I only have the piece on the antenna at this time.

Carolyn


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From: "Robert Ringwald" <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, April 28, 2014 12:20 AM
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: Happy Ham's Day

>    Carolyn,
>
> Get a chunk of coax and a double male barrel connector to hook the two =
> coaxes together to extend the feed line of your mag mount. Then put that =
> mag mount on the roof of your house. If you can, move it as close to the =
> middle of the roof. You=E2=80=99ll have one heck of a ground plain.=20
>
> -Bob Ringwald K6YBV
>
>
>
> From: Carolyn Johnson=20
> Sent: Saturday, April 26, 2014 12:29 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Happy Ham's Day
>
> Well, my problem is that I only have a hand held, and since our rental =
> house=20
> had a new roof put on last year, and it's metal, nothing gets out. I =
> have a=20
> mobile two meeter four-fourty rig setting here with a real good mag =
> mount=20
> antenna on it, but no one can hear me, so I'm stuck. This is a wonderful =
>
> location to have an antenna since there are some nice woods here, but to =
> get=20
> ahold of anyone is the pits. I have a ham friend at church, but he =
> forgets=20
> half the time when I give him messages to get ahold of someone for me =
> since=20
> he knows a lot of people. He's so hard of hearing that I don't think he =
> half=20
> hears what I'm asking him bless his heart. I'm sure the day will come =
> when=20
> someone will be able to help. I'd like to eventually move out of this =
> house=20
> and leave my daughter and son-in-law fineally live there lives without a =
>
> parent around. We had to have them live with us since they got married=20
> because she had to take care of her dad because he went on a machine =
> every=20
> night, and it was digital, and like a lot of things required sight. I =
> did=20
> all the things I could do to help take care of him without sight, but =
> there=20
> were those things that needed sight, and we had to battle with her to =
> even=20
> do them. She really didn't want to do them, but she had no choise in the =
>
> matter. We live out in the country on a mountain. It's quiet and a nice=20
> area. It's actually one of the foothills of the Smokey mountain chain, =
> and=20
> so pretty, but when it snows, we are trapped up here in the winter time.
>
> You take care, and keep hamming.
>
> Carolyn Kj4vt
>
>
> --------------------------------------------------
> From: "Colleen Roth" <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Saturday, April 26, 2014 2:39 PM
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: Happy Ham's Day
>
>> Hi Carolyn,
>> It can be difficult to get people to help with antennas etc.
>> I have been blessed with people who are willing to help.
>> I suspect it makes a difference who you ask and if you and those =
> people=20
>> are interested in the same things.
>> I always choose people who understand the value of Public Service even =
> if=20
>> they don't do it themselves.
>> Since I am very active in Navy Mars and Nts Traffic Handling and =
> Skywarn I=20
>> have been able to find people to help when the need arises.
>> Sometimes you have to wait awhile but usually things get done when =
> they=20
>> are really necessary.
>> Colleen, N8TNV;
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: carolyn johnson <[log in to unmask]>
>> To:  [log in to unmask]
>> Date: Saturday, Apr 26, 2014 02:40:04 AM
>> Subject: Re: Happy Ham's Day
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Well, I feal like a baby, because I loved ham radio for years, but my =
>
>>> late
>>> husband got me into the hoby since he was a ham, so I got my ticket =
> in=20
>>> the
>>> mail on April first 1983.
>>>
>>> Carolyn Kj4vt
>>>
>>> Oh, my first call I didn't like. It was Kb4eoq.
>>>
>>>
>>> --------------------------------------------------
>>> From: "Phil Scovell" <[log in to unmask]>
>>> Sent: Friday, April 25, 2014 3:32 PM
>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>> Subject: Happy Ham's Day
>>>
>>> > It was 48 years ago today I made my first contact as a novice.  I =
> was=20
>>> > at
>>> > the
>>> > school for the blind when my mom called from home on a Monday =
> afternoon
>>> > and
>>> > told me my ticket came.  I had her repeat the call sign a dozen =
> times=20
>>> > to
>>> > be
>>> > sure.  I had been walking to our regular Monday after school =
> student
>>> > council
>>> > meeting.  I was representing the 9th grade, and the office =
> secretary
>>> > called
>>> > out the office door as I passed by going to the library for the=20
>>> > meeting.
>>> > She said, "Phil.  You have a phone call."  The only person who =
> called=20
>>> > me
>>> > at
>>> > school was generally my uncle in Kansas but this time it was my mom =
>
>>> > with
>>> > the
>>> > good news.  I hunt up the phone, and spun around and took a step to =
> the
>>> > open
>>> > office door.  Our superintendent was a nice guy and although he was =
> not=20
>>> > a
>>> > ham, he made sure we always had good equipment, unless one of our=20
>>> > radios
>>> > was
>>> > down for repair, but he called out and said, "Hey, Phil.  You got =
> your
>>> > license."  It wasn't a question.  I was so out of it, I just =
> grunted a
>>> > yes,
>>> > and ran down the hall to the radio room.  A couple of friends were=20
>>> > already
>>> > in the ham shack and one was a novice of about 3 months.  I told =
> him to
>>> > move
>>> > over, I was getting on the air.  It took them a few seconds to =
> believe=20
>>> > me
>>> > but when I threatened to dump him off the king's chair in front of =
> the
>>> > radio, he got the picture.  At this time, our DX60 was off the air =
> so I
>>> > used
>>> > an A T 1 on 80 meters to make my first contact.  I was WN0ORO and =
> my=20
>>> > first
>>> > countact with another guy in Nebraska and his call was WN0OHO.  We =
> kept=20
>>> > in
>>> > touch for years after that.  After supper that night, I was back in =
> the
>>> > ham
>>> > shack pounding out CQ again and having the time of my life.  To =
> this=20
>>> > day,
>>> > although I only had my novice license 6 months before I took the=20
>>> > general
>>> > class, it was still the most fun I had as a ham.  The guy I almost =
> dump
>>> > out
>>> > of the chair lived at home where the school for the blind was so we =
>
>>> > worked
>>> > each other, building up our code speed, in the evenings and then =
> when
>>> > school
>>> > was out for the summer.  We had a lot of the same crystals so we =
> ended=20
>>> > up
>>> > working each other hundreds of times that summer.  We even started =
> a
>>> > midnight schedule which we carried on for years after getting our=20
>>> > generals
>>> > and could work side band.
>>> >
>>> > Phil.
>>> > K0NX