[Antennas] New OCF Dipole

[Bill Kulze]

Thanks John. One of the groups I found to get  a report from last night 
was bemoaning the fact that the tests are so easy and there are so many 
new hams who have no interest in the "how it works" part. I did pass by 
studying the questions, and yes, it covered very basic material. My dad 
was a ham, so radio was around as long as I remember. I've worked in 
electronics my whole life and I've be listening to shortwave for 20 
years. I've got probably more boat anchors than I need, but not enough 
to let any of them go ;-). A ham friend who doesn't do hf anymore gave 
me an old hy-gain vertical, I think it's an 18atv. It originally had an 
80m resonator, from what I've found in the manuals, but all I have is 
the bottom up through the 40m section. I would think it will work for 
10, 15, 20 and 40, at least. I just have to wait till the ground is soft 
enough to pound in a pipe to mount it to.

Hey, take care...

Bill KC2SUO

John Heacock wrote:
> Hang in there Bill. This is one of my favorite parts of ham radio. I can
> experiment and try things. It is encouraged, in fact. Many of the
> communications techniques and equipment we take for granted today were
> developed or first tried and proved by amateurs. 
> John, K9BB in South Carolina
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