Amen to that one, Kevin.
I still haven't gotten the W8AMZ 80-meter half sloper to work quite right
yet, and I'm going to try to speak to W8AMZ himself about that at a swap we
have coming up in my general area two weeks from tomorrow.
73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kevin Nathan" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, October 06, 2012 2:12 PM
Subject: Re: Had First 160 meter qso for the season tonight
> Most of them are compromise antennas unless you have big bucks and lots of
> real estate. <GRIN>
>
> Take care and very 73.
>
>
>
> Kevin :)
> Amateur Radio: K7RX
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> On Behalf Of Tom Behler
> Sent: Saturday, October 06, 2012 03:16
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Had First 160 meter qso for the season tonight
>
> Yeah, Kevin, that little half sloper I bought last year does indeed seem
> to
> work on at least the lower half of 160! It was purchased from W8AMZ, who
> also sells the G5RV that a number of listers now have.
>
> It's a compromise antenna for sure, but it does work at least somewhat!
>
> 73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Kevin Nathan" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Friday, October 05, 2012 10:52 PM
> Subject: Re: Had First 160 meter qso for the season tonight
>
>
>> Way to go Tom. Very 73.
>>
>>
>>
>> Kevin :)
>> Amateur Radio: K7RX
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: For blind ham radio operators
>> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>> On Behalf Of Tom Behler
>> Sent: Friday, October 05, 2012 19:35
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Had First 160 meter qso for the season tonight
>>
>> Hi, folks.
>>
>> Well, with the weather getting more fall-like every day, I thought I'd
>> give
>> 160 meters a shot tonight, and had my first 160 meter qso since last
>> Spring
>> sometime.
>>
>> The person I worked was VE3CAK in Kingston, Ontario. The band conditions
>> were not the greatest, and his signal was rather weak (probably about a
>> 559), but we copied each other nonetheless.
>>
>> Hopefully, this will all translate into pretty good band conditions for
>> our
>> 40 and 20 meter nets this week-end.
>>
>> 73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
>>
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