it's a right royal pain sometimes, but, we do what we have to.


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 11:53 PM, we were able to ascertain that John Miller 
pondered upon these thoughts, and proclaimed thus.:
> 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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>>>> 1/7/2009
>>>> 5:59 PM
>>> Louis Kim Kline
>>> A.R.S. K2LKK
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