Mike Coslo wrote:
bb wrote:

Mike Coslo wrote:

Probably the latter. Certainly a lot of small bands would be very
interesting. There would be a fair amount of equipment going out of use,
which would be a shame. No doubt modifications could be made, but with
many bands, the old equipment only has so many switch positions! 8^)

- Mike KB3EIA -


Wow! For want of a band switch, you would let go of better (24hr)
coverage?

Maybe Jimmy the Riveter wouldn't mind stopping by with a chassis punch
and wire up a new switch for you.

It would be nice if all you had to do was put in a switch with more
positions on it, but those darn "innards" would have to be modified too.
Old equipment would probably have only a few bands it would operate on,
and the olde analog dials would add to the problems. The old stuff would
probably just have to be written off as a loss.

Heaven forbid that a ham would modernize his station.

Here's an idea. Just keep on using them as they are, on the bands they
are on.

Newer equipment would be
more amenable to modification, and displays would more likely continue
to work. Of course, someone has to do the mods, or the new equipment
gets consigned to the recycle bin too. Some of the newer equipment would
possibly not be convertible

People who have MARS licenses do it every day. I wonder if Steve ever
held a position of "authority" in MARS?

Okay, so lets say we just ditched all the analog equipment, and most
all of the digital equipment up to date of change.

Knock yourself out.

Now lets talk about antennas. It isn't likely that we will have single
antennas at any station, save for the resurrection of the old general
purpose dipole fed with ladder line, run through a tuner. That's one
that olde tyme hammes will recognize! I suppose the Steppir antennas
could work if you have enough coin. The method proposed by Jim will not
accommodate the tricks we use now to provide an acceptable match as the
major HF bands will not be harmonically related.

Trap dipoles don't have to be on bands that are harmonically related.

All in all, no thanks.

- Mike KB3EIA -

Congrats. You've just made "Full" member.