Subj : Re: Computers
To   : tenser
From : Bob Worm
Date : Thu Aug 08 2024 09:19:48

  Re: Re: Computers
  By: tenser to Bob Worm on Thu Aug 08 2024 19:52:49

 > Hear, hear.  Also, the emphasis on HF as the end-all, be-all
 > of the hobby.  "Why aren't people upgrading?!"  When I suggest
 > that people ask new hams why they don't upgrade, they just
 > look at me funny.  It's like a completely foreign concept to
 > them or something.

I don't have a big enough garden to run a 20m wire antenna down it, the neighbours would probably have something to say about a big pole holding it up, too. My wife would *definitely* have *a lot* to say about any kind of aerial going up. So I'd have to go with some kind of serious compromise antenna.

Given that, I'm not about to throw a couple of grand at a radio, tuner, test kit, etc. just to see if I get on with it - especially since a lot of HF work just seems to be hello, swap call sign / location / signal strength, maybe kit list, then goodbye. Everyone is entitled to enjoy radio in their own way but that's not my kind of fun.

BobW
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