On 7/2/2011 9:24 PM, Sal M. Onella wrote:

Why, yes. I usually get crushed. I have occasionally been lucky.

Do tell why you ask. Dare I guess it has something to do with an
ignorant comment or two I've (probably) made about antennas and/or
takeoff angle? ;-)

I did mean "down a few dB," by the way, not "down a few s-units."

http://www.eham.net/articles/23758 is interesting.

"Sal"

I contest occasionally. Mostly on 6m and usually as part of a team
doing the ARRL QSO parties and the similar contests from other sources.

It's really fun because of my center of the continent position, one hop
from almost everywhere.

This year's field day was a ball. I did over 200 Qs on 6m in 8 hours
with 80 watts and 8dBd at 25 feet. 55% of the contacts at a 4A contest
site at the time 6m finally collapsed (around 10PM local).

We had to tear down at 6:30 AM due to thunderstorms.

tom
K0TAR