I bought it.
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From: "Pat Byrne" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2011 7:50 PM
Subject: Re: PW1, wow! wish I had one!


>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