I like watching birds, but I don't tick 'em off in a book, and I don't drive hundreds of miles just to spot a rarity.
Same with radio. It's nice to work something unusual but if I can't do it with moderate power and antennas I'm not bothered about it. Anyone can work a long distance with high power and a huge antenna. What never stops being amazing is when someone hears you from thousands of miles away and you're using barely enough power to light a torch bulb. Even the guy at the other end whose antenna, receiver and ears make the contact possible, can still appreciate the wonder of that. It'd be nice to be able to run the legal limit into a big beam, but I bet if I could I'd soon get bored with it. ----- Julian, G4ILO. K2 #392 K3 #222. http://www.g4ilo.com/ G4ILO's Shack http://www.g4ilo.com/blog.html G4ILO's Blog http://www.g4ilo.com/kcomm.html KComm for Elecraft K2 and K3 -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/Re%3A-Re--Your-Opinion%3A-The-realit..-tp2430731p2431161.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
