In the old days stock car drivers usually got their nick names not from
their successes but from their mistakes. I knew a guy called Fly Wheel McGuire
in Nashville. He got the great idea that if he used a heavier flywheel he would
be able to beat the other cars. It was the opposite. He got his nickname from
the other drivers. Another was Stroker McGurt. He bored and stroked his engines
until the cylinder walls were so thin that his engine blew up. Well in racing
that last 1 percent of power counts but in radio it is not worth pushing all
and manybe a little more from an amplifier because those last few watts may end
up costing a great deal for a fraction of a dB increase in output. Another
point, when you do push it just that little bit, it produces loads of splatter
that affects the hams around your frequency, just like flying engine parts, and
oil on the track may affect other racers.
73
Bill wa4lav
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From: amps-bounces@contesting.com [amps-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of
Gary Smith [wa6fgi@sbcglobal.net]
Sent: Sunday, January 30, 2011 8:44 AM
To: amps@contesting.com
Subject: Re: [Amps] H i Power and hearing footsteps
Watts from amps and cubic inch displacement from big block V-8's: there's
nothing like more of `em to get the job done.
3's and such,
Gary...wa6fgi
----- Original Message -----
From: Roger (Sub1)
To: amps@contesting.com
Sent: Saturday, January 29, 2011 9:09 PM
Subject: Re: [Amps] H i Power and hearing footsteps
On 1/29/2011 9:30 PM, Charles Harpole wrote:
> Football talks about down rcvrs (men, not radios) "hearing footsteps."
Great phrase if u know what it means.
>
> Like the majority of usa born hams (that is, old), I am hearing
footsteps..... likely one more sunspot peak (if it ever comes!), likely no
more Yemen DXpeditions (or fill in your needs), likely this rig is the last big
one I buy, and so on and on.
>
> Then, a nice amp makes even more sense. There is nothing like, "got em on
the first call" when that REALLY happens. 73 to all down rcvrs........
I'd add, After listening to a pileup trying for 5 minutes and no one
makes it. THEN you get 'em on the first call.
73
Roger (K8RI)
> Charles Harpole k4vud@hotmail.com
>
>
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