RadioBanter - Hammie gets ten years

twist i'll give you the gold star for trying and even actually talking on the
bowl every now and then with little to nothing and trust me i mean this in the
most respectfull way but your way of talking on the bowl is the mud duck way.
when you can key down and as i said "consistantly" take out ducks and get your
named called then your doing something. and yes trust me i know all about
talking on the water, its for this reason alone my little 1200 watt dead key
and 4 kw pep on AM is known for taking out the entire houston area from the
shores of sandy galveston island. theres guys in the dome dunning 3cx5000 tubes
and even barnaby jones with a 4cx10,000 tube and i do my McNasty with just four
3-500z's. if i was side by side with them boys or even a mile or two inland off
the water i wouldnt have a chance. i've worked dx from shrimp boats in the gulf
running 2 pills and even bigger at times and i know for sure that what you say
about talking on 6 from the middle of the water is bull****. being in the
middle of the water doesnt always make for a bigger signal escpecially when you
trying to talkthru land locked guys running beams and thousands of watts. the
bowl isnt about mother nature. its about competing against other stations,
anybody can yell and scream long enough to prove a point but to actually be a
super star it takes power.

From: (MrTimNebo)
Who
else thinks one needs thousands of watts to be heard on the bowl from
the water? Anyone?
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you need thousands of watts on channel 6 NO
MATTER where you are if you actually want to
be consistently talking and taking out mud

ducks.

Ahhhh...this I grant you,,,,,your use of the term "consistently" is what
constitutes the difference.
I get on the bowl once per week......I do NOT use thousands of watts
from the water and I damn sure don't need thousands, even hundreds of
watts to make a contact,,,,sure,,,there have been times when I couldn't
get through,,,,,but keep repeating the same number or handle (those are
the rules, I didn't make them) enough, and if you're being heard,
someone is going to let you know it, even if it's only to get you to
shut the hell up,,,no doubt about it, I have been victim to this,,I
can't ghetto talk and I don't try to talk any other way than what the
good Lord give me, and lemme tell ya'...when some of them boys hear a
white boy in their receive, and that's all they hear,,,,(thanks to mama
nature FIRST, output and antenna second) they will reply. In fact, every
time I have been on for the past month or so, it's been heavy Texas. In
fact, Texas has been the norm everytime I go out in the morning,,why the
hell you think "GW" is bleeding from the gums so frequently? Shux..,this
past week I was sitting on the RAMP talking to WitchDoctor in Beaumont
(sp)and he said I was raping his receive.,,then there was 187, Mr Audio,
Smooth Operator, Mr. Bodine,,,,,,,can't remember right off the bat who
else,

sure anybody can sit out there on the water or

anywhere else and yell there handle between

keys all day and get heard every once in a

while

I didn't design the rules,,,,just play by them. I'm not into long
conversations,,,I'm into the hit and run,,,although the round tables and
SSB is my exception.

and if your lucky enough somebody on

the other end of dx land may even confuse

you for the real deal

Nah. So far, I'm the only "Twisted", unless of course, my fan club takes
to the air like they do in here with my choice of identity. Emulating a
thing of beauty, and all that jazz. Although I have, for some reason,
confused some and been called "Mister Twisted" a few times. I changed my
mic battery and it hasn't happened since.

but to be the real deal

sheer rf power is needed. you sir are not the

only one living by water..........

Nope,,but I'm in a very small contingency of those who are out ON the
water talking DX on the bowl,,,,,,and letmetellyouthis,,,,,,,I don;t
know what you run, and I ain't gonna ask...but, hypothetically, if you
are blowing 1000 watts on land,,and take that 1000 watts out to
sea,,,,,,,,,,,,,you know what? Big difference. Major difference. HUGE
diffference. MEGA difference. You know who the military radio
communications officer in this group is,,,,email him and ask him if what
I am saying is not the absolute gospel concerning AM voice transmission
from the water. I've even talked barefoot on 6,,at 4 AM EST from the
shelf that leads into the middle grounds (sometimes called "The
Shallows") between us. C'mon down. Bring your rig. Sometimes believing
is in the eye of the beholder. This is exactly how I was turned on to
the south St. Pete crew...the big man just had to see it for himself.
Now, not only did I add another name to my very short list of kick ass
radio techs,,but am meeting plenty of good folk that I NEVER would have
met if not for channel 6. I had no idea there were so many bad asses in
the bay area. I know about the Orlando Crew, Daytona Crew, and Miami
Crew (RIP), but I had no clue what was going on in my back yard. I do
now. Nope,,I sure as hell ain't no real deal when it comes to the big
boys,,,,I'm just fortunate enough to have found mother nature's sweet
spot,,,and it's soaking wet.