Lloyd and all:

As I said last evening, I may or may not make the net, depending on how long 
the communications event I'm working this afternoon lasts, but if I am free, 
you can sure bet I'll be there.

Either way, I'm wanting to test the DXCC installation out, so may try to set 
up some times maybe in the next few evenings with anyone interested to see 
what I can do.

My next task is to fire up the amplifier, and see if it plays with the DXCC 
as well as it did for me out in Colorado.

73 from Tom Behler:  KB8TYJ

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Lloyd Rasmussen" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, October 02, 2010 11:24 PM
Subject: Re: antenna update


I hope to see you on the net.  The California QSO Party will still be going
on, so we may have trouble keeping the frequency clear enough; we'll see.
And I hope some of us can hear Junior this time; persistence has to pay off
eventually.
73,
Lloyd Rasmussen, W3IUU, Kensington, Maryland
Home:  http://lras.home.sprynet.com
Work:  http://www.loc.gov/nls

> -----Original Message-----
> From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> On Behalf Of tom behler
> Sent: Saturday, October 02, 2010 8:34 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: antenna update
>
> Hi, folks.
>
> Well, it has been a long day here, but I now have my Alpha Delta DXCC
> multi-band dipole installed at the Michigan QTH.  You may recall that this
> is the antenna that I used out in Colorado when we started the cross-
> country
> blind ops net.
>
> I am not sure if I'll make it to tomorrow's net, because I have a local
> crop
> walk for hunger communications net to run tomorrow afternoon, but I will
> definitely try to get in there if I get done with the activity sometime
> around 4 p.m.
>
> If I can't make it to the net tomorrow, I'd love to test the antenna with
> some of you tomorrow evening, or perhaps sometime next week during the
> evenings, if anyone would be interested.
>
> The antenna works best on 40 through 10 meters, although I can get it to
> work on 75 and 80 meters with a little bit of help from my Tentech 238
> A manual tuner.
>
> My Ameritron AL811H amp is also connected, although I have yet to tune it
> up
> with this new antenna arrangement.
>
> I still need to get my Carolina Windom Compact 160 up, which should help
> me
> on 80 and 160 meters, but that will have to wait for another antenna work
> opportunity sometime later in October.
>
> I just thought I'd update everyone on the list, and would appreciate any
> testing help anyone could provide.
>
> 73 from Tom Behler:  KB8TYJ, Big Rapids, MI