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   -=> 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   
       
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