[TowerTalk] Mini Lini on the Tower?

[Richard (Rick) Karlquist (N6RK)]

> The advantage is that it's a new technology, which, in the long run, has
> great potential.  Such innovation should be encouraged because it
> "advances
> the state of the radio art", which is one of the reasons we
> amateurs get to
> use valuable spectrum for free.  The SGC implementation may have problems,
> but it might also have unique advantages, both of which nobody will know
> until people start to actually use them.

Some people just like to have the state of the art.  Solar panels
come to mind.  My experience has been that a lot of "innovative"
technology comes with a long list of "features", but the one that
is almost always missing is "cost effectiveness."

Rick N6RK