[ADXA] A contest club? Thoughts?

Mon Feb 22 19:13:26 EST 2021

Well, it was a "DX" contest!!!!!!!! 

I don't know Bill. The listing has been discussed here before but don't
recall the specifics. From my perspective its splitting hairs. ADXA
promotes DX but also promotes good technical knowledge to build an
excellent station (regardless of size), operator improvement and ethics.
The difference between DX'ers and contesters is minimal, if any at all.
When we had W3LPL as our featured guest at our 2018 annual conference I
was asked by one person why were we having a "contester" as our featured
guest. Well, let's see, Frank has built one of the top DX contest
stations in the world, he is subject matter expert on propagation,
antennas and ethical operating. Wow, isn't that everything a DX'er
wants? Besides, he is on the DXCC Honor Roll !!!!! 

So, drawing a line in the sand between DX'ers and contesters serves no
purpose but having our contest logs identify "ADXA" as the club,
especially for a DX contest, simply promotes ADXA and shows the world
we're a group of first class operators and we are active on the
air.....even if it is with 700 mW! 

I also noted "ADXA" for my log submission. For those who plan to submit
a log please do so as well. In addition, if you have already submitted a
log and did not indicate ADXA please resubmit it (you can do that before
the deadline) and indicate ADXA as the club. 

73 Joel W5ZN 

On 2021-02-22 16:58, Bill Priakos via ADXA wrote:

> A thought - I just submitted my log and under club, I put "ADXA".  I don't think I have heard of any formal addition, but if we did have a club, I would certainly submit my score.  So, are we a contest club as well as a DXA?  ADXA Contest Club?  A supplemental club to our main purpose? 
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> BP 
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> W5SJ 
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> _Bill Priakos_ 
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> From: adxa-bounces at mailman.qth.net <adxa-bounces at mailman.qth.net> On Behalf Of w5zn at w5zn.org
> Sent: Monday, February 22, 2021 5:19 PM
> To: Dennis Schaefer <dennisw5rz at gmail.com>
> Cc: adxa <adxa at mailman.qth.net>
> Subject: Re: [ADXA] 9 volts, 24 countries 
> 
> Wow that's amazing Dennis!!!! 
> 
> The one thing I really like about this contest is the DX station sends their power level. I worked a horde of 5 watt stations, mostly all JA's. In the past when I would work single band 80 and I would work one 5 watt DL station it was almost like an alarm was sounded within the Bavarian QRP club over there and they all line up for a Q. Unfortunately, several of them were a real strain to copy. This weekend I had to shake my head several times when I would work a very copyable 5 watt station then I would struggle with the next station that would send "KW"!!!! Says a lot about a good antenna!!! 
> 
> Anyway your run this weekend is quite impressive! 
> 
> ZN 
> 
> On 2021-02-21 21:10, Dennis Schaefer wrote:
> 
>> I decided to try another "9 volt battery" effort in the ARRL CW DX contest with my little red rig - the LNR MTR-4b v2.  I grabbed a 9V battery off the desk that had been used for something else but measured a bit over 9 volts.  I operated about 2 hours.  Power at the beginning was 1.2 watts and by the end, voltage was 7.7 and power output was 700 milliwatts.  I stayed mainly on 20 meters and found that many DX stations answered me on the first call. Some required several calls and a very few couldn't copy me at all.  I was surprised that it worked so well since I was down an average of 30 db from a kw station.
>> 
>> I worked 50 stations, 47 on 20 meters, and 3 on 40.  I had 23 multipliers on 20 meters and 3 on 40.  I think one on 40 was not duplicated on 20, so that was actually 24 countries worked and that didn't count the US or Canada.  
>> 
>> The little MTR-4b v2 is an amazing rig.  With 12 volts, it will output 5 watts, CW only.  It has a built-in voltmeter, SWR meter, and wattmeter.  It's not like operating a "big rig" but it is just a little bigger than a pack of cards.  I'll be taking it out to the park when the weather gets a little better.
>> 
>> 73,
>> Dennis
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