There are many different factors at play way beyond the antenna system. First and foremost, K5GO is QRP so he gets an automatic 3x multiplier for all his QSO's. I don't know N9FT's category.
Beyond power category, a station in a densely populated area will get an awful lot of 1-pointers and 2-pointers, even working local stations that can't load their bedsprings on 160M. A station that is in a remote area but within easy low-power reach of one or even better two population centers can get fewer QSO's but most of them are 3-, 4-, and 5- pointers (and he may get a 1.5 multiplier on every Q if he was low power himself or a 3x multiplier if he was QRP.) Even in contests without distance multipliers and with section+DXCC multipliers, there is an advantage to being in low-power reach of multiple domestic population centers. For example US midwest rules the ARRL DX low power category. Tim N3QE On Mon, Dec 29, 2014 at 5:56 AM, James Rodenkirch <[email protected]> wrote: > Is there a way via Stew results to measure the concentration of Qs... > with relation to the distance of the Q? > > For example, looking over the scores posed at the 3830 web site one finds > N9FT's QSOs to point ratio is 3 pts. while K5GO has a ratio of 8.1. > > On the surface, one would draw the conclusion.. that K5GOs Qs were farther > away, suggesting an antenna system geared to lower elevation of radiation > while N9FT's antenna may favor shorter hauls? > > Also, propagation and local noise enter into the discussion as > well....and, can't discount more QRP Qs for K5GO, perhaps. > > My QRP friend, WC7S, and I consider all of this one of the joys of working > the Stew...one can draw/speculate loose conclusions from the scores... > sorta. Then one goes to QRZ.com to see f the stations of interest list > equipment and antennas and them MORE speculation crops up ---- all of this > should be undertaken during happy hour! > > 72 to all, Jim Rodenkirch K9JWV > > > _________________ > Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband > _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband
