[Elecraft] K3 sensitivity below 40 meters

[Richard Fjeld]

I'm glad there are people like you Scott.

I'll take back the term 'resonant antenna' and change it to 'good antenna' 
to keep folks happy.

I should have included the word 'system' also.  Let's end this before Eric 
does.

Rich, n0ce


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Scott Manthe" <scott.manthe at gmail.com>
To: <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2012 12:02 AM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 sensitivity below 40 meters


> The real problem is that N0CE made his comment about "resonant" antennas
> to protect the feelings of his insecure buddies, at least one of whom
> reads this list, so they wouldn't be offended by the fact that his K3
> hears better on 40 meters than the "good equipment" (read: high dollar
> rigs) that the rest of his "group" uses.
>
> To each his own. If it were up to me, I'd get a more secure group to
> hang out with. I tell people I know every day how well my K3 works, even
> if they own rigs that cost more than twice as much as the K3 does. Of
> course, I'm not terribly popular with those guys, either... ;)
>
> 73,
> Scott, N9AA
>
>
> On 11/14/12 12:35 AM, David Gilbert wrote:
>> Well ... you made your statement (that even a good receiver needs a
>> resonant antenna, and you were talking about how you could hear stations
>> breaking in that nobody else could, remember?)  to the list so I replied
>> to the list.  How is that wrong?  If I reply to you offline others on
>> the list won't realize that you are wrong and the erroneous impressions
>> about resonant antennas never die as they should.
>>
>>
>
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