[SECC] Contest Expectations

[scottstraw at mindspring.com]

SECC members,

I am interested in the variety of answers that will abound to the following questions raised as a result of reading a comment about the SS event this past weekend.

1. What is your personal expectation for a final Average-QSOs-Per-Hour in a contest from your station and is it lower for P/T versus F/T? 
  
2. What is your definition of the phrase "half-decent LP S&P rate"?

3. Is there a "factor" that you reduce your expectations by when operating LP versus HP?

4. Is there a "factor" that you multiply your expectations by when using towers/beams versus dipole wires in trees?

5. Is it possible to make station-to-station comparisons to posted scores using these (or other, better) types of analytical formulas?

Bottom line: I want to know how my puny P/T 38K with a G5RV compares to other stations with some degree of objectivity.

(I'll take mode-specific multiple answers and short answers, but please no essays or college-level dissertations - I have a short attention span).

Thanks in advance for your thought (and discussion) provoking answers,

Scott, KB4KBS
 
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