[TenTec] wither CW?

[Jim Brown K9YC]

On Tue, 25 May 2010 09:02:03 -0700 (PDT), Art Trampler wrote:

>10kW ERP  

ERP is Effective Radiated Power, which is transmitter output multiplied by 
antenna system gain. Thats 1.5kW into a big Yagi with a gain of 9.2dBi and 
1dB of loss in the line. Entirely legal. 

>Sure, Skimmer is cool, and often enough like OPS (other peoples' spots) it
>can be inaccurate. 

I have several friends who are top contest operators and who have qualified 
(by top scores over a period of two years) to go to Moscow in July for the 
IARU Championships. One of them, K6XX, is my neighbor about 3 miles up the 
road; another, N6TV, lives over the mountain in Silicon Valley. Both are 
superb operators with great stations. K6XX built every element of his 
station, including clearing the land, putting up a half dozen towers doing 
all the climbing, and building sophisticated control systems. N6TV is mostly 
an appliance operator, and has a single tower (and some other antennas) on a 
city lot that he hired people to put up. Both tried Skimmer early on (K6XX 
built a bunch of soft rocks so he could run it on every band).Two years 
later, N6TV is a big fan of Skimmer, while K6XX finds it a waste of time and 
never uses it. Both of these guys can make the Energizer Bunny look tired.   

73,

Jim K9YC