I had to bring my TS-830 home on my lap, keeping in mind we got in traffic
so that was for an hour longer than it should have been, it should have been
about an hour and a half to 2 hours, it took almost 3 to get home. It was
either that or in the open back of the pickup truck with my 440 repeater,
bet one of them sliding around there would have been some damage done to one
or the other and there was no way after wanting an 830 so long, I was going
to get it all banged up. Also, one of the cabinet doors was off the repeater
because the Motorola Micor station, to those that don't know, has plastic
vents on the doors and if we let the whole thing rest and slide on them,
they'd be smashed and I only have 2 spares. Granted I need to remove one
anyway for running cables, but still, I didn't need that so I held the
TS-830 on my lap the whole way home praying he wouldn't have to stop fast.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Shaun Oliver" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2009 1:13 AM
Subject: Re: amps
> isn't that a bitch though? when I sold my yaesu ft-201, I had to lug it
> to work. and it was no fun hefting 25 kgs of boat anchor around on
> public transport. wasn't the first time I did it either. I had to take
> it on a ferry then two bloody trains before I got it home. and that was
> the day I bought it.
>
>
> Shaun,
> vk2fese,
>
>
> "Cry 'havoc!' and let slip the dogs of war"
>
>
> web sites:
> http://www.myspace.com/blindmanshaunoliver
> http://blindman.homelinux.org/~blindman/
> skype: brailledude
>
>
> On 8/01/2009 2:36 PM, we were able to ascertain that Louis Kim Kline
> pondered upon these thoughts, and proclaimed thus.:
>> Hi Richard.
>>
>> You don't know the half of it. Since I'm never home during the day, when
>> I
>> ordered my Comet GP15, I had it sent to my work address. Only one thing
>> I
>> failed to take into account--the mailing tube that it comes in is nearly
>> 8
>> feet long! I had a sweet time taking that one home on the bus!
>>
>> Believe it or not, I did it though. Everyone picked up their feet and we
>> just slid it under the seats!
>>
>> 73, de Lou K2LKK
>>
>>
>>
>> At 10:14 AM 1/7/2009 -0500, you wrote:
>>> Hi;
>>> Buying the antenna and support structure and antenna is the easy part.
>>> =
>>> The harder part comes when the boxes show up at your door.
>>> Richard
>>> =20
>>> ----- Original Message -----=20
>>> From: Ron & Denise Miller=20
>>> To: [log in to unmask]
>>> Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2009 9:23 PM
>>> Subject: Re: amps
>>>
>>>
>>> Hi Richard,
>>> Your right, you'd get about an s unit going from 100 to 500 watts. =
>>> Remember,
>>> an s unit is supposed to be a 6 dB increase or decrease in signal =
>>> strength.
>>> Your change from 100 to 500 watts would give you about a 6 dB gain in
>>> =
>>> signal
>>> strength.
>>>
>>> If you can do it, more antenna gain will trump lotsa watts every time.
>>> Consider that an increase from 100 watts to 1,600 watts, more than our
>>> =
>>> legal
>>> limit, yields a 12 dB increase in signal strength--2 s units. I can =
>>> buy a
>>> lot of antenna and support structure for the same price I would pay =
>>> for a
>>> kilowatt amplifier.
>>>
>>> 73
>>>
>>>
>>> Ron Miller
>>> N6MSA
>>> Clearwater, Fl. U.S.A.
>>> SKYPE arjay1
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: For blind ham radio operators =
>>> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>>> On Behalf Of Richard Fiorello
>>> Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2009 12:01 PM
>>> To: [log in to unmask]
>>> Subject: amps
>>>
>>> Hello;
>>> Can't resist my two cents on the amp issue. I would much prefer a 60
>>> =
>>> =3D
>>> foot tower with a nice six element beam. Unfortunately, it is much =
>>> =3D
>>> easier to buy an amp than erecting the tower. If an amp isn't =3D
>>> overdriven a signal isn't to wide. As for tvi type interference, true
>>> =
>>> =3D
>>> an amp can aggravate that problem. I found that going from 100 to 500
>>> =
>>> =3D
>>> watts gives you about an extra s unit.
>>> Richard
>>>
>>>
>>> --
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>>> 5:59 PM
>>
>> Louis Kim Kline
>> A.R.S. K2LKK
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>> Work Telephone: (585) 697-5740
>>
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