No, I hear that part about the high bands, I get that part now that someone has said it. I now understand the radio restrictions, and that the 2m module is going to be very low power.
"Several decades on 2m and 1.25m tells me that what Phil says is true: he should be able to get 30 miles (or more) reliably in all but the twistiest terrain." Except I keep saying over and over we ARE IN THOSE TWISTIES. and the hand helds are effective only part of the time. And yet, no one seems to be listening to me on that point. It gets frustrating. Hell, I am very frustrated. having people tell me "use CB", "use 5w" over and over when I have said those solutions are not meeting the requirements is frustrating, yes? On Sun, May 4, 2014 at 6:44 PM, Lynn W. Taylor, WB6UUT < k...@coldrockshotbrooms.com> wrote: > On 5/4/2014 6:13 PM, Jim Brown wrote: > >> Elecraft is a small company, they make a small range of products, all >> primarly aimed at the HF ham bands, all are designed and built in the US, >> and they don't sell through dealers that add cost to the consumer. >> > Russell is also being unfair in that he's trying to use a radio designed > for very long range if and when propagation is good, and use it for very > reliable short range (under 30 miles?) communication and it doesn't cover > the frequencies that are well suited for that. > > Several decades on 2m and 1.25m tells me that what Phil says is true: he > should be able to get 30 miles (or more) reliably in all but the twistiest > terrain. > > Then he seems to be upset that we tell him that it's a great radio but not > for what he wants it to do. > > ... and he compares the KX3 to a Galaxy S4. There are probably more > Galaxy S4 phones sold in a week than HF radios sold new in a full year (by > all manufacturers worldwide). Samsung can spread their R&D costs across > far many more devices -- and families of devices. > > Russell, we're sorry if you didn't like the advice. We all want you to > get something that works for what you need. We're trying to help. > > 73 -- Lynn > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to rgcon...@gmail.com > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
