I hope that I don't ruffle any feathers, but I don't understand this
posting.  For example, what does this passage mean?

magnetic lops are pretty cool. I used one for a jamboree on the air  =
doing psi on 20 meters and it was amazing who well it worked. tuning was =
a real pain, bt once tuned it was very surmising.

Or this one, 

actually, as i was not even sure which stations I could put the boys on =
with as a third party.


Best 73.

Alan R. Downing
Phoenix, AZ

-----Original Message-----
From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
On Behalf Of Michael Thurman
Sent: Monday, October 21, 2013 12:20 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Antennas

magnetic lops are pretty cool. I used one for a jamboree on the air  =
doing psi on 20 meters and it was amazing who well it worked. tuning was =
a real pain, bt once tuned it was very surmising. we had too much dx =
actually, as i was not even sure which stations I could put the boys on =
with as a third party.
On Oct 20, 2013, at 1:13 PM, Lou Kolb <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> I agree, Ed!  They're extremely fussy when it comes to tuning but, if =
you=20
> are careful, you can get great results with them.  I worked a guy on =
40 who=20
> was in new england and was putting an s9 plus signal into Pennsylvania =
with=20
> an antenna that was probably 4 feet square.  Pretty cool!
> ----- Original Message -----=20
> From: "Ed Malmgren" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Sunday, October 20, 2013 11:46 AM
> Subject: Antennas
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>> For the people that don't have room or maybe renting there is hope =
for
>> working D X with a magnetic loop.  I worked a German station using =
one on=20
>> I
>> think 15 meters using amag loop the other day and he had a S 7 signal =
into
>> Utah running as I remember 100 watts.  So it may be something to =
think=20
>> about
>> folks.  73
>> Ed   K7UC=20