On Sat, 26 Jun 2010 09:07:55 -0800, Jim Wiley <jwi...@alaska.net> wrote:
Jim, et al, I guess I came off as somehow opposed to amplifiers. I am not, and have several of my own, which I use when I need the power to communicate with you guys in AK and others around the world, but I don't drive up beside another ham on the HWY and blast him with my 2m amp. Please send any responses directly to me. Thanks, Tom Childers, N5GE Licensed since 1976 QCWA Life Member 35102 n...@n5ge.com http://www.n5ge.com http://www.swotrc.net >Jim - > > >( rant mode on <grin> ) > > >What you say is perhaps pertinent to all you flat-landers - but then >there's those of us who have to run high power just to be heard. > > >Or, we could equalize things another way. We can run 100 watts, but >then we would insist that all of you South-48 types not count any QSO >from a station closer than 1500 miles from your FD site. That's what >FD means to us, you see. Other than within Alaska, the closest FD >stations we can work (Seattle, WA area) are 1500 miles (or more) distant. > > >If we don't run the amps, our QSO rate is about 1/5 of of what we get at >higher power. Part of the problem is that all the flat-landers are >aimed East or West, not north or south. And 150 watts to 40 or 80 meter >dipole that is 30 feet high doesn't make it up this way very well - >particularly when we have daylight 18 hours of the day (solar time, >which means disregarding civil offsets like daylight saving time, >means the sun comes up about 2:00 AM and sets about 10:00 PM.) > > >I have long maintained that FD stations located in areas not part of the >contiguous 48 states should be allowed to run higher power without >penalty. There are FD stations from Guam, Hawaii, Puerto Rico (and so >on) too. Hawaii is more like 2500 miles to it's closest FD neighbor. > > >( rant mode off. We now return you to to your regularly scheduled >reflector ) > > >Jim, KL7CC >Anchorage, AK > > > >Jim Brown wrote: >> A KW on Field Day? What's this world coming to? FD is a low power event. >> High >> power is like a you know what in the punchbowl. >> >> 73, Jim K9YC >> >> >> >______________________________________________________________ >Elecraft mailing list >Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > >This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
