[ARC5] BC 453 request - ham radio
kn7sfz
kn7sfz at gmail.com
Thu Oct 31 14:39:43 EDT 2019
And RF pollution i the city has raised the noise floor to S9, so weak
signal work is out of the question....sigh....
My ARC5 stuff still provides some neat eye candy tho.....
de kn7sfz
On 10/31/2019 11:28 AM, Kenneth G. Gordon wrote:
> On 30 Oct 2019 at 23:01, Bob Macklin wrote:
>
>> I'm finding HAM RADIO in general less interesting every year.
> Well, I am not. My main interest is traffic-handling. almost all by CW, and that is still quite
> active. I am on the air several times a week doing that or something related to it. Working on
> antennas, trying to improve my station, projects I have had to put off for years due to work.
>
> It still holds my interest.
>
>> It's nothing like it was 50 years ago.
> Oh, that is definitely true, but I am convinced that our present terrible propagation has a lot
> to do with the lack of contacts on the air. I have never experienced such prolonged and
> rotten conditions in the 63 years I have been an active ham.
>
>> The only time I hear serious activity is on contest days.
> Well, yes...
>
> I will say that some of the newer/newest techniques and equipment have made what used to
> be very difficult, much easier these days.
>
> For instance, I recently had to, finally, get a tri-band beam working and installed for my
> traffic-handling work. If I had not had access to a borrowed antenna analyzer, I never would
> have been able to accomplish what I needed to.
>
> And I still love working with WWII mil gear.
>
> Ken W7EKB
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