Dale, You make some great points on propagation, worth keeping in mind this weekend...
Just did some propagation plots and 80M looks like it will be the place to be... Good chance to add to your DXCC totals. Ya say no one has a beam on the low low bands, you know 80 and 160? I know there are a couple JA stations with 3 elements on 80M, but check out pages 35 and 36 here: http://www.helsinki.fi/~korpela/PU/PU3_2008.pdf 5 (yes, five) full size elements on 80 AND 3 (!) full size elements on 160!!! many probably have logged OH8X in past contests, but these monsters should open up a whole new bunch of opportunities for folks with less than competitive antennas on 160/80! Julius Fazekas N2WN Tennessee Contest Group TnQP http://www.tnqp.org/ Elecraft K2/100 #3311 Elecraft K2/100 #4455 Elecraft K3/100 #366 --- On Mon, 11/24/08, Dale Putnam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Dale Putnam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: RE: [Elecraft] ARRL 160 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], "elecraft@mailman.qth.net" <elecraft@mailman.qth.net> > Date: Monday, November 24, 2008, 7:46 PM > Very good points, Julius, > One of the mistakes that I make, and I hear being made is > the feeling of not being able to be heard. > That just works against us. Qro has the > "advantage" of thinking powerful.. qrp, knows the > power is in > the operator and the props. Now.. we also know we can't > control the props.. so.. the best we can do is take > advantage of, and use to the best the props as they are. > The second most important tool that we all have > is the quality of operator... if you aren't as good as > you want to be.. then that is correctable... but we > must not "feel" poor op... feel GOOD op.. > One doesn't have to work through a pile, with out > learning a lot.. how did the successful ones do it > different? > How did they get through and you didn't? How did you > and they didn't.. and one thing to note... as you get > better > take a not of how many QRO ops you pass.... it is a real > blast to blow through the pileup, leaving stations calling, > by being there at the right time, and with the exact set of > skills to getter done. > Oh.. and one last thing.... one may not assume that all > signals are reciprical. He is loud, therefore I am loud.. > ok... he is weak, therefore I will be weak to him... not > true.. > he is loud, I am weak... WHAT?????? > He is weak, I may be loud, if his beam is looking the other > way.... and you say no one has beams on the low bands? > Don't assume that one either... or I will miss you, and > so will a number of other ops. --... ...-- Dale - WC7S in > Wy> > _________________________________________________________________ > Color coding for safety: Windows Live Hotmail alerts you to > suspicious email. > http://windowslive.com/Explore/Hotmail?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_hotmail_acq_safety_112008 _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
