Topband: FW: CQWW a bust this year

[Jamie WW3S]

You got the part about short distance correct.....I live maybe 12-15 
miles from Eric, NO3M.....I cant hear a fraction of the stuff he 
does...of course phased beverage arrays on ten acres vs my small 80x180 
lot in a subdivision makes a difference as well !!!! I swear he can hear 
a cricket rub his legs together halfway around the world.....Ive been 
somewhat successful using some EWE and a magnetic receiving loop, always 
trying to tinker and find something that works....Ive just about 
squeezed every antenna I can in my lot (tower with 3L steppir, Hytower, 
2L phased array for 40 and Inv L off the tower for 160).....so my rx 
antennas go into the front yard, much to my wifes and neighbors 
dismay......I may try a VE3DO loop instead of the EWE this year, no rx 
antennas up yet, and 12+ inches of snow today, plus more on the way 
means I may not have something up by the contest weekend.....lifes too 
short to complain, try some small RX antennas, you may be surprised at 
the results.....

------ Original Message ------
From: "Bob Kile" <midnight18 at cox.net>
To: "Topband" <topband at contesting.com>
Sent: 12/1/2020 6:58:28 PM
Subject: Re: Topband: FW: CQWW a bust this year

>Please, please, every year this so called SDR BS comes up. Maybe in some cases it is true, maybe not. All of the top performing trophy seeking stations must record their contacts during the contest. My feeling is that most of the big guns don't have time to screw around with SDR. It would make your brain swirl with the delay. It is not much different than being off by 3-6db on power calculations.
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>So, rather than complain, spend as much time becoming a better operator , building a better station and accept the fact on Top Band a very short distance can make all the difference in the world of hearing them and working them.
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>IMO
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>73, Bob W7RH
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>-- W7RH DM35OJ
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