Barry is in VK. If he operates from the middle of nowhere, local noise is nonexistent and local activity is extremely sparse. It means you hear lots of weak stations, most of which you have little chance of working unless you have good antennas and run power. So preamp is a plus in receive but it causes frustration when trying to call.
I remember frustration as VK2/NO9E hearing many US on 10m, with little success except contesting. Also the band full of US station during the ARRL 160m contest. Ignacy, NO9E -- Sent from: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.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
