[Elecraft] PT0S

[Mike Sanders]

Well said Howie. My K3 was driving a PW1 to a KW out and
the beams are all up 60 or 70 feet.  I did work them a couple
times but to say it was difficult would be an understatement.
I make mistakes all the time especially with respect to splits.
It happens but what you speak of is deliberate of course.
Working them gave me a new one on CW #323 so it was
pretty important to me.
All the complaints about the operation do put US into
perspective and all the explanations from them do put the
SEVERE conditions in the forefront.
Everyone should have known when K3s fail in short order
the environment must be extremely bad and certainly not
the comfortable climate controlled shack my fat behind
and K3 occupy as you mentioned.
Lets give these guys the benefit of the doubt and praise
them for a seriously major undertaking. After all they were
fighting the elements more than the pile ups. I am just glad
they had K3s with their very poor receiving conditions.
Kudos from me to the PTOS guys for an incredible effort
and to their K3s for just being K3s.
Your also right about the vast majority of ops keeping
their composure. It only took a few to make it look ugly
as you said. 73



                    Mike Sanders
                        KOAZ





-----Original Message-----
From: elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net
[mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net]On Behalf Of Howard Hoyt
Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2012 17:28 PM
To: Elecraft at mailman.qth.net
Subject: [Elecraft] PT0S


Fred/N0AZZ  said:
>>Some people do well using a dummy load.

Yeah, I hear a bunch of dummy loads obscuring PT0S...I have tried since the
first day and still have not gotten through the cacaphony.  Maybe I'm the
dummy load...where's my amp?? (said the KX3 user with a low dipole; can you
say NVIS?)  Despite my antenna and power limitation, I've worked 50+
countries in a little over a month with this setup, and can't get through
that pile-up.

I cannot even believe the language some people use on the air!  And the
tuning up on-freq?  The ten minute long string of dits?  The blasting RTTY
insults over PT0S signal?  The ignoring PT0S's please for specific areas and
replying with insults?  These folks are paying for, and braving what seems
to be a worsening weather situation on a freakin rock in the middle of the
Atlantic eating instant coffee raw to give some lucky hams a new contact,
and some **** is sitting in a comfy chair insulted they cannot get through?
I'm pretty disappointed by a few people.  I do suspect that vast majority of
people are doing their best to stay calm and cooperative, though.

It only takes one bad apple to spoil the cider.

Howie - WA4PSC

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