Right on, Bill.....not much different here in the Northwest either.
I don't think the average East coast op has a clue what its like out
West.
A trap vertical stuck in the sand of a Carib location will produce
a far better result than a big station in the Northwest. I know
cuz I've done it. Until one contests from the Carib it is hard to
beleive what its like even in the bottom of the cycle. $75K wud pay
for a lot of Carib trips!! Hurry up cycle 22!!!
de Bravo, Ai7b
>From Tony Brock-Fisher <fisher@hp-and2.an.hp.com> Wed Sep 27 13:59:48 1995
From: Tony Brock-Fisher <fisher@hp-and2.an.hp.com> (Tony Brock-Fisher)
Subject: KT-34XA problems
Message-ID: <9509271259.AA05540@hp-and2.an.hp.com>
After about a year in the air, my KT-34XA has developed nasty SWR
on 15 and 10. 20 is fine (perhaps a bit changed, but 1.3:1).
10 and 15 are both over 3:1, and performance is definitely off.
Visual inspection with binoculars reveals nothing, of course.
I am suspecting a loose connection, or water in the capacitors.
More likely the latter, as there is no intermittent quality to
the problem. I'm planning to take it down Saturday for repairs.
(I know, 10 and 15 won't be much to worry about this contest
season)!
Anyone have any tips on diagnosis/testing/repairs?
Yes, the antenna does have all the latest new true blue capacitor
caps and dimensions.
Please reply to me directly.
-Tony, K1KP, fisher@hp-and.an.hp.com
>From XTFF35A@prodigy.com (MR CHARLES A CULLIAN) Wed Sep 27 15:15:37 1995
From: XTFF35A@prodigy.com (MR CHARLES A CULLIAN) (MR CHARLES A CULLIAN)
Subject: m/s 10 min rule loophole?
Message-ID: <013.01967507.XTFF35A@prodigy.com>
Hi Guys,
I think the whole 10 min rule sucks (to borrow my 15 year old
son's favorite word). Why should a single op be fancy free to change
bands at a whim when a multi with ops sitting there can't.
Also, regarding the spirit of the rule, it seems to me that if
one is deprived from using all other multiplier opportunities during
a 10 min period, that is penalty enough for entering the category.
Anyway, working a dupe doesn't suit me at all.
Finally, what if it takes 9 minutes to break the pileup. The
reason for the rule was to prevent big stations from attacking more
than one mult at a time on different bands. Now, I think that this
rule encourages operations to be calling mults on all bands at the
end of a defined 10 min period so the first one who gets through can
define the next 10 min period.
I suggest that we eliminate the rule and trust our comrads to
follow reasonable rules.
73,
Chuck
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