-=> 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. :)

73,
Sean KS4TD


-- Sean
 
___ MultiMail/Linux v0.52

--- Maximus/2 3.01