Posted by
Kevin Rock on
Jun 07, 2007; 9:37pm
URL: http://elecraft.85.s1.nabble.com/K3-S-meter-calibration-redux-tp448734p448738.html
When someone wants to tell me of their rig, their fancy antenna, and the "Oh wow" linear amp I tell them that's fine and dandy and proceed to ask them about their weather :) I heard an IK op running stations the other evening on 20 meters. His message mentioned name, QTH, RST, and weather report. What he wanted in return was the weather report from each op he worked. It stymied some of them who were big into the 599 thing but they finally figured out he really did wish to know something other than the standard QSO material. I'd rather know the weather than the details of someone's rig too. If I can hear them I assume their antenna is still up and their rig is not yet smoking! I thought the idea of communication was to create a dialog between two people. I don't really care if you're running 50 Terawatts or 100 milliwatts; I want to hear about you, your family, your cat (or pheasant), and, yes, your weather :)
73,
Kevin. KD5ONS
-----Original Message-----
>From: Thom LaCosta <
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>Sent: Jun 7, 2007 1:18 PM
>To: Ron D'Eau Claire <
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>Cc: "'[Elecraft] Reflector'" <
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>Subject: RE: [Elecraft] Re: K3: S-meter calibration (redux)
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>On Thu, 7 Jun 2007, Ron D'Eau Claire wrote:
>
>>
>> "Honest" signal reports have been an issue since I opened my first copy of
>> "How to Become a Radio Amateur". Personally, I think the commercial
>> operators got it right by adopting the QSA reporting system:
>
>But the commercial operators had a primary concern of communicating information,
>rather than being technical wizards.
>
>Sigh, I know I'm out of step...I'd rather learn about the person on the other
>end of QSO instead of how many dbs I am presenting to the internal measuring
>point of his/her receiver.
>
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