[LCC] 2020 LAQP

Tue Sep 24 17:21:57 CDT 2019

My name is Keith not Kevin.  As with most of the back and forth you're 
not paying attention as to what's been said.
I too have said enough here because I will never be convinced changing 
the date is going to save the LAQP because most Louisiana ham operators 
don't really care if there is a LAQP.  That's why there is no 
participation.  But let's sit down face to face for a QSO.

73,

Keith, KV5J

On 2019-09-24 16:50, marsh at ka5m.net wrote:
> 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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