In a message dated 6/29/08 8:43:06 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> Why anyone would let a "stupid user"
> operate their > 2K radio at a field day site is beyond me.
OTOH:
One of the things FD is supposed to be is a training/education exercise.
While it's certainly not a 100%-accurate simulation of a real emergency drill,
there's always something to be learned. (I've done ever single FD since I was
licensed in 1967, and learned something on every one.)
Part of that education is learning about stuff we don't ordinarily do. The
first Elecraft I ever saw in real life was N3IUT's K2, whose sn is under 200.
All the ads, numbers and testimonials in the world did not have the impact of
using that rig under FD conditions.
Sure it's a risk to let someone else use a rig - of any price. I've always
thought that one should not bring something on FD that one cannot tolerate
losing, or having damaged.
But I'm still grateful to those many amateurs over the years who let me and
others use FD rigs we could not have owned ourselves at the time, and so learn
what distinguishes a great rig from a good one.
In 1970 I was a 16-year-old, licensed just three years. Yet the let me run
the 40 meter CW setup overnight on FD that year. The rig was a Drake
R-4B/T-4XB,
worth something like $1200 at the time. More like $5000-6000 in today's
money.
73 de Jim, N2EY
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