[UK-CONTEST] Contest Results

[Ken Eastty]

The main problem that I have with a lot of contest results being lumped
together is remembering which contest I've entered but anything's better
than articles on D-Star.
What I miss is details of equipment & antennas that people are using,
perhaps this could be published on the web pages.
Of course one has to take some equipment details with a pinch of salt, I
heard a G station on 80 today who was running "400W from a GU-84B (4CX2500)"
(100W on the heaters alone)
I see on NI4L's website that "Many amateur radio stations see 4 kW (from the
GU84-B) in SSB and CW modes. They use GU-84B in long-lasting contests" No
wonder some of the American (& other?) contest stations put out such big
signals!

73....

Ken

G3LVP



>
> Well, no - I didn't say they were wasted, I said I was amazed to see so
> much space devoted to tables of results in RadCom.  In the sense that I
> was surprised that the editor was convinced to do it.
> Being a contest enthusiast, myself I was personally quite happy to see
> it there, but I can see a non contest oriented readers point of view as
> well.
> Alex
>
> CHRIS COLCLOUGH wrote:
> > If you are saying this then how many pages are wasted on technical,
> > homebrewing, and D-Star articles. As the saying goes "You can't please
> > everyone all of the time".
> >
> > Personally I would like to see more on operating procedures and the
> > like, surely if we want to improve the new guys skills we should be
> > having this type of article more often.
> >
> > And with being a dxer more than a contester it would be nice to see
> > more articles on dxpeditions etc. But again like you Alex I guess I
> > will get jumped on!!!
> >
> > Chris Colclough
> > G1VDP
> >



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