[TowerTalk] Raibeam PART-2

[Pete Smith]

At 01:48 PM 4/11/00 -0700, Stu Greene wrote:
>
>At 02:53 PM 4/11/00 -0400, you wrote:
>
>>K1VR:  That's easy. I'm a contester and I have competitors. Several years
>>back K1VR lost to W3BGN in ARRL DX CW, M/S class, for the national title
>>by ONE multiplier or four QSO's. A few tenth's of a dB over 48 hours
>>would have surely been worth it.
>----
>why?

Well, first you have to believe that winning would be a good thing.  I do.  
Once over that hump, I think Fred's point is a statistical certainty.
Other things being equal, over 48 hours and 3000-4000 QSOs a few tenths of
a dB additional gain, even on just one band, would have produced two more
mults or 5 more QSOs.  The same could be said for a little better receiving
antenna on 80 or 160, too.  Tenths matter in contesting. 

73, Pete Smith N4ZR
n4zr@contesting.com 

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