[LargeFormat] Diverse Interests

john frost largeformat@f32.net
Sat Jun 15 01:03:45 2002


I have Linux on a P90 sitting over in the corner, but haven't had time
to get into it yet.
john (:>)

Brock Nanson wrote:
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Robert Lawrence" <robert@fivebyfour.com>
> To: <largeformat@f32.net>
> Sent: Friday, June 14, 2002 3:25 PM
> Subject: Re: [LargeFormat] Diverse Interests
> 
> |
> | Brock Nanson wrote:
> |
> | > But I think HF would be more useful than LF ;-)
> |
> | Yup .. the double LF was very tongue in cheek!
> 
> I figured that... but who knows, if bigger is better, maybe there are
> several on here who think 160m is the only way to go ;-)  Wouldn't want to
> wait for the propagation conditions to allow a world-wide sked on that band!
> Or maybe the 'bigger' would refer to power... I use 4x5 so 100 watts is
> fine, those 8x10 guys need a kilowatt and the 11x14 and larger folks are
> just pushing the patience of the radio inspectors ;-)  (With that power
> consumption, do you have a grow op going in there or are you just working a
> lot of DX?)
> 
> | > Who at the workshop are included in your '70%'?
> |
> | Can't remember all the individual callsigns but they're sure to be on net
> and
> | I'm sure will call in,  even Clive admitted to being an SWL (but as you
> would
> | expect his chosen equipment was only slightly more modern than a cat's
> | whisker <G>)! But we did have a Kilo 7 ... Round to you Jon, you there
> ?...
> | over.
> 
> Yes, I can see that somehow... haunting ebay for old glass, both lenses and
> tubes... It really would be an interesting psychology study to see why so
> many of us have these common interests...  (Anyone working with Linux?)
> 
> Brock
> 
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