I replaced the Explorer with an Escape two years ago and I found this from one of the sporting ... (AKA taigateing) flag pole compnies. Just google flag pole mounts receiver hitch ... it'll keep you
And it looks like WA2IID used a vice mount for his rotor. http://www.ka5cvh.com/p/radio_station_ka5cvh_portable/port_antenna_reciever_rotor_mount.jpg -- Mike Urich KA5CVH http://ka5cvh.com PIO Harris
I will be aboard the Carnival Breeze next week operating as HP/KA5CVH with about 50-60 other hams. We don't have any singular time spots assigned but I will try to get on 50.125 as much as I can. I k
We sail out of Galveston to Jamaica then to Cayman then Cozumel and home. -- Mike Urich KA5CVH http://ka5cvh.com PIO Harris County ARES STX: (A)PIC Dist 1 & 14 100 watts and a wire. "If serving is be
I've never done this myself but I've heard of people using a run of high LOSS feedline between the two to act as an attenuater. -- Mike Urich KA5CVH http://ka5cvh.com PIO Harris County ARES STX: (A)P
MAU adds I've heard of LMR100 being used as well. -- Mike Urich KA5CVH http://ka5cvh.com PIO Harris County ARES STX: (A)PIC Dist 1 & 14 100 watts and a wire. "If serving is below you Leadership is be
Here's a non-scientific antidote to all this. A local ham ~25 miles away tried to tell me there was no way we could work each other on SSB since his antenna was horizontal and all I had at the time w
hehe ... I believe I prefaced the comments with "non-scientific antidote" his "theory" was it was impossible. I proved him wrong. Now would it been better pointing a horizontally polarized 5WL at him
MAU adds I think sometimes there are some very smart people who know all the theory, can quote numerous engineering formulas for whatever the application but get so lost in the weeds that they don't
Mike laughs ... What part of NO ... do you want to hear? I think this could turn into an unmanageable nightmare. What do I claim for the location ... where the radios are at ... or the other end of t
As a ~sorta FYI to all. This software for list is "mailman". I've used mailman for some lists in the past so here's just a little info. There is a link at the bottom of every email that goes out that
I'm down sizing a number of things and books & magazines are some of them. I have 20+ years of near prestine QST's. With the new digital age I was wondering if there is even any "market" for these ..
On Fri, May 12, 2017 at 8:52 AM, Mark Spencer I use QTH locator on my google phone and it works like a charm to the eight digit. -- Mike Urich KA5CVH http://ka5cvh.com STX ASEC - Training STX: (A)PIC
Mike chuckles My son is a programmer / developer. In his previous job he had to write a lot of apps for their customers. He said there is nothing more painful than writting apps for the iPhone. -- Mi
I'm driving from the Houston area up to Colorado Springs on Friday leaving La Porte ~0700 and probably getting into the Springs by ~2100. We're going up through Ft Worth Amarillo over to Raton (NM) a
Hold your calls ladies and gentlemen ... WE HAVE A WINNER .... ! ! ! -- Mike Urich KA5CVH http://ka5cvh.com STX ASEC - Training STX: (A)PIC Dist 1 & 14 PIO Harris County ARES We may be Volunteers, Bu
I think for me what "stinks" about the digital modes for me are a large number of operators are running over to the digital modes and no longer interested in working CW or phone, leaving us poor schm
Some thoughts, Coming from a point of also being an ARES / PIO member and a part of our ARES leadership team Having just gone through a major hurricane and being the Harris County ARES PIO I was inte
Nor do I want to discourage nor penalize the digital modes ... I just "feel" "perceive" that those who prefer the more traditional modes are being forced out ever so slowly because by this time next
So I'm considering trying to mount a limited rove in. January. For a rig I'll use my FT991. However antennas is less than firm. I have a KB6KQ loop and a Diamond DPGH62, both I can easily get up @ ~2