Jimmy,

I've saved this info and will do it soon...

The net won't meet on Nov. 24 (next Monday) for Thanksgiving Week,
or Dec. 22 (Christmas Week) or Dec. 29 for New Years Week. It takes
OFF the weeks of Easter, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Years.

Right now, my next project 'at home' is hooking up an HF rig!

Now, if the bands will cooperate this winter.

I don't really have room for the longest parts of it, but for
now
I'm going to make an inverted V on my tower and use at least
the
10 meter part... Get my feet wet, so to speak, and if
everything
works okay I'll get another power supply to run it as well for
more power and I'll invest in an antenna I can mount without
taking
up 100' of yard space. :-)

15 Years ago, the no frills HF rig I used on the Arkansas and
Missouri Railroad, was an Icom IC-718. It was designed to "get your
feet wet in HF".

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Their fig leaf policy was terminated early. <G>

Daryl

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Daryl Stout wrote to jimmy anderson <=-

Jimmy,

I've saved this info and will do it soon...

The net won't meet on Nov. 24 (next Monday) for Thanksgiving Week,
or Dec. 22 (Christmas Week) or Dec. 29 for New Years Week. It takes
OFF the weeks of Easter, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Years.

Yeah, I saw that - and I DID get my login and just tested it.

Right now, my next project 'at home' is hooking up an HF rig!

Now, if the bands will cooperate this winter.

I don't really have room for the longest parts of it, but for
now
I'm going to make an inverted V on my tower and use at least
the
10 meter part... Get my feet wet, so to speak, and if
everything
works okay I'll get another power supply to run it as well for
more power and I'll invest in an antenna I can mount without
taking
up 100' of yard space. :-)

15 Years ago, the no frills HF rig I used on the Arkansas and
Missouri Railroad, was an Icom IC-718. It was designed to "get your
feet wet in HF".

What kind of antenna did you use?





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Jimmy,

Yeah, I saw that - and I DID get my login and just tested it.

Good deal.

What kind of antenna did you use?

It was the portable HamStick antenna. They have one for different bands.

When I was HF Railroad Mobile in May, 2011, on the Arkansas And Missouri Railroad Troop Train, we had a 20 meter hamstick on the back of the restored 1927 Harlan and Hollingsworth Passenger Car, and we were in the cramped Conductor's Cabin, with an Icom IC 718. We had to make sure that the HamStick wasn't too tall, so that it'd fit into the tunnel at Winslow, on the old
Frisco line.

You can see me at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1aEtSbHX7pw

73,

Daryl, N5VLZ

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