Chuckle! Got on the air two months short of 70 years ago and there was
always some bitchin' going on the about some issue by a part of the ham
community. Today we're still bitchin', just the technical content has
changed. We haven't.
Now, how about telling me an easy way to lift a mast with a TH7DX and
A3WS on it up and out of a T2X rotator enough so I can yank the rotator
(broken tooth?) out. Would like to do it straight up and yes could tilt
the tower (HG-70HD) over but still leaves the rotator problem (1/2 boom
length of the TH7DX leaves the tower still way up with same problem).
Want to avoid having to drop the antenna.
Don W7WLL
On 4/29/2024 8:42 AM, Ken WA8JXM wrote:
I can say this: back when I started (1963) we had 300 kc/s for CW only on
80m and many nights it was difficult to find an open spot to call CQ. 75m
phone had 200 kc/s and was crowded even worse. Now CW effectively has
about 70 kHz and it's mostly empty, maybe two or three signals. Newer hams
have no idea what ham radio used to be :-(
However, the FT8 spot is busy.
I'm not big on FT8, but I do appreciate it: 1) it brings activity to our
bands. If we don't use it, we will lose it. 2) it is an efficient mode,
cramming many signals into a small bandwidth and decoding signals that we
can't even hear. Great technical job.
Some people decry FT8 for lack of useful communication. But at least it
communicates useful signal reports and location which is a lot more than
the typical "599 TU" DX or contest contact communicates.
Ken WA8JXM
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