[LCC] 2020 LAQP

[marsh at ka5m.net]

Keith,

My name is Marsh - short for Marshall. Sometimes CW ops like to use a
shorter version of their name in contests. 

So you're saying that a station operating in a "domestic" contest with a
tri-bander or wire antenna with 100 watts will have no problem with a
crowded band due to an international contest going on at the same time?
Really? By what process did you arrive at that conclusion? If that were
true, then I should run 5 watts to a wire coat hanger and eliminate any
crowded band problems.   

When do I want the LAQP run? On a weekend with no other high participation
international contests on but with other state QSO parties.

When do you want it run? The same weekend as the Russian DX Contest and the
BARTG Contest because you are running a tri-bander or wire antenna with 100
watts and have no band congestion problem?

Marsh, KA5M


-----Original Message-----
From: keith at kathyandkeith.mx <keith at kathyandkeith.mx> 
Sent: Tuesday, September 24, 2019 3:49 PM
To: marsh at ka5m.net
Cc: LCC at louisianacontestclub.org
Subject: Re: [LCC] 2020 LAQP


March,

So you are saying a station with a tri-bander or wire antenna with 100 watts
is going to hear and be heard as well as someone with a stack of monobanders
running 1500+ watts.  Maybe the laws of physics work different where you
live. And that a domestic contest doesn't need to be operated differently
than an international contest. I need to hear your story at the next CTU.
And we're talking about the Russian DX contest not the CQWW or some other
mega contest.

Now that I have your attention.  I await your answer to the question.  
When do you want the LAQP run?

Keith, KV5J



On 2019-09-24 14:01, marsh at ka5m.net wrote:
> Kevin,
> 
> Really? If I run 100W RF out to less than a stack of monobanders I 
> will not experience band congestion? "Any knowledgeable contester 
> knows (that)"?
> 
> I want to be in the room at CTU when you reveal to all that "Most 
> modest stations (tri-banders and wires) running 100 watts never have 
> any problem."
> 
> Clearly, I am not a knowledgeable contester.
> 
> Marsh, KA5M
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: keith at kathyandkeith.mx <keith at kathyandkeith.mx>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 24, 2019 12:36 PM
> To: marsh at ka5m.net
> Cc: LCC at louisianacontestclub.org
> Subject: Re: [LCC] 2020 LAQP
> 
> 
> Marsh,
> 
> I'm not sure that I can agree 100% with your statement about band 
> congestion during the LAQP being that big of a deal. Sure you can make 
> it congested.
> Running max power and pointing a stack at Europe is going to make it 
> congested.  And if that's all your interested in is those kind of 
> numbers, someone might do just that. But as any knowledgeable 
> contester knows, that's not what you want to do to avoid that kind of 
> interference. Most modest stations (tri-banders and wires) running 100 
> watts never have any problem.
> I will throw it out to you.  Tell us when you want to have the LAQP so 
> we don't have any congestion???
> 
> Keith, KV5J
> 
> On 2019-09-24 11:48, marsh at ka5m.net wrote:
>> The point is not how many LCC members operated in the Russian DX 
>> Contest. The point is band congestion due to the numbers of stations 
>> operating in the Russian DX Contest.
>> 
>> Okay, so you work a DX station in the Russian DX Contest or the BARTG 
>> Contest and count it as a QSO in the LAQP. Do you think that's the 
>> focus of a state QSO party?
>> 
>> Marsh, KA5M
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: LCC <lcc-bounces at louisianacontestclub.org> On Behalf Of 
>> keith at kathyandkeith.mx
>> Sent: Tuesday, September 24, 2019 10:33 AM
>> To: Jim Ragsdale <jim at w5la.net>
>> Cc: LCC at louisianacontestclub.org
>> Subject: Re: [LCC] 2020 LAQP
>> 
>> Jim,
>> 
>> I did a quick check using 3830scores to see if I could find anyone 
>> from the LCC that submitted a log in the Russian DX contest for the 
>> last 3 years and found zero (0) logs submitted from anyone claiming 
>> to be a member of the LCC.
>> 
>> Keith, KV5J
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On 2019-09-23 16:21, Jim Ragsdale wrote:
>>> Marsh, I really liked your initial  comments and agree that many are 
>>> pulled away from LAQP because of those two contests. I'd sure like 
>>> to know how many Louisiana stations did BARTG or Russian DX instead 
>>> of LAQP last year. Sounds like something to research.
>>> 
>>> Another valid question: How many Louisiana stations contest at all?
>>> 
>>> 73, Jim W5LA
>>> 
>>> On 09/23/19 4:10 PM, marsh at ka5m.net wrote:
>>>> All I did was suggest that the dates for the 2020 LAQP be moved to 
>>>> a weekend without two (2) major international contests. I did not 
>>>> intend to start a fire storm.
>>>> 
>>>> Marsh, KA5M
>>>> 
>>>> 
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