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[Amps] Meaningful Conversations was: VHF all-mode and DC-to-daylight rig

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Subject: [Amps] Meaningful Conversations was: VHF all-mode and DC-to-daylight rigs
From: Steve Wright <stevewrightnz@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 8 Jan 2017 20:17:22 +1300
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On 08/01/17 04:45,  Manfred Mornhinweg <manfred@ludens.cl> wrote:

I have used WSJT, [....] but my interest quickly faded, for the same reason 
that I don't do DX in the usual way

I too have a completely different approach to DX.

I run 1KW into a wire skeleton slot antenna, run no processor, one bar of ALC, and eSSB. It's huge! I get more abuse than compliments! :D

My receive audio side is DC to 5KHz wide into my home theatre system, and your S9+10dB signal sounds like an AM radio station - I kid you not!

I get on the air and deliberately try NOT to do DX, and I get calls from all over the planet saying, "oh hey, whoppa signal, and brilliant audio". We talk and laugh for hours and hours about curing and cold-smoking fish and game, loud vtwin motorcycles, useless son-in-laws, and we are inadvertently derogatory about everything we can find - it's enormously satisfying!

I too, crave for the day we can do this over satellites for hours and hours...


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