> ...operate on frequencies (such as 908 MHz) that
> nobody else uses, which further impedes their
> capability to make QSOs with other stations.
This is a very interesting point because it directly bears on my
situation. I am using 10GHz Gunn (wide band) gear loaned to me. As I
understand it, the choice of IF is crucial to making contacts with
other wide band gear.
Should I not take out the wide band stuff and not make those contacts
even though there are a very few people I can talk to? Sure I could
buy narrow band gear off the shelf right now, but She Who Must Be
Obeyed has a little something to say about that. Especially since I
have a pile of unfinished radio work still to do...
My choices are like me, simple. I can go out with that loaner gear
and talk to 2 or 3 stations (for sure) and thus use the band, make
points, learn how to point and troubleshoot in the field, er, operate
<grin> , or I can wait and buy/build a narrow band rig to talk to many
more 10g stations. If I wait, it'll be a couple of years at least
before I get on the high bands again.
What is the benefit to me to wait?
--buck
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