater than 600 watts for RTTY

[Neal Campbell]

All I know is that K7SV, 100 watt station routinely beats me in any go for
a station when I am running 1500w, 4 ele Steppir. DX or contest, he 100%
beats me to a station. I don't think he has a location particularly better
than mine (we are not 5 miles apart and similar locales), don't think his
rig or antenna is better than mine, he is just the best op I know, full
stop (take that Shep!)

Maybe its not at the top but its a multiplier somewhere in the list!


Neal Campbell
Abroham Neal LLC



On Sat, Mar 25, 2017 at 1:11 PM, Thom <ki8w at ki8w.com> wrote:

> I have been thinking a lot about buying some form of amp for my shack to
> do 400-600 watts on RTTY.  Then looking out my shack window I am reminded
> that I have a lot of really close neighbors and I do not want to put them
> at risk with even more RF exposure. I also have a really small lot.
>
> I am real lucky that the powers that be in this mobile home park I reside
> in even lets me have radio,  of any kind.
>
> So 100 watts and better antennas are my options.
>
> I just hope that I make it physically to the next sunspot peak. I did
> really well with 100  watts during the last one.
>
> QRP  operators have a motto that I have lived by for years. "Power is no
> substitute for skill."
>
> 73
>
> Thom KI8W
>
>
>
>
>
> On 3/25/2017 12:51, Neal Campbell wrote:
>
>> At the top of the pecking order is operator skill.
>>
>>
>> Neal Campbell
>> Abroham Neal LLC
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Mar 25, 2017 at 12:37 PM, Ed Muns <ed at w0yk.com> wrote:
>>
>> The key factor missing from the top portion of this "pecking order" is
>>> QTH,
>>> both macro (Lat/Lon) and micro (hilltop or valley; saltwater, etc.).
>>>
>>> Ed W0YK
>>> ____________________________________________________________________
>>>
>>> Dave K2YG wrote:
>>>
>>> If you're out to win a contest in the high power category, or to get
>>> rare ones on the first or second call, go for the max.  But here 400
>>> watts or less has gotten 344 DXCC entities on RTTY, 5 watts has 268 and
>>> 1 watt 146 countries.  Pecking order is propagation, then antenna and
>>> power.
>>>
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