[SFDXA] info

[William Shirley]

I'm with Pete on this one.

I have personally operated the station and a simple CQ usually results in
deep European pileups in short order (while the band is open).  This station
is easily capable of 3-4 Million points on a contest weekend.  There are
only 4-5 stations in South Florida that compete, Pete's being at the top of
that list.

It's certainly many dB over my current Alpha / HF6V setup.  It should
compete well with my proposed antenna installation, a 36' boom @ 70'.  After
all, it is a 24' boom antenna @ 80' supposedly.  I think it's actually
higher than that.

As far as convenience, nothing is more convenient than walking a few steps.
Even if the station were on the level of W3LPL or KC1XX, most folks would
still operate from home because of the convenience.

In any serious CW endeavor, I believe in the BYOP (bring your own paddle)
rule.  I even bring my own keyer.

I feel the station is an asset to the club and definitely worth mentioning.
The Southeastern DX Club, based in Atlanta with over 200 members, doesn't
have a station.

I wish I could spend more time there, but other commitments keep my DXing
down to a few minutes now and then.

Just my 2 cents worth (if it's worth that!)

Randy
N4QV




----- Original Message -----
From: "John/K4WJ" <k4wj@bellsouth.net>
To: <n8pr@arrl.net>; <sfdxa@mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, January 06, 2002 4:50 PM
Subject: Re: [SFDXA] info


> At 11:06 PM 1/5/02 -0500, Peter Rimmel wrote:
> >I would estimate that the station at FMC can outperform all but a few of
> >the
> >members stations in the SFDXA..  That is Killer to me...
>
> I can't remember the number of times that I have heard another operator
> tell me that he/she had a modest station consisting of a TS950 and SB220.
I
> guess your definition of a Killer Station and my definition are a lot
> different.
>
> >   And as for access, any member in good standing can have access, if he
> > wants.  It is not an open
> >station to anyone, but it has always been available to whomever wanted to
> >operte there...
> >Unfortunately, not that many have taken the opportunity to avail
themselves of
> >the  privelege.
>
> I guess our members choose to operate from their modest stations. If it
was
> a Killer Station, like you call it, I would bet that more members would be
> knocking on the Killer Station's door.
>
> I've operated from K4FK and had some problems with the single lever
paddle.
> I'm used to a dual lever paddle with an iambic keyer. I sure did make a
lot
> of errors while I was operating.
>
> My concern is that we don't over build someone's expectations like some
> travel agencies do with their brochures of places to stay on the islands.
> They show this great looking place and when the tourists arrive they find
> goats in the lobby and rooms that are air cooled instead of air
conditioned.
>
> This is my last message on this subject.
>
> de John/K4WJ
>
>
>
>
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