[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/*
>
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> *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*/
>
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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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