Hmmmmm....would it be ok if my wife tells me that a lightning bolt
just hit the tower or do I have to see it myself?
73, Tom K5IID
At 19:17 2/27/01 -0500, Jimk8mr@aol.com wrote:
>In a message dated 2/27/2001 6:32:04 PM Eastern Standard Time,
>k4oj@tampabay.rr.com writes:
>
> > I use packet in multi-op operations, and it is an invaluable tool...I
have
> > used the internet during a contest as well to track bad weather (I do
> live
> > in FL!), but it never would occur to me to do any of this sort of
> thing if
>I
> > were a single op entrant and I do not know if I am just a damned old
fart
> > but how this could be seen as being okay in single op is beyond my
> ability
> > to view the stretched envelope.
>
>
>Would it have been OK to watch The Weather Channel on TV to keep track of an
>approaching t-storm? Or if it was from an over-the-air broadcast TV station?
> Is it any different to watch it on Weather.com or a NOAA web
> site? Shall we
>have another single op class to separate people with windows in the shack vs.
>people who operate in the basement? Would it be worth extra points if your
>shack is in the southwest corner of your basement?
>
>Count me with those who never thought real time WWV reports were good for
>much other than a sanity check when the conditions seem crummier than
>expected.
>
>73 - Jim K8MR
>
>
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