I always figured there is a pecking order on pile ups. The big power stations should get in and out quick. Then the next layer and so forth. You either hang in and wait your turn in that pecking order or you improve your station. Most of my DX over the years was made with a very modest station. 3 element tribsnder on a mast above my chimney and an SB220 amp and many sleepless nights waiting my turn in the pecking order.
Sent from the all new AOL app for iOS On Monday, June 22, 2026, 8:52 PM, Bob Abernethy via Topband <[email protected]> wrote: Not to mention splattering everything and everyone in a 200 mile radius. BA On 6/22/2026 5:28 PM, Mike Smith VE9AA via Topband wrote: > Anyone who claims they don't care if the guy across town or even a > State/Province over is running 5kW or 12kW is not being truthful. > > > > Think of it. They beat you in every contest you ever enter (maybe denying > you WRTC points or nice plaques if you are into that stuff) or beat you in > every dx pileup you ever enter. Maybe they're in the same pileup as you for > Bouvet, Scarborough Reef, Spratley or North Korea, but you never get > through. > > > > This "analogy" of the fast car going 160mph is flawed. I own a Harley and > ride it at the speed limit. (yes, really) > > Two days ago 2 crotch rockets went by the house likely approaching 200km/h > (125mph). Maybe more. > > They were literally a screaming blur (think Isle of Man-TT)that lasted > only the briefest of time (a second or so and I can see up/down the road > quite a ways. > > > > Unless they crash into my house, I don't care. It's no skin off my nose. I > don't like it. I think it's stupid but it doesn't directly affect me so long > as they don't run over a kid on my road. (btw, a guy on a sport-bike hit a > deer not 500' from my driveway a couple years ago and barely survived. I > was not here as a witness but some locals said he was going way too fast, so > he paid the price of maybe going too fast and not being able to avoid the > deer I guess). > > > > Anyways, if it's a guy across town thumping me into the ground every > contest, every pileup who's running 5, 10 or 15kW then it forces me to care. > It AFFECTS me. It's not just someone doing something that's stupid, illegal > or whatever. It has consequences. > > > > You can never convince me somebody is running a 5 or 10kW capable amp > loafing it along at 1.5kW. C'mon, get real. That's ludicrous. > > > > Respectfully, > > > > VE9AA > > Mike - Keswick Ridge, NB, Canada > > > > _________________ > Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector _________________ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector _________________ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector
