[TenTec] Banana boat swing

[Mike Hyder -N4NT-]

Ron, do you honestly think that *anything* you might have to say is worth my 
beating my brains out to copy?

73, Mike N4NT

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "ron" <roncasa at verizon.net>
To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec at contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2005 11:11 AM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Banana boat swing


Hello Bill
like you, Qrp ops use skill, not power! (smile)
I use the TT 1340 and the 516 (currently building 1320) and find that
some ops don't listen. Maybe they are looking for a arm chair copy,
instead of that weaker but copyable signal.
One S-unit by meter is 6db increase or decrease in signal strength.
Power must be increased 4 times to receive an increase of one s-unit.
Thats a lot more power to only receive one s-unit better.

Ron wb1hga
"QRP, we do more with less" (smile)

Bill Tippett wrote:
> K9WWT wrote:

"snip"
.
> If I'm QRP (which I often do on HF bands when operating
> portable), I try to make it easier on the guy at the other
> end by sending at reasonable speeds as perfectly as I can.