K3? & W3ZZ

[John Ragle]

Of course it is all legal, but it has nothing at all to do with amateur
radio /*when taken in toto.* /It is a collection of suggestions for
improvements that one can make to a station, concatenated into one large
suggestion. Consider the content:

A minimum of 8 towers ranging around 100 feet ("an extra tower...might
not be a bad idea"), 14 ea. K3s, 6 Kuhne transverters and 4 from Down
East, 12 amplifiers, and tubing to go atop each tower, not to mention
the hardline, the electricity, the acreage, and an army of at least 16
associated rovers, their equipment, and their cars and gasoline.

This has nothing to do with Ham radio as most of us know it, and to take
it /*literally*/ borders on April not June. If taken literally, it
underscores the reason that SSB contests are like ice hockey played with
100 players on a side, or Afghani polo with a human head.

P.S. I don't blame him for liking the K3. I like mine too. Cricket, anyone?

John Ragle -- W1ZI

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On 5/16/2011 10:41 AM, Bill W4ZV wrote:

>  John Ragle wrote:

> >>  The W3ZZ article was a hold-over from the April issue! See paragraph on
> >>  p. 96! Someone has an outstanding sense of humor.
> >>
>  That's funny because my copy reads:
>
>  "No, it's not April.  That was 2 months ago.  And this column is not a joke.
>  Everything mentioned here is perfectly legal."
>
>  I also know W3ZZ happens to like the K3:
>
>  "While at the 09 Central States VHF conference, I had a chance to visit with
>  Gene W3ZZ at some length about his favorite IF rig, the Elecraft K3."
>
>  http://www.qth.net/k0awu/K3System.html
>
>  The above page also shows K0AWU's set-up with PowerSDR.
>
>  73,  Bill
>
>
>
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[Wayne Conrad]

I took the article to be a jab at a perceived "arms race" aspect of
contesting, and possibly at contest rules that allow the indirect
conversion of currency into contest points.

73, Wayne Conrad (two weeks until the test)

On 05/16/11 12:50, John Ragle wrote:
> Of course it is all legal, but it has nothing at all to do with amateur
> radio /*when taken in toto.* /It is a collection of suggestions for
> improvements that one can make to a station, concatenated into one large
> suggestion. Consider the content:
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