[amsat-bb] Re: This comment is INSANE... - not really

[Jim Jerzycke]

Wanna borrow my buddy's 1500 Watt amp?
Jim  KQ6EA
--- Ernie Howard <w8eh-Ernie at cinci.rr.com> wrote:

> Steve,
> 
> I might be the only guy who thinks you were right to
> suggest using plenty of 
> power. Everyone else can fuss, but we all know how
> it is.
> 
> Maybe to keep everyone else happy it could have been
> stated "use the minimum 
> power necessary to talk over every else." That's the
> reality of operating 
> AO-51 (FM birds) on field day.
> 
> Unfortunately I (and our FD group) have not found
> enough power to talk 
> through the FM birds the last few years. QRP isn't
> going to get it in the 
> mid section of the country where we are.
> 
> Crank it up!
> 
> 73 Ernie W8EH
> 
> 
> Ford, Steve, WB8IMY wrote:
> > Stephan:
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > I am the person at the ARRL that authored the
> statement in question. It appeared in a Field Day
> special insert published in the June issue of QST.
> > 
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