I heard spurs from n6ro, w7zrc and n6ig during the contest here
in central oregon.....not sure wat radios they use....but mebbe its
my new MP???? 73 de bob, w7gg ex ai7b
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> From: Garry Shapiro <ni6t@scruznet.com>
> To: Topband Reflector <topband@contesting.com>
> Subject: TopBand: Of clicks and men...
To: <topband@contesting.com>
> Date: Sunday, December 08, 1996 11:19 PM
>
> Larry Tyree wrote:
> >
> > Can someone who knows Vic, VE7UZ tell him about his problem?
> >
> > He has a bad spur/parasitic on about 1822 when he is transmitting
> > on 1832. It is well over S9. Maybe another Yaesu?
> >
> > Tree N6TR
> >
> > PS: ES1QD called me on this freq so I like it! (1822.4)
> >
> If there is one thing it is risky to tell any macho DXer or
contester,
> it is that his signal is less than perfect. There seems to be a
direct
> link between such signal-narcissism and testosterone level.
>
> Here in Silicon Valley, where men are men and signals are loud and
> everyone is in everyone else's near field, this is exacerbated
during
> contests. Two of my friends across town--both normally nice guys
and
> both experienced engineering managers--are hurling thunderbolts at
each
> other on the subject of clicks and spurs, as a result of two days
of
> them, just completed.
>
> Sometimes it is good to be at the bottom of a canyon.
> --
> Garry Shapiro, NI6T
> Editor, The DXer
> newsletter of the Northern California DX Club
>
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