[TenTec] OT: Openwire/Window Line and Bad Wx

[Steve Berg]

Very true.  I have mostly worked QRP over the years, and while it can be 
frustrating at times, getting a new one with 5 to 10 watts is quite a 
thrill.  The last sunspot peak, I was writing my doctoral dissertation, 
and kept the 6 meter rig running most of the time.  I managed to work 
all continents with an Argonaut II, and a 1208 transverter barefoot into 
a 4 element Hy-Gain beam at 50 feet.  I have been in this hobby since 
1963, and doing this was the most fun I ever had.

I admit that it is easier to check in to the Ten Tec net with the 
Corsair II, but I still managed it a number of times with the Argonaut VI.

At my current QTH, I am limited to my ground mounted trap vertical. 
Once I move to my place in Wisconsin, I will have room for about any 
antenna I would like to put up, and look forward to trying the Argo VI 
with a really long wire antenna fed with open line.

Steve WA9JML


On 7/29/2013 6:41 PM, Stuart Rohre wrote:
> Someone needs a new copy of the FCC rules which reminds hams that the
> minimum power necessary is to be used for transmitting.
>
> -Stuart
> K5KVH
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