Sounds good. Lol. worth a try.
Eden
On 7/18/2012 1:39 PM, Harry Brown wrote:
> Hi Eden,
> Well, I don't know if you saw my post on this earlier this week or not, =
> but if you didn't, I'll repeat it for ya, and I think you'll love it!
> Now of course for the rest of yall, who have heard it, if ya want to =
> skip it, just use that good ole delete key, hi hi!
> Well Eden, in 1981, I was on spring break, as I was a 9th grader in high =
> school.
> I was going to go and spend a week with my brother Ian, near Jackson, =
> Mi.
> I asked if I could bring my rig, and he said, "sure can."
> So, along with my suit case with personal stuff, went my rig power =
> supply, and my mfj manual, not automatic, antenna tuner!
> So, we get there, and the next afternoon, (a Monday afternoon, I'll =
> never forget it!), I asked him, "Ian, I know you got a chain link fence =
> out back, can we go to radio shack so I can get a piece of copper wire?"
> He said, "sure can, let's go!"
> So, we get there and get back home with the piece of copper wire, and =
> then, I go into the bedroom where my Kenwood ts120 is sitting on the =
> desk by the window. So, on the back of the antenna tuner there was a =
> post which was labeled, "wire".
> So, I unscrewed the knob, just enough to put one end of the copper wire =
> around the post.
> Then, I went outside and took the other end of the piece of copper wire, =
> and connected it to the end of that chain link fence!
> Then, I came inside, and thought, "well, it's now or never, because =
> everybody says these tuners can tune anything, so, we'll see if they =
> were right."
> Scared, because well, I didn't think it would tune it, I turned on the =
> power supply and then the rig. I got on 80 meter cw, and tryed to check =
> into the Michigan novice net.
> Eden, I checked in, they heard me, and gave me a signal report of 579, =
> just 2 numbers below the best signal report you could have!!!
> I also made other contacts on 80, 40, and 20!
> On 20, the person I had a QSO with said, "Trippy, what in the heck are =
> ya running? You're the loudest signal on the band!"
> Before I fell on the floor being shocked by his signal report, I told =
> him, "well, are you ready for this? I'm running a kenwood ts120, and an =
> mfj941C manual antenna tuner, and running it into a piece of copper =
> wire, connected to one end of a chain link fence in my brothers =
> backyard!"
> So, there ya go, a chain link fence antenna!
> 73,
> Trippy, ac8s
> ----- Original Message -----=20
> From: Eden Kizer=20
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2012 8:35 PM
> Subject: Re: apartment dwelling antennas
>
>
> yep sure is a chain link. Lol.
>
> Eden
> kc9wht
>
> On 7/17/2012 6:39 PM, Harry Brown wrote:
> > Hi Eden,
> > Wow, a fenced in patio?
> > Is that a chain link fence?
> > Trippy, ac8s
> > ----- Original Message -----=3D20
> > From: Eden Kizer=3D20
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2012 9:03 AM
> > Subject: Re: apartment dwelling antennas
> >
> >
> > we are kind of wanting one put together, and we have a =
> fenced in=3D20
> > patio so not very good for trees. I mean, there are woods behind =
> us,=3D20
> > but we realy can't go outside our patio.
> >
> > Eden
> >
> > On 7/17/2012 8:13 AM, John Miller wrote:
> > > The easiest way is if there are any trees, run a wire antenna, =
> a =3D
> > dipole in
> > > the trees. Trees give you a ton of options for any band =
> actually.
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Eden Kizer"<[log in to unmask]>
> > > To:<[log in to unmask]>
> > > Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2012 7:02 AM
> > > Subject: apartment dwelling antennas
> > >
> > >
> > > =3D20
> > >> Ok, I have been given the go ahead for the apartment to have =
> an =3D
> > antenna
> > >> as long as I do not attach to the apartment building itself. =
> Give =3D
> > me a
> > >> good idea on antennas please, and Gary if you still have =
> that, we =3D
> > want
> > >> it. Call asap as we can begin payment on Thursday to you. =
> Just =3D
> > call me
> > >> as I am at home at 317-735-2301. I can discuss terms, but I =
> needed =3D
> > some
> > >> ideas on apartment antennas. Thanks.
> > >>
> > >> Eden
> > >> =3D20
> > >
> >
> >
>
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