You could look at this in another way.
Wasn't W!BB's location a the Water Tower an early form of RHR, except that he
walked to the remote site instead of operating remotely.
Does anyone know if Stew made his DXCC solely from the Water tower site?
Did anyone else ever operate from the Water tower site?
Mike N2MS
----- Original Message -----
From: Herbert Schoenbohm <herbs@vitelcom.net>
To: topband@contesting.com
Sent: Fri, 15 Jan 2016 01:14:05 -0000 (UTC)
Subject: Re: Topband: Strange propagation
Jim,
Artificial insemination is advanced technology also but pray tell me
that it is more fun. We are not taking about an either- or situation of
"embracing progress in amateur radio" at all. What some of us eschew is
the replacement of what was here to for a relatively stable paradigm and
replacing it with something that is much different. Stew Perry, W1BB,
Charlie O Brien, W2EQS, and Bryce W9PNE did with what they had and made
us proud of their accomplishments and contributions. Now Stew did not
get in his car and use the super powered MacKay coastal stations near
by to work 160 meters. He took a right turn to his hamshack location at
an old lighthouse, put up a zepp antenna, and worked the first 160
meter DXCC with 100 watts. Some may call this "old school" but this is
precisely what topbanders were all about. I hate to see this lost in
`some pay to play scheme in the future.
Herb Schoenbohm, KV4FZ
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