Topband: FW: CQWW a bust this year

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Lots of philosophy.
And there is real life.

I have a completely normal RX for NA.

http://www.topband.in.ua/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/IMG_1154.jpg

If missing  conditions - the best rx won't help!

In the third zone this should be known especially well.



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Jamie WW3S писал 2020-12-02 02:15:
> 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.
>> 
>> 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.
>> 
>> 
>> IMO
>> 
>> 73, Bob W7RH
>> 
>> -- W7RH DM35OJ
>> 
>>  “Small is the number of people who see with their eyes and think with 
>> their minds.” – Albert Einstein
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