[Elecraft] Could you make a Element/vibration hardend VX3?

[Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ, Elecraft]

Folks - Let's end this thread for now. Its morphing way OT and is also exceeding 
the single topic limit for this splinter off of the original thread.


73,

Eric
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On 5/4/2014 8:20 PM, mcduffie at ag0n.net wrote:
> On Sun, 4 May 2014 18:49:42 -0700, Russell Conner wrote:
>
>> Except I keep saying over and over we ARE IN THOSE TWISTIES.
>> and the hand helds are effective only part of the time. And yet, no one
>> seems to be listening to me on that point. It gets frustrating. Hell, I am
>> very frustrated.
> You're also missing a point.  What you are asking is nearly impossible.  Low
> band (six meters) works fairly well for that, but it takes a little power (that
> will cost you with the MC electrical system), and reasonable antenna (1/4 wave
> or so).  I've seen it work in mountainous terrain, and heavily wooded areas,
> something that 70cm and even 2m don't do well without help.  Decades ago, the
> law enforcement community found the answer, and they implemented it.  It takes
> mountain top repeaters to cover things properly.  Even then, you'll have some
> dead spots, depending on terrain.
>
> You seem to know little about propagation, and unwilling to accept that there
> isn't always a good answer for your situation.  The best you can do is choose
> the right frequency for the job to be done, that of covering everything between
> the front of the pack and the rear of the pack, and then do the best you can do
> to get that job done.  That means the best antennas you can find, the highest
> power you can run, and training your operators to know what to do to make the
> best of them.  Obviously, there is a practical limit to all of those things and
> what you can do because of cost, size, environmental concerns, electrical
> capacity, etc.
>
> Do your best, and deal with the rest.
>
> Gary - AG0N
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