[Elecraft] Operating skill

[william parker]

>From: n3drk <n3drk at triad.rr.com>
>Date: Thu May 18 10:26:06 CDT 2006
>To: Dale Kretzer <dalekretzer at comcast.net>, 
	Elecraft Mail Posting <Elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
>Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Operating skill


I think the K2 and the accomplishment of buiding it yourself, along with propagation prediction and hit and miss are all part of the fun. Tomorrow may be a bad day, but there will be a good one on the horizon. When propagation is bad, I usually listen to brodacast shortwave or build some more.

Have Fun
Bill KA3IXF




>Not to burst anyone's bubble but please keep in mind that Propagation the 
>past two days have been above normal. In fact they were excellent. This is 
>very much a Big factor.
>And when the propagation returns to normal the next few days the amp will go 
>on to overcome
>the absorption losses.
>
>Best Regards,
>
>john-n3drk
>
>
>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "Dale Kretzer" <dalekretzer at comcast.net>
>To: "Elecraft Mail Posting" <Elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
>Sent: Friday, May 19, 2006 8:20 AM
>Subject: [Elecraft] Operating skill
>
>
>    Seeing joyful reports of snagging DX under challenging conditions, such 
>as just posted by Bill, KA3IXF, adds so much pleasure for me to this great 
>hobby. Not only are they testaments to the fine Elecraft products, but they 
>also attest to the operating skills of so many in the Elecraft Forum group.
>    Comparisons of DX worked don't mean much, however, until they include 
>antennas used. In Bill's case, the key words are "with my homebrew, 
>helically wound dipole sitting on my window sill." Now, that's a challenge 
>well met. Good job, Bill!
>    To the phrase, "Anybody can do it with power," I'd like to add, "Anybody 
>can do it with low power and a good antenna." It's the hams in our happy 
>group who operate under extremely limited conditions that draw the most 
>admiration from me. I can't imagine how discouraging it must be at times for 
>someone living, for example, in a restrictive condo building having to run 
>QRP with wire tacked to an interior wall, a shortened vertical sticking out 
>a window in the darkness, or a stealth antenna tucked in a hidden location. 
>I know those antennas will work and have experimented successfully with them 
>myself, but the skills required to make long-distance contacts with such 
>limitations expresses to me the real heart of ham radio.
>    Hat's off to all of you operating in such a manner, and your 
>enthusiastic postings add a wonderful flavor to the daily forum. Keep the 
>joyful shouts coming!
>    73,
>    Dale - K6PJV, Sacramento
><snip>
>      Just worked Cyprus, 5B4AGC, 14.027, on my K2, from my third floor 
>apartment, with my homebrew helically wound dipole sitting on my window 
>sill. WOW !!!!!!!
>73,
>Bill
>KA3IXF
><end snip>
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