Subj : Re: Trying to study for
To : Andre Robitaille
From : Sean Dennis
Date : Sat Aug 15 2020 02:25 pm
-=> Andre Robitaille wrote to Nigel Reed <=-
AR> Meaning that general has access to every band that extra does. So any
AR> radio or antenna you buy to cover band X will be accessible whether you
AR> are a general or an extra.
That is technically true but Extra does give you additional bandwidth which
is nice during contesting weekends. Also, I have worked a lot of Region 1
DX that a US amateur won't have access to unless you're an Extra. That's
really the main reason I got my Extra was to work that rarer DX.
AR> Same mostly goes for antennas, though as a general you'd have a
AR> different center of band to tune the antenna.
Antennas are a non-sequitur in this though it's the antenna that makes the
QSO, not the radio. :)