Well, Gerry, keep trying, and I don't see any reason why I shouldn't be 
able to copy you here in Colorado.

Here's hopin to hear you next week.

73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gery Gaubert" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, October 05, 2009 8:43 AM
Subject: net last night


I wanted to try to get on but we had bad weather here in Louisiana last nig=
ht and I didn't want to chance it.  I probably wouldn't have done any good.=
  I have a ground mounted vertical with 100 watts and no radials.  I connec=
ted some radials to the vertical and stretched them out without burrying th=
em and observed no difference in reception or transmition.  The swr didn't =
change any and the total and reflective watts didn't change either.  Whenev=
er I try to listed I get a lot of noise and static.  It seems like I should=
 get better reception than I do.