On HF I think I am a water pistol ;-(
On 7/3/2012 7:39 PM, Robert G. Strickland wrote: > Hello, all... > > I made a comment in another thread that my station was a "little > pistol." That got me thinking and wondering about how to "size" a ham > station. "Big Guns" are rather obvious. Now, how about a "small gun," a > "big pistol," a "little pistol," and finally "bow and arrow?" Clearly, > this is very subjective, For example, my station: in the city on a small > lot, SkyHawk at 60ft, 80/40m compromise wires, nothing on 160m, 500w > amp, and K3. I can juuuust get into the top 10 in the CQWWcw from WNY > [most of the time], I've worked 335 DX on assorted bands, 5Band-DXCC is > forever waiting on 80m, and it's generally hard to hold a run frequency > when a band opens strongly. What size is this station? Anyone who comes > up with "pea shooter" will be so noted <g>. How about your station? > Happy 4th. > > ...robert -- Lance Collister, W7GJ (ex WA3GPL, WA1JXN, WA1JXN/C6A, ZF2OC/ZF8, E51SIX, 3D2LR, 5W0GJ) P.O. Box 73 Frenchtown, MT 59834-0073 USA TEL: (406) 626-5728 QTH: DN27ub URL: http://www.bigskyspaces.com/w7gj Windows Messenger: [email protected] Skype: lanceW7GJ 2m DXCC #11/6m DXCC #815 Interested in 6m EME? Ask me about subscribing to the Magic Band EME email group, or just fill in the request box at the bottom of my web page (above)! ______________________________________________________________ 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
