Sorry, that just sounds like a lot of "spinning" to me. I worked 4 different KL stations this weekend and NONE of them were using 1KW! They did just fine on their little dipoles and 100w rigs. If they can hear me on a wilre, I sure as S**T can hear them. > Date: Sat, 26 Jun 2010 09:07:55 -0800 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > CC: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Bad start to FD - smoked a K3!!!! > > 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:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html _________________________________________________________________ The New Busy think 9 to 5 is a cute idea. Combine multiple calendars with Hotmail. http://www.windowslive.com/campaign/thenewbusy?tile=multicalendar&ocid=PID28326::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-US:WM_HMP:042010_5 ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected]
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