[Elecraft] Optimized mic ?

[Geoffrey Mackenzie-Kennedy]

On Sept.06/07 Julian G4ILO <julian.g4ilo at gmail.com> wrote:

N2EY:
>>  And consider this: The Ancient Ones were working the Antipodes on HF 75+
>> years ago with simple regenerative receivers, wire antennas and oscilator
>> transmitters putting out a few watts of RF power. All of the improvements 
>> in
>> our methods, rigs and antenna systems since then have been the direct
>> results of radio competition of various kinds.
>
> But it does put into perspective the need for high power and high
> specs, doesn't it. :)

Perhaps, but the Ancient Ones (hmmpf  - Elders please) did not have to 
contend with the amount of interference that we have today, even in 1946 the 
HF bands were still quite "quiet" by comparison.

73,
Geoff
GM4ESD