[Elecraft] ARRL 160

[Jim Brown]

On Mon, 24 Nov 2008 17:46:54 -0700, Dale Putnam wrote:

>one may not assume that all signals are reciprical. He is loud, 
>therefore I am loud

This is especially true on 160M (and to some extent on 80M) where so 
many operators are fairly omni on transmit but may be highly 
directional on RX. This happens a lot early in the evening west 
coast time -- the East Coast is listening to EU Beverages and loops, 
and even though they're S7 to S9 here on the west coast, they can't 
hear us calling. 

Also remember that many of us have a lot more noise than others. I 
often have to run legal power to work a guy in a city who's giving 
me S7 with only 100 watts. 

73,

Jim K9YC