I agree. I learn more by listening than talking. That is why it is rare
for me to post a message. But we can use our abilities and imaginations to
create or make additions and modifications to improve anything. I have a
Heathkit SB 200 linear that I have not used in 30 years. (Maybe that is why
I cannot work across the street) It is in mint condition and worth more
than I paid for it in 1965. So some things from the past may increase in
value. One thing I still use from the past is open wire line. I haven't
used coax in 40 years. I have used it with verticals and a reference
antenna (end fed inverted v 100 feet long) I have the reference antenna up
about 35 feet on my tower.
WA5MUE
----- Original Message -----
From: "K8RI on TT" <k8ri-on-towertalk@tm.net>
To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
Sent: Saturday, May 14, 2011 3:17 PM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Vertical with 1 radia
> On 5/14/2011 1:23 PM, David Gilbert wrote:
>> Yup. Nostalgia has a way of derailing objectivity.
>
> Don't it though...Remember that old saying, "The older I get the better
> I was", now if I could just remember what it was.
>
>> Some hams seem to
>> think that the best antennas, the best ops, and the best rigs are those
>> that came into being right around the time they got their first ticket
>
> I'm afraid I can't say that. I can't say I've seen a steady progression,
> but overall the performance of rigs in general has been getting better
> and better and they are far better now than when I was first licensed.
> The rigs with sweep tube amps had some pretty poor IM and even top of
> the line rigs weren't all that great. Even the Collins rigs weren't all
> that great compared to many of today's top end rigs when looking at
> dynamic range and IM products...The band switch in the 30-S1 left a lot
> to be desired too. As I've said before, sure I'd like to have another
> S-line and KWM-2 for nostalgia's sake, but I have no illusions of them
> being better. OTOH most any night you will find hams on the air
> extolling the virtues of the old Collins and Hallicrafters compared to
> today's rigs with that air of superiority that makes you want to switch
> bands.
>
> I will admit some of today's rigs I hear sound terrible, but that's to
> be expected when you give the operator so much control over so many
> parameters and particularly so with SDRs.
>
> What I don't understand is listening to hams in a QSO telling one of the
> group how great their rig sounds when it really sounds like....well...
> pretty bad. <:-))
>
>> ... back when they were still willing to learn and investigate.
>
> Welll...I've known a few who always owned the best rig available, drove
> the best car, etc...whether they were or not.
>
>>
>> Thankfully, almost by definition most of the folks who subscribe to a
>> reflector like this don't fall into that category but there are clearly
>> some exceptions.
>
> There are always exceptions<:-))
>
> 73
>
> Roger (K8RI)
>
>> 73,
>> Dave AB7E
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 5/13/2011 3:32 PM, Rich NU6T wrote:
>>> If I understand the stories I read, all the most effective antennas were
>>> designed and built in the late 1950's and early 1960's. Later antennas
>>> just can't compare<grin>.
>>>
>>> Rich
>>> NU6T
>>> (Ham since the decline of SS 23).
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