How should that be possible? Splatter are not caused by signal strength but by poor signal purity.
73 Peter -----Original Message----- From: Topband [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Bob Abernethy via Topband Sent: Dienstag, 23. Juni 2026 02:43 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Topband: 5kW amps Not to mention splattering everything and everyone in a 200 mile radius. BA On 6/22/2026 5:28 PM, Mike Smith VE9AA via Topband wrote: > Anyone who claims they don't care if the guy across town or even a > State/Province over is running 5kW or 12kW is not being truthful. > > > > Think of it. They beat you in every contest you ever enter (maybe denying > you WRTC points or nice plaques if you are into that stuff) or beat you in > every dx pileup you ever enter. Maybe they're in the same pileup as you for > Bouvet, Scarborough Reef, Spratley or North Korea, but you never get > through. > > > > This "analogy" of the fast car going 160mph is flawed. I own a Harley and > ride it at the speed limit. (yes, really) > > Two days ago 2 crotch rockets went by the house likely approaching 200km/h > (125mph). Maybe more. > > They were literally a screaming blur (think Isle of Man-TT)that lasted > only the briefest of time (a second or so and I can see up/down the road > quite a ways. > > > > Unless they crash into my house, I don't care. It's no skin off my nose. I > don't like it. I think it's stupid but it doesn't directly affect me so long > as they don't run over a kid on my road. (btw, a guy on a sport-bike hit a > deer not 500' from my driveway a couple years ago and barely survived. I > was not here as a witness but some locals said he was going way too fast, so > he paid the price of maybe going too fast and not being able to avoid the > deer I guess). > > > > Anyways, if it's a guy across town thumping me into the ground every > contest, every pileup who's running 5, 10 or 15kW then it forces me to care. > It AFFECTS me. It's not just someone doing something that's stupid, illegal > or whatever. It has consequences. > > > > You can never convince me somebody is running a 5 or 10kW capable amp > loafing it along at 1.5kW. C'mon, get real. That's ludicrous. > > > > Respectfully, > > > > VE9AA > > Mike - Keswick Ridge, NB, Canada > > > > _________________ > Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector _________________ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector _________________ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector
