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

[EdK0KL]

Better to be pissed off thank pissed on ...

73!

ed K0KL




On 11/21/2014 8:40 PM, n8de at thepoint.net wrote:
> Not to be 'political', but, in 2010, I WON the "formula" class with 
> almost 20 more DXCC worked compared to the others in this class.  CQ 
> Mag and K9EL (administrator of this) REFUSED to recognize my 
> achievement ... put my entry into "unlimited" class ... and pissed me 
> off.
>
> 73
> Don
> N8DE
>
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> Quoting "Joe Subich, W4TV" <lists at subich.com>:
>
>>
>>> 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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