Even domestic run-of-the mill contacts with people using a limited antenna such as a short whip sitting on the patio or a random wire in the attic in an antenna-restricted neighborhood often produce a much weaker than expected signal.
Personally, I try to work the weakest signals I can read well. Find much more interesting rag-chews that way, e.g. homebrewers trying something haywired on the bench, QRPers and portable stations in a camp site somewhere or perhaps bicycle or pedestrian mobile. One night I worked a guy on Mt. Hood snugged up in a snow cave running 1 watt on 40 meters to a hunk of wire lying on the snow outside. Ron AC7AC -----Original Message----- Pretty good, if the other station is QRP and you are not, if the other station is DX and you are a high-power DXer, or if the other station has a K3 too! On 10/31/2010 10:05 AM, Byron Servies wrote: > On Saturday, October 30, 2010, Robert Harmon<[email protected]> wrote: > >> It is a tool to be used in the real tough cases where the signal is right down in the >> noise and you need that extra help to pull him out. > > Naieve newbie question, because im missing something here: if the signal you want is > that hard to receive, what are the chances the other station will be able to hear your > reply? > > Byron KI6NUL > > -- ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
