Is ham radio a sport ??

[Richard-3]

Sure do love driving my Edsel.  Wish there was a lane on the freeway
that was left empty so I could take nice weekend drives without all
those young speed demons racing along at 70 mph.

<grin>

Rich
NU6T

On 3/21/2013 6:55 PM, Ron D'Eau Claire wrote:

> Quite true that the WARC bands are "contest free" but many of those who
> avoid contests are also those who love using old "boat anchor" gear that
> does not cover those bands.
>
> Since wall-to-wall almost-every-weekend contesting is something that evolved
> over the last few decades, they quite reasonably ask why contesting isn't
> limited to band segments or to the WARC bands, leaving the Ham bands they
> have enjoyed for longer than many of us have been alive free of the QRM.
>
> Of course, only a few of those who operate boat anchors are likely to be
> here on the Elecraft reflector, but this O.T. has had the privilege of
> knowing many of them.
>
> 73, Ron AC7AC
>
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> The contest free zones are called the WARC bands, and the KX3 operates well
> on all of them.
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> 73, Dave
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[Don Wilhelm-4]

Rich,

If you "press the pedal to the metal" a little bit more, that Edsel will
easily go up to 80 mph and run rings around those 'speed demons'.  That
is if you can afford the gasoline it takes to do that.  The Edsel was
created in the era of 'muscle cars' and had an engine to match, so it
can hold its own in the competition.  It may not be as nimble as some of
today's cars, but it is superior in terms of raw horsepower.

I long for a replacement for my 1989 Mazda MX6 turbo, but it died after
300,000 miles - the replacement 2008 Mazda3 handles almost as well, but
lacks that turbo boost which made the MX6 a really "fun to drive"
vehicle - it was really a Zoom-Zoom car.

73,
Don W3FPR

On 3/21/2013 10:49 PM, Rich wrote:
> Sure do love driving my Edsel.  Wish there was a lane on the freeway
> that was left empty so I could take nice weekend drives without all
> those young speed demons racing along at 70 mph.
>
> <grin>

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[Gary Gregory-2]

Don

As we get more mature (read old) we are supposed to slow down....not yearn
for "the need for speed" as mentioned in long ago movie....:-)
73

Gary
Vk1ZZ
K3, KX3, KPA500-FT, KAT500-FT,P3.
On 22/03/2013 1:39 PM, "Don Wilhelm" <[hidden email]> wrote:

> Rich,
>
> If you "press the pedal to the metal" a little bit more, that Edsel will
> easily go up to 80 mph and run rings around those 'speed demons'.  That is
> if you can afford the gasoline it takes to do that.  The Edsel was created
> in the era of 'muscle cars' and had an engine to match, so it can hold its
> own in the competition.  It may not be as nimble as some of today's cars,
> but it is superior in terms of raw horsepower.
>
> I long for a replacement for my 1989 Mazda MX6 turbo, but it died after
> 300,000 miles - the replacement 2008 Mazda3 handles almost as well, but
> lacks that turbo boost which made the MX6 a really "fun to drive" vehicle -
> it was really a Zoom-Zoom car.
>
> 73,
> Don W3FPR
>
> On 3/21/2013 10:49 PM, Rich wrote:
>
>> Sure do love driving my Edsel.  Wish there was a lane on the freeway that
>> was left empty so I could take nice weekend drives without all those young
>> speed demons racing along at 70 mph.
>>
>> <grin>
>>
>
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[John Lemay]

I really, really, really wish that people would not drift so far from
Elecraft topics ....

 

Thanks in anticipation

 

John G4ZTR

 

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Rich,

If you "press the pedal to the metal" a little bit more, that Edsel will
easily go up to 80 mph and run rings around those 'speed demons'.  That
is if you can afford the gasoline it takes to do that.  The Edsel was
created in the era of 'muscle cars' and had an engine to match, so it
can hold its own in the competition.  It may not be as nimble as some of
today's cars, but it is superior in terms of raw horsepower.

I long for a replacement for my 1989 Mazda MX6 turbo, but it died after
300,000 miles - the replacement 2008 Mazda3 handles almost as well, but
lacks that turbo boost which made the MX6 a really "fun to drive"
vehicle - it was really a Zoom-Zoom car.

73,
Don W3FPR

On 3/21/2013 10:49 PM, Rich wrote:
> Sure do love driving my Edsel.  Wish there was a lane on the freeway
> that was left empty so I could take nice weekend drives without all
> those young speed demons racing along at 70 mph.
>
> <grin>

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