Doug, W6JD wrote: Ah, yes, the days of the surplus tank radios!
--------------------------------------------- Heh, heh, used one of those briefly on 80 meters in the 1950's. From a WWII Russian tank, no less. Too much chirp and drift. But more than rigs have changed. Back then contesting was something many did on occasion for fun, but contesting was not the raison d'être for most Hams. Contesting is a lot like Grand Prix racing on the city streets in Europe. When the race is on, it's time for those not competing to keep off the road and watch. But, if there's a race every weekend, pretty soon it's tiring and frustrating not to be able to run to the store, take a leisurely trip to visit friends and do other non-racing things on the road. Also there are those racers who can't understand their behavior must change when the competition is over. A different set of rules commands daily activities on the road and on the Ham bands and those who don't understand that create chaos for others. I'm grateful for the WARC bands where I hang out during contests, but most of the guys with vintage gear would have to do some extensive mods to use them there. I appreciate their frustration over being almost locked out of their Hobby so many weekends. Ron AC7AC ______________________________________________________________ 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
