[Lowfer] Soapbox (again)

[Dexter McIntyre, W4DEX]

Jay, Less means well.  He's just an overworked type A personality.

Dex
A type B- personality
A quote from my Dad "Just let the slick end slide and the rough end
drag"


Jay Rusgrove wrote:
> 
> Les
> 
> I'm just a lowly newbie so feel free to tell me to sit down and shut up!
> 
> Paul's "VLF" was planned and built in less than a day. In fact the total time was
> probably less than 2 hours. Paul stopped by my shop the other morning to BS as
> usual on his way to work and we wondered how well Paul's receiving loop would
> work as a transmit antenna. We surmised he could use the tracking generator
> output of his HP 3586C which is locked to GPS and has 0.1 Hz resolution and 0 dBm
> out. This discussion was at 9:30 in the morning. When Paul got home from work he
> simply hooked it up. He added a 20 dB gain block I gave him, downloaded the QRS
> keying software, and added a reed relay on his comport and voila! Not a ball of
> fire but a lot of fun none the less. Operation is likely to be sporadic and
> nobody knows for how long.
> 
> I may try my hand at transmitting and don't want to have to "check in" with every
> change. I think others may feel the same way. Half of the fun (for me anyway) is
> not knowing exactly what everyone is up to ahead of time. Frequency changes,
> keying changes, call sign changes add a nice additional challange. It sure beats
> knowing exactly what you are looking for ahead of time. I have had good luck
> keeping abreast of the action via the lowfer reflector. This is in no way meant
> to diminish the fine list that you maintain. I also make use of your information
> and for that I thank you.
> 
> Again, feel free to tell me to sit down and shut up!
> 
> Jay Rusgrove, W1VD
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