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Tony, you might be a goldarned yankee, but I can't wait to QSO you in CW. I ain't fast (10wpm) but I try for perfect copy. And at my speed, slowin' down ain't no problem!:thumbup: Don't be skeered, jump on in when the key arrives. We'll practice together. I'm on 7.118 most evenings after 5pm...

hookedon6- Thanks for the clarification there, I 'lump' all that data QRN together. To me its all the same. Although CW is allowed even in the voice portions of a band... I seldom get any takers up there. It gets you out of the data/qrn, but up amongst the cw handicapped. I suppose I have...

Its just normal human behavior. We require someone to look down upon. There is a small grain of insecurity in most people that they over compensate for by denigrating others. I started as a CB'er too. Then my kids came along, and I didn't want to expose them to the 'trash' that was CB in our...

Don't worry, be happy! It'll all work out. I've made more junk outta perfectly good antenna wire/tubing than anyone I know. Sometimes its the learning process, sometimes mis-information, or poor tools and meters. Sometimes you get lucky and the Martians call, asking you to QRP! Heres a link...

Coveys post reminded me, I once heard a fellow actually calling a beacon!

Howdy 'nite. Velkommen. Don't listen to ITH, he's pretty smart himself. I'm the one that shows my butt occasionally, although I'm in remission... except for our 'troll'. ITH knows who I'm talkin' about! I've been embarrasing him lately, probably get myself banned from "his" soapbox. Whadda sad...

Thanks Educator, appropriately chastised. From now on I'll try to behave. Lex, leave the grossly stupid people alone! :headbang Sry moleculo, but it still seems narrow between the eyebrows.

Sorry, just a poor country ham, couldn't afford the extra s's :biggrin: .

Someone please send me a copy of the forum Bible. Just saw a locked thread, and apparently I, and others, ticked someone off by expressing our opinion in regards to a completely different site and its inmates! We recently gave flowers and accolades to 'this site' over the QRZ site. Perhaps we...

Dunno about limbo, sounds like some kinda line dance to me; but yes I believe in ghosts. Got one heck of a true ghost story of my own! Delivered a load of 'slurry' concrete to cap off an old well-head in the Red Desert area between Rawlins & Rock Springs. After the customer left I washed out...

My vote goes for stupid. My second post to such a person would be to bypass the power supply by putting a 110VAC plug on the rig and using the wall outlet. Problem solved...

Make one of these and run it out away from the balcony on a telescopic fishing pole. Hang from the end for vertical polarity or taped to the pole for horizontal if you can find a pole long enough. Even two poles, with the aerial suspended between the ends. Easily retractable and stealthy...

Heard a few of the old rigs, drifting across the band, today. Didn't work any of them unfortunately. (My aerial is only resonant on the lower end of the A1A portion of the 7Mc band). Could only listen. I gotta tweak my aerial when the wx breaks. Boxed the tuner for near future sale, boxed the...

Congrats again, I think! Glad you enjoyed the PM jibe at "The LID". Double pun, if you right click & see the file name! Lex

Perhaps they were being lenient by allowing him to keep possession of the rig, the first time, thinking he would sell it to recoup his fines? But being super bright, he... Anywho... I think of the FCC as a moneypit, just a wishin' well I toss my money into every decade or so. I listen to the...

Jeez! I've owned smaller refrigerators. Me, jealous? Heck yeah! I wanna see a vid of your utility meter! This morning I started ordering parts for OTB - Build an Early 1920s One-Tube Transmitter Many of the components are home-made. Ciao Lex

Zepp (zeppelin) antennas are full wavelength long with a half wave radiator, the other half is folded back upon itself and is shorted strategically for use as a tuning stub (built in counterpoise), matching the impedence of the rig/feedline. Ladderline is recommended but not critical. Its the...

Darn, I won't be ready in time for the first leg; maybe the second! This is my current project, still scrounging parts. OTB - Build an Early 1920s One-Tube Transmitter

I concur with Park, CW was/is an accomplishment. It was far more than memorizing answers to test questions. I passed the General code years ago, but couldn't hear well enough to pass the Extra although I did pass the theory. Now I decline to upgrade, carrying an Advanced ticket tells the world...

Congrats from me too. Enjoy the full spectrum your allowed by the FCC, do not worry about public opinion. You don't have to prove yourself to others, your license allows you to transmit within established parameters. If your techie callsign intimidates you from xmiting, change it. Thats...