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Date: Fri, 28 May 2010 12:30:49 +0100
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For us it is a ''hobby pursuit''

For  Mal  and others it was there  whole life

I can  see  how the  evil monkey chatter  of rtty would  tend to  be a 
little  haunting  and beacons used to be  something  land locked lighthouse 
keepers did  in there  spare  time

G ..

nothing  new  >>  http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/PRluddites.htm



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From: "g4gvw" <g4gvw@aol.com>
Sent: Friday, May 28, 2010 12:03 AM
To: <rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org>
Subject: Re: LF: Re: OT Stupid Crimals

>
> Sorry Mal
> But that would also tend to suggest that it might be OK for an athlete
> to take performance-enhancing chemicals in order to achieve an
> "advantage" (your word) over less "advantaged" competitors in the quest
> for "DX".
> I'm not going to be "holier than thou" on this one but it does cause one
> pause for thought in terms of the morality of what is, after all, a
> hobby pursuit!
>
> 73
>
>
> On Thu, 2010-05-27 at 19:44 +0100, mal hamilton wrote:
>> Warren
>> His problem was that he got caught. Throughout the world lots of radio
>> amateurs are running powers well above those permitted, especially when 
>> you
>> take antenna gain into consideration.
>> Big antennas with big gain on the higher freqs is not a crime.
>> At one stage I had stacked 14, 21, 28 and 50 mcs yagis that gave me a
>> terrific advantage although my RF did not exceed the permitted power.
>> eg 400 watts with a 10 dB gain yagi gave me 4 Kw radiated power. I also 
>> have
>> a NOV  issued in 1962 for 1 kw power.
>> Lots of stns in the USA are generating big erp,s
>> G3KEV
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Warren Ziegler" <wd2xgj@gmail.com>
>> To: <rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org>
>> Sent: Thursday, May 27, 2010 4:04 PM
>> Subject: LF: OT Stupid Crimals
>>
>>
>> > Alan Potter ZL3II was busted by the NZ telecoms agency for running
>> > excessive power (3100 Watts - the NZ limit is 500W PEP).
>> >
>> > The funny part is that he was caught because he posted a video on
>> > Youtube demonstrating his 3100W setup!
>> >
>> > --
>> > 73 Warren K2ORS
>> >                 WD2XGJ
>> >                 WD2XSH/23
>> >                 WE2XEB/2
>> >                 WE2XGR/1
>> >
>>
>>
> -- 
> 73 es gd dx de pat g4gvw
> qth nr felixstowe uk
> (east coast, county of suffolk)
>
>
>