[TowerTalk] [CQ-Contest] Does size matter?

[Cqtestk4xs@aol.com]

In a message dated 3/11/05 4:20:02 PM Greenwich Standard Time, K3BU at aol.com 
writes:
At the beginning of the band opening OK1RI was S9, head and shoulders above 
rest of Eu.
OK2RZ was barely above the noise, S3.
Couple hours later into the opening, unbelievable - OK2RZ was S9 + 20, OK1RI 
S6.
OK1RI was probably punching holes in W6 by then, but missing lot of little 
pistols with their "grounded" antennas.
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...and of course, the item that the guy with the big stack has to be aware 
of, is that prop is always changing.  I have the ability to switch 
BIP/BOP/TOP/BOT on all stacks and am constantly checking the various combos during a 
contest.  W2PV noted the importance of fills from BIP/BOP in the 80s.  Those who do 
not check from time to time are going to suffer from reduced QSOs in the 
contest.

Bill K4XS