I have never figured out the purpose of the TB-wires category. It appears to be there to equalize things for the guys with smaller antennas, but if I interpret the rules correctly, with a vertical, I have to compete against the guys with the stacked yagis (I guess I could use that category if I stuck to 40 and below).
Bob, N7XY On Sun, Mar 13, 2005 at 08:44:42AM -0500, Gerry Maira wrote: > I would enter as single op, low power, TS (tribander or single element wire > ant) 20 meters. As I understand it - You can work stations on other bands, > but of course they won't count toward your score. I believe you can just > give them the next SN in your sequence. These qso's will be filtered out by > the computer doing the scoring, with no penalty to you. If you can't find > info on this in the rules, you could send an email to CQ and ask them. > > 73, Gerry Maira KA2MGE > > Leon M Foot wrote: > > >I have a moderate station: TS450S/AT whit a triband beam, running 100 W > >max. No linear. > > > >I have been off air for some years and have never worked a contest. In > >the upcoming CQ contest I want to work 20m only. > > > >What category do I enter in the contest: Single band low power or single > >transmitter with triband beam (or whatever the official categories are)? > > > >What happens if, during a quiet period, I tune accross a new one on say > >15 or 10m? May I work them? Will it affect my single band entry? What > >serial number do I give? > > > >Thanks > >Leon ZS4Y Subscribe/unsubscribe, feedback, FAQ, problems http://njdxa.org/dx-chat To post a message, DX related items only, dx-chat@njdxa.org This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org
