R: [TowerTalk] perspective

[Maurizio Panicara]

In a contester mind, where the goal is the best possible result, everything
has to be done to avoid losses or to regret later about something that
hasn't been done to have those few qsos that moves you from the winner place
to leading the list of losers.  Under this perspective, knowing to have a
better signal adds self-confidence althought it's true that sometimes a
better reception helps more not to waste time or prevents calling where and
when is wrong, but a real contester wants best on both perspectives TX and
RX to deal and concentrate in operations and strategy.
Stated this half subjective points, effectively, some 2/3 dB increase in a
signal strenght can, in some cases, enhance the S/N (here intended as the
band mess) to a number of operators without the need those operator have to
change antenna, or develop their technique or concentrate more what they are
used to do.
A clean and strong signal helps to lead a pileup and again, the "winning
over" challenge with a louder signal can help.
A very symilar consideration is valid for people having no special
attractive for correspondants and that wouldn't lose time to reply a station
they doesn't need (as opposed to the rare country effect) and that requires
they deal and suffer (may be minutes or hours) to pull out from the mess.

73,
Mauri I4JMY


----- Original Message -----
From: Tom Rauch <w8ji@contesting.com>
To: <towertalk@contesting.com>; Mel Martin <mel@interlink.net>
Sent: Wednesday, July 19, 2000 5:23 PM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] perspective


>
> I've been racking my brain trying to think of a way to test the theory
> that a few dB of signal makes a big difference in a contest, but I
> can't think of a way to prove or disprove it.
>
> Can anyone?
>
>
> 73, Tom W8JI
> w8ji@contesting.com



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