[TowerTalk] [Bulk] Coax cable economics. (was Mosley Antenna Question)

[Tom Osborne]

Don is right on here.

I could go over to NK7U and operate and probably do pretty well. KL9A 
could come and operate my station and make the biggest score ever from 
here.  The op makes a huge difference.  73
Tom W7WHY



On 2/18/2015 11:36 PM, Don wrote:
> Amen!  Someone sent me a note asking if my comment was an intended 
> insult. It wasn't. Didn't realize folks got bent so easy. Here was my 
> reply:
>
>        No insult intended. I do more listening than operating and I 
> get a little
> amused by the hair-splitting that some folks on the reflectors get 
> involved
> in. Not saying it is bad, always something to learn from the discussions,
> but more often than not it doesn't reflect the real world that most 
> hams are
> able to function in.
>
>        Even with the 'right' coax, stacks of antennas and big amps, 
> there are a lot
> of hams whose operating practices fall short and they blame the equipment
> when a fine operator with simple and what many purists would consider
> terrible antennas snap up a DX station right from under their noses. The
> recent K1N effort illustrated that.
>
>        Just an observation,
>
>        Don W7WLL