[ADXA] A contest club? Thoughts?

Steve Norris w5ki at silverlarkcrafts.com
Tue Feb 23 00:15:33 EST 2021


Well,  I didn't operate much .... definitely a lame score, Nick, hihi.  
But as long as they ask for club and I see ADXA, I put the checkmark.  
Well, until the big guns here tell me to quit, LOL.

73, Steve, W5KI


On 2/22/2021 8:31 PM, Nick Kennedy wrote:
> OK, suppose some unnamed person fools with it for a few hours. If he 
> submits his lame score as part of ADXA, does that hurt the overall 
> effort? Or is it not judged that way?
>
> Asking for a friend.
>
> 73-
>
> Nick, WA5BDU
>
>
> On Mon, Feb 22, 2021 at 8:22 PM Bill Priakos via ADXA 
> <adxa at mailman.qth.net <mailto:adxa at mailman.qth.net>> wrote:
>
>     Hey, Bill; Joel, I think that is it – we just submit ADXA with no
>     reference to “contest club” – we are DXer’s first and contesters,
>     second…. 😊
>
>     <https://www.google.com/maps/search/10+Free+Ferry+Heights+%0D%0A+Fort+Smith,+AR+72903?entry=gmail&source=g>
>
>
>     SJ
>
>     W5SJ
>
>     */Bill Priakos/*
>
>     */10 Free Ferry Heights
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>     */Fort Smith, AR 72903
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>     */479.461.8368/*
>
>     *From:* BILL KENNAMER <k5fuv at prodigy.net <mailto:k5fuv at prodigy.net>>
>     *Sent:* Monday, February 22, 2021 8:16 PM
>     *To:* w5zn at w5zn.org <mailto:w5zn at w5zn.org>; Bill Priakos
>     <bill at priakos.com <mailto:bill at priakos.com>>
>     *Cc:* adxa <adxa at mailman.qth.net <mailto:adxa at mailman.qth.net>>
>     *Subject:* Re: [ADXA] A contest club? Thoughts?
>
>     I didn’t do this one seriously, but submitted as ADXA. That’s a
>     choice for log submission now.
>
>     FUV
>
>
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>     On Monday, February 22, 2021, 6:13 PM, w5zn at w5zn.org
>     <mailto:w5zn at w5zn.org> wrote:
>
>         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?
>
>             <https://www.google.com/maps/search/10+Free+Ferry+Heights+%0D%0A+Fort+Smith,+AR+72903?entry=gmail&source=g>
>
>
>             BP
>
>             W5SJ
>
>             /*Bill Priakos*/
>
>             /*10 Free Ferry Heights
>             <https://www.google.com/maps/search/10+Free+Ferry+Heights+%0D%0A+Fort+Smith,+AR+72903?entry=gmail&source=g>*/
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>             /*Fort Smith, AR 72903
>             <https://www.google.com/maps/search/10+Free+Ferry+Heights+%0D%0A+Fort+Smith,+AR+72903?entry=gmail&source=g>*/
>
>             /*479.461.8368*/
>
>             *From:* adxa-bounces at mailman.qth.net
>             <mailto:adxa-bounces at mailman.qth.net>
>             <adxa-bounces at mailman.qth.net
>             <mailto:adxa-bounces at mailman.qth.net>> *On Behalf Of
>             *w5zn at w5zn.org <mailto:w5zn at w5zn.org>
>             *Sent:* Monday, February 22, 2021 5:19 PM
>             *To:* Dennis Schaefer <dennisw5rz at gmail.com
>             <mailto:dennisw5rz at gmail.com>>
>             *Cc:* adxa <adxa at mailman.qth.net
>             <mailto: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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