[TowerTalk] correction......Tennadyne Log periodics

[Joe Subich, W4TV]

> CQ Marathon is a year long event, the more hours you operate the more
> countries you will work.

I don't know that I would agree with "the more hours you operate the
more countries you will work" as it is more a matter of being in the
right place at the right time.  I've been #2 in the 100W class with
simple antennas (in my case, dipole at 20' and/or vertical) the last
two years.  My total score has been competitive with most of the
"unlimited class" entrants from this general area and beat my neighbor
who runs full boat to a tribander at 90 feet.

73,

    ... Joe, W4TV



On 2014-11-21 3:34 PM, john at kk9a.com wrote:
> Working DX is no indication of antenna performance. CQ Marathon is a year
> long event, the more hours you operate the more countries you will work.
>
> John
>
>
> To:	towertalk at contesting.com
> Subject:	Re: [TowerTalk] correction......Tennadyne Log periodics
> From:	Jim Brown <jim at audiosystemsgroup.com>
> Reply-to:	jim at audiosystemsgroup.com
> Date:	Fri, 21 Nov 2014 10:47:57 -0800
> List-post:
>
> On Fri,11/21/2014 10:29 AM, Paul Veal M.Ed N0AH wrote:
> oppss-- I knew I should kept my pen silent on 2013 Clublog results-sorry,
> using the T-8, on 10M, we tied for 3rd in CONUS for number of DXCC's
> worked-, and first place NA in the CQ Marathon for SB on 10M- The T-8
> retails for $1,450 per their website-
>
> 2013 Club Log STATS
> 10M- 206 DXCC's tied 3rd place NA First was N2BJ with 213 DXCC's reported-
> 12M  165 DXCC's  13th place NA
> 15M  205 DXCC's  tied 25th place NA
> 17M  164 DCXX's  Tied 32nd place NA
> 20M 175 DXCC's Tied 85th NA
>
> I know we all have different ways of quantifying results
>
> Statistics like this are meaningless with respect to any given antenna
> because there's no frame of reference to your location, antenna mounting
> height, and because such factors as the skill of the operator and the
> amount of time the station is on the air, on the right band(s) at the
> right time have such a huge bearing on the results.
>
> The only ways I know of to quantify (or even show) small differences (a
> few dB) in antenna performance are 1) to set them up one at a time like
> N0AX and K7LXC did or 2) to set them up with identical mounting
> conditions, alternate transmissions between them, and compare multiple
> Skimmer spots for thousands of such transmissions, averaging the result;
> and 3) set them up as in (2), but switch between them on receive and
> record and average the differences for thousands of received signals.
>
>   73, Jim K9YC
>
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