Hi Brian,
I totally agree. I enjoy soldering and trouble shooting also. I was just
trying to convey to Kent, that for me, it's more than that. I certainly
wasn't trying to say that it should be that way for everyone.
I probably should have changed the subject of my post to something like, "This
thing is friggin amazing", to borrow your term, instead of what I used. I
certainly wasn't trying to imply that my K2 is better than anyone else's.
Anyway, I'm excited about the K2 as I'm sure everyone else is. That's a good
thing, no?
Gary, N7HTS
On Fri, 15 Jun 2007 13:45:48 -0700
Brian Lloyd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Jun 15, 2007, at 11:51 AM, Gary D Krause wrote:
Oh come on Kent! :-) You are missing the point. I know it's mostly
about propagation but, when you build a rig yourself and it
performs better than your expectations, it's hard not to react like
a novice (which I am not) with your first contact. You may look at
it as just progagation, a bunch of diodes, capacitors, resistors,
etc., but, there is a lot more to it than just that.
Yes, but it is also about propagation and components. That doesn't detract
at all though. There is something very satisfying about putting a radio
together, debugging it, aligning it, and putting it on the air.
And you know what? We forget just what a marvel radio is. I still get
excited about the ability to send data, audio, and video long distances
without wires. It is just friggin' amazing!
...Yep, for me there is a lot more to ham radio than just technical
stuff.
But for some of us it is the science and technology that just tickles us no
end. Isn't it great that ham radio lets us do all this!
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