[Amps] How about this furnace?

R.Measures r at somis.org
Mon Jan 2 12:16:44 EST 2006


On Jan 2, 2006, at 5:41 AM, Jason Buchanan wrote:

>
>> In my opinion, running 2.5KW or 10KW in a contest is exactly 
>> equivalent to playing in a golf tournament and dropping a ball out of 
>> your pocket when no one is looking instead of declaring a lost ball.
>
>
> Ty Webb: Just be the ball, be the ball, be the ball.  [pause]  You're 
> not being the ball Danny.
> Danny Noonan: It's hard when you're talking like that.
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> 8dB or not, if you can't use the power or if you can't hear the remote 
> station it makes no difference.

That was before the Internet, nowadays, one gets on line, brings up a 
remote-controlled receiver in the same country and Bingo, you have a 
real good signal here OM.

> And I would dare to say that someone living in Coffeyville, KS has a 
> small disadvantage compared to a ham who lives on a small island 
> surrounded by sea water off the coast of the US.  Living 20 miles from 
> Boston affords me NVIS-like conditions to hear 3B8, VQ9 and all the 
> other juicy ones (even with my crappy dipoles) but i've never heard a 
> VK or JA station - ever.

Get DSL and you will.

> Plus with a mere 100W I can break pileups for these stations but i'd 
> probably need 10KW to achieve the same level of signal to JA or VK.  
> Not even the ACLU nor Jesse Jackson can fix that problem ;-)

Jesse can't even fix his GF problems.
>
>
> 73 Jason N1SU
>
> -- 
> Jason Buchanan - Boxboro, MA
> Website: http://n1su.com/
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Richard L. Measures, AG6K, 805.386.3734.  www.somis.org



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