[NLRS] activity
Chris Cox, N0UK
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Sun, 7 Dec 2003 07:21:43 -0600 (CST)
Mark,
are you hearing that description from other people or how can you make
that blanket claim if you turn your radios off during all of the contests?
As for hearing people 200+ miles away off the back and sides of your
array, is that a problem of poor sidelobes or by desire/design?
Chris
On Sat, 6 Dec 2003, Mark Brown wrote:
> Contesting is NOT activity, it is an excuse for poor operating practices.
> People qrming qso's in progress etc. When vhf contesters go back to being
> polite like they were 7 years ago I might come back, until then the radio
> gets turned off. And the excuses like I couldn't hear you etc are lame, I
> can hear stations 200+ miles away off the sides and back of the antennas.
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73 Chris Cox N0UK, G4JEC, ex-AB0CN, ex-G8PTC RNARS #1157 EN34jv33
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Cultural observation:
Europeans think 100 miles is a long way;
Americans think 100 years is a long time!