I believe that Brian, K5IN advertised at least one TW1 for sale
within the past few days.
I am virtually certain that his e-mail address is:
[log in to unmask]
Hope this helps.
Pat, K9JAU At 05:48 PM 8/16/2011, you wrote:
>I am trying to catch up with all the messages on this list, and am=20
>reading from, would you believe 2008, 3 years ago when a couple of=20
>you got the PW1. I attempted to order one about 4 months ago from=20
>that web site, all went through including processing my credit card=20
>information, except for one little problem: they had none and=20
>shouldn't have even processed the order. After a week or so I wrote=20
>to them and got the reply: "sorry not in stock and don't know when=20
>will be if ever."
>So, since my choice of radios is narrowing down to either the 2000,=20
>or the 590, or maybe the 480, it would benefit this operator to have=20
>some sort of SWR indicator. I have an old MFJ audible SWR bridge,=20
>which is actually quite nice, come to think of it, but a talking one,=20
>now there's class!
>I can be wistful and hope, like a kid looking in at all the toys in=20
>the store at Christmas time, I suppose, unless someone can come up=20
>with one they wish to sell, or an estate sale or . . ., who knows.
>
>And, another thing, are antennas: I own this house with it's double=20
>lot of 75 by 150 feet, with trees and three buildings, but remember=20
>this is North Dakota so the weather and wind are extremes, so if you=20
>have ideas for a quite simple installation, please let me know.
>A windom, perhaps? or a folded dipole, with dropped ends like an inverted=
> V?
>I remember my Elmer, WA6UYD, (became N6YD, a silent key now), use to=20
>make multi band antennas using multi-wire shielded cable, cutting=20
>each wire to approximate resonance. An eighty / forty meter antenna=20
>should be able to be fashioned out of such, seems to me without too=20
>much need for much, except figuring out where it should be fed and=20
>with what, and how?
>
>
>
>
>--
>Currently in Fessenden, North Dakota Clear, 73=B0F Wind:W-280=B0 at 23mph=
>=20
>gusting to 33mph
>REAL procrastination is watching a hungry bear walk up to you while=20
>having a picnic, and not running because hey, you've got the rest of your=
> life.
>
>Curtis Delzer
>W B 6 H E F
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