...seems the on-air rag-chew talk these days is more and more about fine settings and precision...comments to others that they, 'are 27 Hz off frequency' and the like. That was a non-issue before a couple more decimal places were added to the right and scopes were built in.
Will we now be faced with windy discussions when giving a station a signal report about, 'how my s-meter is calibrated?' Amateur radio is a technical hobby. Yet some would like to talk about things other than issues that are way to the right of the decimal point. With no attempt towards a standard, the s-meter report one receives degrades further in relevance. If one sets their own radio's s-meter in a way that suits them for use as an instrument for other than signal reports, is it appropriate to use that to report signal strength to the rest of the ham community? Specialization is fine...to a point. At some point it becomes it becomes an exclusive nitch. Are we hearing more and more QSOs where if a person can't talk about a particular brand/model of radio or feature of function of a radio, they won't be included in the QSO? Some can find nothing to QSO about other than radio and precision. Never mind accuracy and as another said, 'consistency.' Overall, 'fraternity' (for lack of a better term) breaks down and insider cliques grow. How many ________ enthusiasts does it take to dance in a chorus line to the right of a decimal point? (Fill in the blank with any particular specialty you care to.) Okay...resume target practice. Regards, Dick - KA5KKT/4 _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
