On 7/3/2012 3:39 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
Finally, as in the lowest output used to be referred to as a "peanut whistle". Larry W2LJ -- 73 de Larry W2LJ QRP - When you care to send the very least! http://w2lj.blogspot.com/ http://www.w2lj.qrpradio.com/ ______________________________________________________________ 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
