Well, in answer to your question, Steve, I'm doing well with what I've put up,
thanks to the help here, considering the relative RF vacuum I live in. If I
could flip the switch on it to turn it off, I'd be in great shape. ;-)
Seriously, though, while just playing around over the weekend, I was on 20
meters with the dipole switched in, and was watching the DX cluster, and
clicked on one station to see if I could hear him...I couldn't. I moved
slightly off frequency and switched to the beam. I tuned up the rig (still
don't have the amp in line yet) and moved back on freq. Turned beam to the
right heading and there he was just I expected. I worked him first call. And
that was just THIS weekend alone...just a representative sample. Other times
have been just about the same.
Yes, everyone's been a big help, even if I haven't asked a whole bunch of
specific questions...sometimes lurking can provide answers to the questions
that linger in the back of one's mind. Thanks to everyone for all of the help
you've provided (even if you didn't know you'd done anything). And thanks also
for helping with the questions that have been specifically asked. It really
does help. There's a lot of good information here, both in the current
knowledge of the members, and in the archives (if one takes the time to
search).
Now to rebuild the 2M boomer and homebrew the 6M beam and I'll be done for a
while...
--Mike, WA0ZOG
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