On Jan 2, 2006, at 5:41 AM, Jason Buchanan wrote:
>
>> In my opinion, running 2.5KW or 10KW in a contest is exactly
>> equivalent to playing in a golf tournament and dropping a ball out of
>> your pocket when no one is looking instead of declaring a lost ball.
>
>
> Ty Webb: Just be the ball, be the ball, be the ball. [pause] You're
> not being the ball Danny.
> Danny Noonan: It's hard when you're talking like that.
>
>
> 8dB or not, if you can't use the power or if you can't hear the remote
> station it makes no difference.
That was before the Internet, nowadays, one gets on line, brings up a
remote-controlled receiver in the same country and Bingo, you have a
real good signal here OM.
> And I would dare to say that someone living in Coffeyville, KS has a
> small disadvantage compared to a ham who lives on a small island
> surrounded by sea water off the coast of the US. Living 20 miles from
> Boston affords me NVIS-like conditions to hear 3B8, VQ9 and all the
> other juicy ones (even with my crappy dipoles) but i've never heard a
> VK or JA station - ever.
Get DSL and you will.
> Plus with a mere 100W I can break pileups for these stations but i'd
> probably need 10KW to achieve the same level of signal to JA or VK.
> Not even the ACLU nor Jesse Jackson can fix that problem ;-)
Jesse can't even fix his GF problems.
>
>
> 73 Jason N1SU
>
> --
> Jason Buchanan - Boxboro, MA
> Website: http://n1su.com/
>
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>
>
Richard L. Measures, AG6K, 805.386.3734. www.somis.org
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