Sorry for the confusion to all of you who advised this old man that he needs
glasses, since you knew of what I spoke you better watch yourselves. Oh yeah,
glasses, I think that was what some of you suggested, I forget.....anyway,
regarding "switched to 15 (?) meters and worked KZ5**"
Yes, that quality antenna manufacturer was GOTHAM (not GONSET)....heah, both
are on my GO list!
Where was super check partial when I truly needed it!
AND re W4KFC 5N8:
It was the power supply that W4KFC toyed with to get that distinctive note
(thanks to a representative form the PVRC Over-The-Hill division for that
info)....Vic is rumored by another ex-PVRCer to have taken his new commercial
S-line and downgraded the Collins power supply's rectification so he could
have that 'KFC "note".
Jim zx k1zx@contesting.com
>From kr2j@ix.netcom.com (Robert E. Naumann) Sun Jun 23 03:43:30 1996
From: kr2j@ix.netcom.com (Robert E. Naumann) (Robert E. Naumann)
Subject: Field Day ?
Message-ID: <01BB6083.DC0F67C0@dfw-tx15-06.ix.netcom.com>
Any Dallas area Field Day operations that anyone at this late hour knows about ?
I've been so busy working, I didn't realize it was FD !!
KR2J/5
Dallas, TX
>From rthorne@ibm.net (Richard Thorne - WB5M) Sun Jun 23 06:31:56 1996
From: rthorne@ibm.net (Richard Thorne - WB5M) (Richard Thorne - WB5M)
Subject: SHORTEST FD EVER
Message-ID: <31CCD6CC.4163@ibm.net>
Well, my 9 year old son gave FD an attempt today. We had a good time
putting a wire vertical together with insulators separating each 1/4 wave
element, I.E. 8 ft, 3 ft, 5.5 ft, 16 ft and finally 32 ft. I used
aligator clips to make the wire a 1/4 on any given band.
Anyways I used a balloon (5' diameter) to hold the thing up.
After about 4 contacts, Bobby and I heard a big BOOM. That was the
end of our field day. Not sure what caused the balloon to burst but
it was a bummer. Bobby was all set to do some operating.
I'll need to get a better antenna for IARU so he can operate and get
bitten by the contest bug.
Hope everyone else had better luck.
4 q's, SSB, 100 watts = 4 points give or take one.
1D, WTX.
73
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