Hi Bill,
In the USA perhaps Yes... we are in New Zealand ( as you may
have noticed) Different countries, different Field day methods.
I didn't suggest everyone should use a speaker at Field day.......
It would be a funny old Contest where everyone just called CQ and didn't
answer anyone .........end of story.
Ron ZL1TW
At 07:46 PM 2/4/2007 -0500, you wrote:
On Feb 4, 2007, at 3:26 PM, Ron ZL1TW wrote:
Explaining (a) a bit better; with my failing hearing (and I am not
alone with that problem in our Club) I find the upward facing
speaker on the K2 (and indeed most rigs) makes listening to CW
somewhat awkward. This is made even worse in FD situation when
....snip snip.....
Pardon me if this doesn't sound like an obviously stupid question --
but why are you using a speaker for Field Day? In every US Field Day
that I have worked in recent memory, everyone used headphones.
If you want to add a speaker for passer's by, that's one thing, but
the operators making the contacts ought to be using headphones --
makes it much easier to hear, hearing impairments or not.
Problem (b) was a bit different. In my K2 I had a K6XX tuning
indicator that worked on the last LED of the "S" meter display, and
....snip.....snip.....
You could try calling CQ and then people would have to net to your
frequency....
Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASEL Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Quote: "Not within a thousand years will man ever fly!"
-- Wilbur Wright, 1901
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