It wasn't about the operator, it was about the hardware. I talked to the ham involved, and he's a nice enough bloke. I have no beef with him.
My antennas are, unfortunately, not designed with a useful null. I have an end feed W3EDP style that works very well, and a Comet CHA-250B vertical. Neither can reasonably be pointed to attenuate the signal. Gwen, NG3P On Wed, Jun 9, 2021, 8:51 PM Dave <d...@nk7z.net> wrote: > I must respectfully disagree sir... > > The ordinary ham should be able to tell when his/her rig is out of spec. > The ordinary ham should be able to operate his/her rig correctly. > That is just no longer the case. There are a lot of folks out there > that don't even know how a repeater works at the most basic of levels. > They are operating HF rigs with no understanding of how they work, and > no understanding of what limits they need to maintain. > > They create a mess on the air, and should be told about it. Nicely, but > told non the less. It is far better to have a fellow ham tell you you > have an issue, than have the FCC tell you... > > Speaking of the FCC, I don't remember the FCC turning over > responsibility for signal quality to the manufactures of radios, > absolving the operator of all responsibility... It is the operators job > to make sure he/she is operating their radio correctly, and within > tolerance, period, end of discussion, the operator is responsible. > > If he/she can not tell there is a problem, than that ham should not be > allowed to transmit... > > There are dirty transmitters all over, and they meet FCC specs... How > can that be you might ask yourself? > > In a lot of cases, the operator is not knowledgeable in how to drive the > transmitter properly, or that low voltages feeding the transmitter can > cause issues, or that triggering ALC in FT8 causes issues, there are any > number of settings the Amateur can screw up, and the rig meets FCC > specs... > > So no, it is not "out of line" to let someone know their transmitter is > spraying crap. > > On 6/9/21 5:02 PM, Richards wrote: > > Anyone condemning other hams for using "dirty transmitters" is simply > > out of line. > > > > The ordinary ham is NOT an Electrical Engineer and he buys his rig in > > good faith, believing it passed FCC and other engineering standards. He > > uses it in good faith, assuming it is OK and not causing problems. But > > then, a few self-appointed Frequency Cops condemn the poor operator as a > > bad citizen for using a "dirty transmitter" as if the operator is > > somehow to blame. I have worked a lot of contests with crowded > > conditions in a large metropolitan area, and nobody has ever whined > > about any of this, notwithstanding a couple of self-appointed experts > > living in the mountains of CA and CO claim it is a horrible epidemic. > > Besides, if this was such big problem why is it such a new, current > > topic? Supposedly, all those old rigs have been noisy all the time. I > > suspect it is topical only because they have nothing else to talk about. > > > > Well, even if it is a problem, there is no place for this sort of > > personal attack in ham radio, AND IT IS SIMPLY WRONG TO BLAME THE > > OPERATOR for how his rig works. For most ops, ham radio is just a > > hobby and they are entitled to expect their radios will work right. > > Blaming the operator is simply out of line. K8JHR > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > > 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 d...@nk7z.net > Dave > https://www.nk7z.net > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 ard...@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
