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Re: [TenTec] High performance radios

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Subject: Re: [TenTec] High performance radios
From: Able2fly@aol.com
Reply-to: tentec@contesting.com
Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2004 19:42:44 EDT
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Uh huh...
I guess you are speaking for yourself.
A lot of us just kinda like playing around with the "good  stuff".
Its no crime, as far as I know...
Bill, K3UJ
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In a message dated 8/18/2004 7:14:43 PM Eastern Daylight Time,  
DennisKT5D@aol.com writes:

I  really love amateur radio. Been at it for over 35 years. Started out 
as a  novice and have never fallen out of love with CW. I consider myself a  
casual CW DXer and contester. I also enjoy building modest things of my  own 
design (I am an electrical engineer). I think of myself as a decent  operator 
who 
has never really aspired to win contests but only to enjoy  the experience. 
In 
short, I am not a high performance operator, which is  okay by me. Therefore, 
do 
I really need a high performance radio if I  already have one that meets my 
current needs? No. I should first hone my  skills or set a new direction for 
enjoying my hobby. I presently do not  need nor could I effectively utilize a 
high 
performance radio to it's full  capabilities. A new ORION (I have an OMNI 6+) 
will not enhance my current  satisifaction with amateur radio unless I am 
willing to work to improve my  abitility to match it's capability. 
It's much  the same way with cameras. An old friend of mine runs a 
camera shop. His  advice to the serious amatuer user is to buy a camera that 
is 
more capable  than your current skill set, then work to improve your skills 
to 
match the  camera. I think that sometimes we confuse new technology with  
automaticially enhanced skills.  


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