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Jennifer <[log in to unmask]>
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For blind ham radio operators <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 30 Dec 2008 10:45:00 -0600
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Thank you very much.  
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Buddy Brannan" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2008 10:43 AM
Subject: Re: antenna for thf6a


> Smiley Antennas, it's like the 270A. I posted a direct link to it from  
> the manufacturer yesterday. Here it is again:
> 
> http://www.smileyantenna.com/product_info.php?products_id=55
> On Dec 30, 2008, at 11:33 AM, Jennifer wrote:
> 
>> Okay thanks and what is the model number and who makes it?
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Buddy Brannan" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2008 10:01 AM
>> Subject: Re: antenna for thf6a
>>
>>
>>> Well, if you're wearing it on your belt and just listening, collapsed
>>> is OK. The sprng in the bottom should absorb a lot of the force from
>>> accidentally running into something, unless you *run* into it of
>>> course. But this thing's only 22 inches tall. We're not talking about
>>> one of those half-wave 2 meter ones that's like three feet long. I'd
>>> definitely worry about something like that.
>>> On Dec 30, 2008, at 10:56 AM, Jennifer wrote:
>>>
>>>> Yes that is the one I am asking about.  My concern with that one is
>>>> when I
>>>> am walking or something if I have it extended  I do not want to
>>>> bang  it in
>>>> to something and break it.
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: "Buddy Brannan" <[log in to unmask]>
>>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>>> Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2008 9:52 AM
>>>> Subject: Re: antenna for thf6a
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> On Dec 30, 2008, at 10:32 AM, Jennifer wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> The antenna you are talking about is it the tela skopic  
>>>>>> antenna?  If
>>>>>> so how
>>>>>> good does it work.  Doe s it work good even when you do not hve it
>>>>>> extended?
>>>>>
>>>>> Of course it doesn't work very well when it isn't extended, at  
>>>>> least,
>>>>> not on 440. Physics still apply here, and if the antenna isn't
>>>>> extended, it isn't the correct wavelength and will, therefore, not
>>>>> provide a good match to the transmitter.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA
>>> Phone: (814) 746-4127 or 888-75-BUDDY
>>> Create your own economic stimulus package:
>>> http://www.powermall.info
> 
> --
> Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA
> Phone: (814) 746-4127 or 888-75-BUDDY
> Create your own economic stimulus package:
> http://www.powermall.info

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