[TowerTalk] Propagation vs high-performance station

[David Gilbert]

Propagation trumps EVERYTHING, but ...

1.  Given equal propagation and operator skill, the better station will 
almost always win out

2.  Propagation is much less dependable than a high performance station

3.  Propagation is MUCH cheaper

73,
Dave   AB7E


On 2/12/2016 7:34 AM, dw wrote:
> I had an enjoyable 40m cw qso with a VK station this morning before I
> had to run off to work.
> He had just barely started calling and I happened to be the first to
> hear and respond.
> It turned out he was new to cw and I was his first ever cw qso.
> He was sitting in his car, parked in his driveway.
>
> We didn’t have time to exchange wattage and antennas.
> So I can only surmise that he was working with a car mounted vertical
> etc.
>
> But it occurred to me that propagation must have been favoring him.
> It’s interesting to contemplate which is more the determining factor
> from one qso to the next.
> Whether propagation is the determining factor vs the high-performance
> station.
>
> But I still believe chance favors the prepared mind :-]