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