[TowerTalk] cheap hams

[K8RI on TowerTalk]

> On Fri, 18 Aug 2006 12:42:40 -0500, Keith Dutson wrote:
>
>>Two words come to mind:
>>Resourceful
>>Thrifty
>
> Yes. And not all hams have spare cash laying around. For many, it is
> a stretch to own one decent radio. The cost of a beam on a properly
> engineered tower could put a child through a year at some colleges!

That's either a very expensive college or cheap tower installation.  A good 
size tower that requires engineering at the local level (in some areas) 
could send a kid all the way through some four year colleges.

Roger Halstead (K8RI and ARRL 40 year Life Member)
N833R - World's oldest Debonair CD-2
www.rogerhalstead.com (Use return address from home page)
>
> 73,
>
> Jim Brown K9YC
>
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