[TowerTalk] MFJ QRT on May 17, 2024
Don Tucker
w7wll at peak.org
Mon Apr 29 13:56:40 EDT 2024
Chuckle! Got on the air two months short of 70 years ago and there was
always some bitchin' going on the about some issue by a part of the ham
community. Today we're still bitchin', just the technical content has
changed. We haven't.
Now, how about telling me an easy way to lift a mast with a TH7DX and
A3WS on it up and out of a T2X rotator enough so I can yank the rotator
(broken tooth?) out. Would like to do it straight up and yes could tilt
the tower (HG-70HD) over but still leaves the rotator problem (1/2 boom
length of the TH7DX leaves the tower still way up with same problem).
Want to avoid having to drop the antenna.
Don W7WLL
On 4/29/2024 8:42 AM, Ken WA8JXM wrote:
> I can say this: back when I started (1963) we had 300 kc/s for CW only on
> 80m and many nights it was difficult to find an open spot to call CQ. 75m
> phone had 200 kc/s and was crowded even worse. Now CW effectively has
> about 70 kHz and it's mostly empty, maybe two or three signals. Newer hams
> have no idea what ham radio used to be :-(
>
> However, the FT8 spot is busy.
>
> I'm not big on FT8, but I do appreciate it: 1) it brings activity to our
> bands. If we don't use it, we will lose it. 2) it is an efficient mode,
> cramming many signals into a small bandwidth and decoding signals that we
> can't even hear. Great technical job.
>
> Some people decry FT8 for lack of useful communication. But at least it
> communicates useful signal reports and location which is a lot more than
> the typical "599 TU" DX or contest contact communicates.
>
> Ken WA8JXM
>
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