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K4HB

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Re: WOW...What is going on ??
« Reply #30 on: November 30, 2022, 10:54:30 AM »

Baofeng? Did someone say Baofeng?  BREAKING NEWS

Remember, they can't put it on the internet if it ain't true.
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SOFAR

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Re: WOW...What is going on ??
« Reply #31 on: December 12, 2022, 06:40:20 AM »


Anything about amateur radio brings ONLY Technician type conversation and subjects only that seem related to Technician type thought. Everything. Then if about radios EVERYTHING is Chinese stuff !!! Anytone/Baofeng/Btech/TYT/QYT an on and on.

Try more specific searches. Vague keywords like 'amateur radio', will just feed what the algorithm dictates.

Only channel I try to look at occasionally is  'Outdoors on the air'. Mostly portable operations.
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K6CPO

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Re: WOW...What is going on ??
« Reply #32 on: December 12, 2022, 01:45:59 PM »


Reddit is the worst for it; When I started to follow the amateur radio areas of Reddit I thought I had awakened from a coma, in to a world where everyone suddenly had lost 50 IQ points (Idiocracy on the radio). Trying to bring even the simplest technical aspects of RF, antennas, licensing... whatever, and get downvoted for being a Debbie-downer on their fun-parade.

We can't fix stupid, now I just want to ignore it.

I don't understand that "downvoting" thing on Reddit. What's with that anyway? (I generally ignore it.)

I've actually had people thank me for the information I've posted there so it's not all bad.
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K6BRN

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Re: WOW...What is going on ??
« Reply #33 on: December 13, 2022, 11:31:10 AM »

My pet peeve is the magical EFHW antenna that someone tries to multiband or just put up a random chunk of wire.

Hi Tisha (AA4HA):

I understand.  There are many types and implementations of wire antennas, and especially end-feds.  The devil is always in the details.  And in the case of multi-band EFHW wires, it's the resonant, band-compensated, high-power multi-core versions that work really well and are easy to put up.  At least in my direct experience and that of many of my club members.  We have plenty of other antennas too, but not too many that are quite as versatile.  No magic needed, really, just some (not always obvious) physics that seems to "do the job".

Problem is, many wire antennas are labelled as "EFHW".  You need to pick the right one.

Same is true of "verticals", for example a CHA-250B (not so good) compared to a Gap or ground mounted/radial field 6BTV.  There is good and bad in every antenna class.


We can't fix stupid, now I just want to ignore it.

Perhaps.  But it may be possible to fix ignorance by patient instruction, examples and demonstration.  I'm not giving up yet.

Happy Holidays!

Brian - K6BRN
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