You've broken the code Dave, speak softly, let everyone else figure it out on their own. [:=)
Fred ["Skip"] K6DGW Sparks NV David Gilbert <[email protected]> wrote: > > >I truly do not understand why this idea that "I can work anything I can >hear" hangs around as a gauge of anything meaningful. It's a totally >meaningless reference. Antennas are generally (as in almost always) >reciprocal between transmit and receive, so if you suck on transmit >you're likely to equally suck on receive. So yeah ... most of us >probably can work anything we can hear but that doesn't mean anything >other than we haven't managed to screw up the physics of the world. > >73, >Dave AB7E > > > >On 9/8/2018 5:00 PM, Fred Jensen wrote: >> During the runup to Cycle 19 [!1957 for me], it was said you could >> work anything you could hear on 10 with 20 watts to the window screen. >> Window screens were copper in those days. I tried it out with my >> "28-28" [6J6-2E26] rockbound 10 m TX, and indeed, I seemed to be able >> to work everything I heard if I had a 40 m rock close enough. Window >> screens are no longer copper so I don't think it would work today. My >> "tuner" was the adjustable link coupling to the tank. College >> starting 1957, military and SE Asia in 62, and Cycle 19 was in the >> rear view mirror when I got home at the end of 1967. Oh that Cycle 25 >> would repeat even half of 19! >> >> 73, >> >> Fred ["Skip"] K6DGW >> Sparks NV DM09dn >> Washoe County > >______________________________________________________________ >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 >Message delivered to [email protected] ______________________________________________________________ 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 Message delivered to [email protected]
