[Elecraft] Contests and S-meters

[Cathy James]

elecraft-request at mailman.qth.net wrote:
> Mark <pa5mw at home.nl> wrote:
>
> There is never ever any moment during a contest, with the exception of 
> the first/last half hour on high band openings/closing, where the rx 
> signals drop below S9.
> If not, you're antenna situation really sucks big-time. Go visit a 
> contest station sometime and find out.
You must not run the same contests I do.  Look up the Flying Pig's "Run 
for the Bacon" sprint, or Adventure Radio Society's "Spartan Sprints" 
and "Flight of the Bumblebees".  I have participated in the first, and 
hope to participate in the others one of these days.  Believe me, the 
Pig's signals I copy on the K2 are nowhere near S9 -- more like S0.

Not every contest is about kilowatts and tribanders up 50 feet or more.  
Some of us QRPers make do with much less, especially those of us who 
like to operate from the field.

Cathy
N5WVR