> > What wins in the pileups does help tell the story for sure, but what
> tells
> > it more clearly is when you win against your neighbors. Literally. I
> have
> > several hams within one mile of me, in a flat terrain area so we're all
> on
> > very equal footing. In shootouts when we're all involved at once, it is
> > truly interesting.
>
> Steve.....do you run into very many problems being that close to other
> hams?
> My 756pro is badly overloaded from another ham about 1/4 mile away when
> we're on the same band. His sigs blank out much of the band when he
> transmits.
>
[Steve Katz] Nope, I have zero problems with either my TS-850S/AT
or my TR-7 in this regard. Neil, K6SMF, is 0.7 miles from me with long-boom
monobanders up 70' to 90' on all HF bands (except 80m), and our antennas are
very line-of-sight to each other. We both run kWs. The only time I know
Neil's on a band I'm on is if I tune across his signal. He does occupy 1-2
kHz more space than most, but it's very workable. I'm also close to, and
line-of-sight to WB6VIC, W6EIJ, WA6DKN, WE6A and several other active HFers
running power. Zero problems.
-WB2WIK/6
> 73,
> David, K4ZZR
>
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