[Antennas] Random Wire

Sat, 25 Jan 2003 19:06:52 -0500

hi george...  you get a pat on the back...  glad to see that we agree on
something..  73  paul w8jn
----- Original Message -----
From: "George, W5YR" <[email protected]>
To: "RICK COLE" <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, January 25, 2003 7:01 PM
Subject: Re: [Antennas] Random Wire


> Rick, regarding your plea of guilty, it is accepted unanimously.
>
> You have no idea  what you are talking about and certainly have no
> idea who Wes N7WS is.
>
> If anyone needed to do his homework before popping off (US technical
> expression) in a public forum, it is you.
>
> Shame!
>
> 73/72, George
> Amateur Radio W5YR -  the Yellow Rose of Texas
> In the 57th year and it just keeps getting better!
> Fairview, TX 30 mi NE of Dallas in Collin county EM13qe
> K2 #489  IC-765 #2349 IC-756 PRO  #2121 IC-756 PRO2 #3235
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "RICK COLE" <[email protected]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Sent: Saturday, January 25, 2003 2:16 PM
> Subject: [Antennas] Random Wire
>
>
> Wes N7WS wrote..
> I know what a dipole is: a length of wire split into two with a
> trasnmission line attached at the split, but what do you mean by
> "random wire?"
>
> This question really surprises me...I wonder to what extend the depth
> of knowledge is required to gain a Ham Licence in the USA...even more
> than that, the lack of further reading on such a fascinating subject
> as antennas after getting the license..
> Wes, I do not know how long you have had your license and I am not in
> any way trying to flame you personally but I would have thought that
> in your search for knowledge, to be able to sit the exam and gain your
> licence, that you would have to have come across this term "random
> wire" in the books. Whether it was before you sat the exam or even
> after you gained your licence.  If you were interested enough in the
> hobby you would further read the books to upgrade and then you surely
> would have come across the term "random wire".
> I plead ignorance here as I am not a citizen of the USA but it seems
> to me the amount of knowledge in general, required to gain a ham
> licence in your country, seems so small that i wonder when it will get
> to the stage of just paying your money over the counter for it...
> This is my personal opinion...
> Regards  Rick VK3YM
>
>
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>
> It is the soldier who salutes the flag,
> serves under the flag
> and who's coffin is draped by the flag,
> who allows the protester to burn the flag.
>
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