[TowerTalk] 5 db required to see?

[Larry Lindblom]

Steve, those of us in the middle of the country might modify the equation to
include a 3rd variable, that variable being location.  I'd hate to guess how
many times stations on the east coast with an 80 meter dipole at 60m feet  have
beat a midwestern 4 square through the pileup for a semi rare european (e.g.
3A1).   What would happen in WRTC if the stations and operators were identical
but they were scattered all over the USA instead of in a limited geographic
area?

DE W0ETC in IA

K7LXC@aol.com wrote:

> In a message dated 05/25/2000 7:12:53 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
> aa4lr@radio.org writes:
>
> > Another aspect may come into play. It's conceivable that a modestly
> >  skilled operator using a not-to-directional antenna, and unfamiliar with
> >  all the nuances of propagation could capture more multipliers by chance
> >  than the same operator with a very directional antenna.
> >
> >  I'm of the opinion that operator skill is a bigger factor in producing
> >  scores than antennas.
>
>       Totally agree. I think it's 80% operator and 20% hardware - or even
> more on the operator side. In the first WRTC in Seattle in 1990, the best
> stations didn't win.
>
> Cheers,    Steve    K7LXC
>
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