On Tue, 25 May 2010 09:02:03 -0700 (PDT), Art Trampler wrote:
>10kW ERP
ERP is Effective Radiated Power, which is transmitter output multiplied by
antenna system gain. Thats 1.5kW into a big Yagi with a gain of 9.2dBi and
1dB of loss in the line. Entirely legal.
>Sure, Skimmer is cool, and often enough like OPS (other peoples' spots) it
>can be inaccurate.
I have several friends who are top contest operators and who have qualified
(by top scores over a period of two years) to go to Moscow in July for the
IARU Championships. One of them, K6XX, is my neighbor about 3 miles up the
road; another, N6TV, lives over the mountain in Silicon Valley. Both are
superb operators with great stations. K6XX built every element of his
station, including clearing the land, putting up a half dozen towers doing
all the climbing, and building sophisticated control systems. N6TV is mostly
an appliance operator, and has a single tower (and some other antennas) on a
city lot that he hired people to put up. Both tried Skimmer early on (K6XX
built a bunch of soft rocks so he could run it on every band).Two years
later, N6TV is a big fan of Skimmer, while K6XX finds it a waste of time and
never uses it. Both of these guys can make the Energizer Bunny look tired.
73,
Jim K9YC
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