[Elecraft] My K2 is unbelievable!

[Brian Lloyd]

On Jun 15, 2007, at 11:51 AM, Gary D Krause wrote:

> Oh come on Kent! :-) You are missing the point.  I know it's mostly  
> about propagation but, when you build a rig yourself and it  
> performs better than your expectations, it's hard not to react like  
> a novice (which I am not) with your first contact.  You may look at  
> it as just progagation, a bunch of diodes, capacitors, resistors,  
> etc., but, there is a lot more to it than just that.

Yes, but it is also about propagation and components. That doesn't  
detract at all though. There is something very satisfying about  
putting a radio together, debugging it, aligning it, and putting it  
on the air. (It also makes you *really* appreciate what went into  
designing it, no?)

And you know what? We forget just what a marvel radio is. I still get  
excited about the ability to send data, audio, and video long  
distances without wires. It is just friggin' amazing!

> ...Yep, for me there is a lot more to ham radio than just technical  
> stuff.

But for some of us it is the science and technology that just tickles  
us no end. Isn't it great that ham radio lets us do all this!

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