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RobertG

OT - station "pistol size"

Hello, all...

I made a comment in another thread that my station was a "little
pistol." That got me thinking and wondering about how to "size" a ham
station. "Big Guns" are rather obvious. Now, how about a "small gun," a
"big pistol," a "little pistol," and finally "bow and arrow?" Clearly,
this is very subjective, For example, my station: in the city on a small
lot, SkyHawk at 60ft, 80/40m compromise wires, nothing on 160m, 500w
amp, and K3. I can juuuust get into the top 10 in the CQWWcw from WNY
[most of the time], I've worked 335 DX on assorted bands, 5Band-DXCC is
forever waiting on 80m, and it's generally hard to hold a run frequency
when a band opens strongly. What size is this station? Anyone who comes
up with "pea shooter" will be so noted <g>. How about your station?
Happy 4th.

...robert
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W7GJ, Lance

Re: OT - station "pistol size"

On HF I think I am a water pistol ;-(

On 7/3/2012 7:39 PM, Robert G. Strickland wrote:

> Hello, all...
>
> I made a comment in another thread that my station was a "little
> pistol." That got me thinking and wondering about how to "size" a ham
> station. "Big Guns" are rather obvious. Now, how about a "small gun," a
> "big pistol," a "little pistol," and finally "bow and arrow?" Clearly,
> this is very subjective, For example, my station: in the city on a small
> lot, SkyHawk at 60ft, 80/40m compromise wires, nothing on 160m, 500w
> amp, and K3. I can juuuust get into the top 10 in the CQWWcw from WNY
> [most of the time], I've worked 335 DX on assorted bands, 5Band-DXCC is
> forever waiting on 80m, and it's generally hard to hold a run frequency
> when a band opens strongly. What size is this station? Anyone who comes
> up with "pea shooter" will be so noted <g>. How about your station?
> Happy 4th.
>
> ...robert

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daleputnam

Re: OT - station "pistol size"

I was thinking... maybe a rock and string?.... oh.. I know it isn't a pistol.. but sometimes I can hit things....does that count??
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Dale - WC7S in Wy
> Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2012 22:00:17 +0000

> From: [hidden email]
> To: [hidden email]
> CC: [hidden email]
> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] OT - station "pistol size"
>
> On HF I think I am a water pistol ;-(
>
>
> On 7/3/2012 7:39 PM, Robert G. Strickland wrote:
> > Hello, all...
> >
> > I made a comment in another thread that my station was a "little
> > pistol." That got me thinking and wondering about how to "size" a ham
> > station. "Big Guns" are rather obvious. Now, how about a "small gun," a
> > "big pistol," a "little pistol," and finally "bow and arrow?" Clearly,
> > this is very subjective, For example, my station: in the city on a small
> > lot, SkyHawk at 60ft, 80/40m compromise wires, nothing on 160m, 500w
> > amp, and K3. I can juuuust get into the top 10 in the CQWWcw from WNY
> > [most of the time], I've worked 335 DX on assorted bands, 5Band-DXCC is
> > forever waiting on 80m, and it's generally hard to hold a run frequency
> > when a band opens strongly. What size is this station? Anyone who comes
> > up with "pea shooter" will be so noted <g>. How about your station?
> > Happy 4th.
> >
> > ...robert
>
>
> --
> Lance Collister, W7GJ
> (ex WA3GPL, WA1JXN, WA1JXN/C6A, ZF2OC/ZF8, E51SIX, 3D2LR, 5W0GJ)
> P.O. Box 73
> Frenchtown, MT 59834-0073
> USA
> TEL: (406) 626-5728
> QTH: DN27ub
> URL: http://www.bigskyspaces.com/w7gj
> Windows Messenger: [hidden email]
> Skype: lanceW7GJ
> 2m DXCC #11/6m DXCC #815
>
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> email group, or just fill in the request box at the bottom of my web
> page (above)!
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Larry W2LJ

Re: OT - station "pistol size"

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On 7/3/2012 3:39 PM, Robert G. Strickland wrote:

Finally, as in the lowest output used to be referred to as a "peanut
whistle".

Larry W2LJ

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Mike Morrow-3

Re: OT - station "pistol size"

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And this exercise serves what purpose?

Mike / KK5F
Non-PhD

-----Original Message-----

>From: "Robert G. Strickland" <[hidden email]>
>Sent: Jul 3, 2012 2:39 PM
>To: Elecraft <[hidden email]>
>Subject: [Elecraft] OT - station "pistol size"
>
>Hello, all...
>
>I made a comment in another thread that my station was a "little
>pistol." That got me thinking and wondering about how to "size" a ham
>station. "Big Guns" are rather obvious. Now, how about a "small gun," a
>"big pistol," a "little pistol," and finally "bow and arrow?" Clearly,
>this is very subjective, For example, my station: in the city on a small
>lot, SkyHawk at 60ft, 80/40m compromise wires, nothing on 160m, 500w
>amp, and K3. I can juuuust get into the top 10 in the CQWWcw from WNY
>[most of the time], I've worked 335 DX on assorted bands, 5Band-DXCC is
>forever waiting on 80m, and it's generally hard to hold a run frequency
>when a band opens strongly. What size is this station? Anyone who comes
>up with "pea shooter" will be so noted <g>. How about your station?
>Happy 4th.
>
>...robert
>--
>Robert G. Strickland, PhD, ABPH - KE2WY
>[hidden email]
>Syracuse, New York, USA
>
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Tim Herrick

Re: OT - station "pistol size"

Injection of a little humor from time to time is not a bad thing. Well, for most of us.

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-----Original Message-----
From: [hidden email] [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of Mike Morrow
Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2012 7:26 PM
To: Elecraft
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] OT - station "pistol size"

And this exercise serves what purpose?

Mike / KK5F
Non-PhD

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Scott Monks

Re: OT - station "pistol size"

In reply to this post by Mike Morrow-3

It serves to pass the time until our KX3s are delivered!
Enviado desde mi oficina móvil BlackBerry® de Telcel

-----Original Message-----
From: Mike Morrow <[hidden email]>
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Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2012 18:25:54 -0500 (GMT-05:00)
To: Elecraft<[hidden email]>
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Subject: Re: [Elecraft] OT - station "pistol size"

And this exercise serves what purpose?

Mike / KK5F
Non-PhD

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RobertG

Re: OT - station "pistol size"

In reply to this post by RobertG

As originator of this thread and mindful of bandwidth, let's reflect on
what has transpired and bring things to a peaceful conclusion. Thanks
for all comments.

...robert

On 7/3/2012 20:39, Robert G. Strickland wrote:

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Fred Townsend

Re: OT - station "pistol size"

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I have a bazooka match. Does that mean I'm a big gun?

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Subject: Re: [Elecraft] OT - station "pistol size"

It serves to pass the time until our KX3s are delivered!
Enviado desde mi oficina móvil BlackBerry® de Telcel

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Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2012 18:25:54 -0500 (GMT-05:00)
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Subject: Re: [Elecraft] OT - station "pistol size"

And this exercise serves what purpose?

Mike / KK5F
Non-PhD

-----Original Message-----

station?

>Happy 4th.
>
>...robert
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>York, USA
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Tony Estep

Re: OT - station "pistol size"

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Bob, all I can say is that if you have a 3-element Yagi at 60 ft., nothing
you can do or say will make you anything but a big howitzer as viewed from
the perspective of those of us at the bottom of the pileup.

Tony KT0NY

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