[RTTY] Greater than 600 watts for RTTY

[Al Hanzl]

Just some random, rambling thoughts (from a relatively new contester) perhaps not all accurate or rather, pertinent...
It's obviously a combination of things. 
I would think high power makes a difference when prop is poor. 
And receiver performance makes a big difference in my opinion. 
I have compromised antennas. My dipoles (slopes?) are barely higher than 30 feet at one. My 80 meter antenna is a shortened dipole. My Moseley mini beam is at about 30 feet. 
My QTH is adequate. I operate one radio at 100 watts or QRP. 
But I have placed  in the top 10 in an NAQP RTTY sprint. I have placed first in my ARRL region in some QRP CW IARU contests and have placed first in some CQWW sub- categories. 
I can't compete with the perennial contest winners or the big guns So I sometimes pick and choose a category in which I can be competitive. Quite frankly I simply enjoy contests. Lots of activity. And some friendly competition with some local ham buddies. 
With all that said, I have made contest contacts with the 746 power level mistakenly set to 0 watts or with the wrong antenna. 
Al
K2AL 
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> On Mar 25, 2017, at 2:43 PM, Bill Turner <dezrat at outlook.com> wrote:
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>> On Sat, 25 Mar 2017 12:04:48 -0500, you wrote:
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>> Not true Neal...
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>> When your calling CQ in a contest, it's being heard. Not skill.
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>> 73
>> Jim W7RY
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> REPLY:
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> I agree with Jim. Skill is quickly learned. I'd say 99% of the contest
> ops are good enough. Other factors are more important. 
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> 73, Bill W6WRT
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