I remember one ham, back when I started, referring to “a BAY-lun coil for that
antenna…”
Or the guy on Facebook asking how to make two pieces of wire, in a dipole
arrangement, cover 1.8 to 54 MHz…
I can remember when you didn’t get your ticket till you could figure that stuff
out on your own.
73, kelly, ve4xt
> On Jul 9, 2019, at 3:22 PM, Mac <libbysales@austin.rr.com> wrote:
>
> I got a smile on this last sentence, "The guy giving out S-meter reports "
> listening to the repeater" oh lord i remember those guys from the early 70s
> when repeaters were popping up all over the place, thanx for making me smile
> .. mac/mc w5mc
>
> On 7/9/2019 4:38 PM, RCM wrote:
>>
>>> On Jul 9, 2019, at 12:16, JVarney <jvarn359@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> I see the "fall zone" issue as more of a political or social issue.
>> --------------
>>> A properly engineered and constructed ham tower can be made just as safe as
>>> any other vertical structure. There is no logical reason to single them
>>> out for "fall zone" concerns.
>>>
>>> 73 Jim K6OK
>>> _______________________________________________
>>
>> There’s the problem, “properly engineered”.
>>
>> We hope percentage of stupid in ham radio is less the the rest of society,
>> but…..
>>
>> The local with a tribander on 50’ of Rohn 25, with no guys. It would have
>> done his neighbor’s house and car. He did take it down, after two years.
>>
>> “You have to use an antenna tuner, on six meters, to get the SWR out of the
>> antenna."
>>
>> The guy giving s-meter reports to everyone he works… on the repeater.
>>
>> Sorry for starting the list.
>>
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