In a message dated 9/6/07 3:52:24 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> I don't understand > why people have to get so competitive about radio. Because, for some folks, it's fun to compete. Why do folks do amateur sports competitively? (As soon as you start keeping score and following specific rules, you're being competitive). And consider this: The Ancient Ones were working the Antipodes on HF 75+ years ago with simple regenerative receivers, wire antennas and oscilator transmitters putting out a few watts of RF power. All of the improvements in our methods, rigs and antenna systems since then have been the direct results of radio competition of various kinds. 73 de Jim, N2EY ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour _______________________________________________ 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
