“Ham Radio & Stepping Aside For Little Pistols”
There’s a growing movement in some Ham Radio circles that if you’ve ever worked an “entity” previously, you should relegate yourself to the sidelines in order to allow some “little pistol” a better chance at working that “new one”.
Really?
Nonsense! After building a station through just under 50 years in Ham Radio, I will work who I want, when I want, where I want. You have a better “chance” at winning the lottery than me not participating in a pileup for somebody I feel like chasing.
Time, money, knowledge, signal, skill – all earned for what? To sit on the sidelines?
“I Don’t Think So. Homey Don’t Play ‘Dat”
See you in the pileups!
N0UN
With enough skill and practice, you can bust through some pretty gnarly pileups. I’ve done it, here with simple wires, sometimes low power, sometimes with 600w.
Invest in your station. But most importantly, invest in your skills to help you snag the pileup.
I highly recommend reading Bob Locher’s – W9KNI, The Complete DX’er.
Still the UNDERLYING principles are the same and it impacts both big gun and little pistols.
WT2P
The purpose of ham radio is to communicate not think about “should I TX or not”