[Boatanchors] (no subject)
Carl
km1h at jeremy.mv.com
Mon Dec 27 21:21:46 EST 2010
----- Original Message -----
From: "rbethman" <rbethman at comcast.net>
To: "RAY FRIESS" <rayfrijr at msn.com>
Cc: "boatanchors" <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, December 27, 2010 3:37 PM
Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] (no subject)
Normally I would agree Ray. It is just that the "tree rats" chewed into
the coax!
I put the antenna analyzer on the inside end, and cannot find a single
resonant spot that is legal to operate!
35 Deg F with windchill at 25 Deg F.
** Thats when I start getting interested in antenna work. I was all over the
various towers this past month or so.
Even ran out a 2 wire reversible 1000' Beverage yesterday and got back in
the house at dusk an hour after the storm started. With 24" + forecast I at
least wanted it somewhat in place and hanging on branches, put the ground
rods with leads in earlier. Now its just a matter of installing a bunch of
electric fence insulators and put on the transformer boxes.
Hell, I can't even get the RG-213 to unbend, can't go without freezing
long enougn to get the mast down, Ah hell - You get the picture!
** CATV RG-11 foam or LMR doesnt do that.
It will be 35 later this week and I'll be at 180' again
Carl
KM1H
Bob "popsicle" N0DGN
On 12/27/2010 2:38 PM, RAY FRIESS wrote:
> that's what's so good about the old radios that glow in the dark.
> They will still load into ice covered lines and antennas.
> Remember back when as a Novice the old timers telling about loading up
> bed springs, even wet strings ... HI HI.
> And ... all those nice glowing rigs warm up the shack ... unlike
> transistors.
>
>
>
> > Date: Mon, 27 Dec 2010 14:11:28 -0500
> > From: rbethman at comcast.net
> > To: boatanchors at mailman.qth.net
> > Subject: Re: [Boatanchors] (no subject)
> >
> > Jeff, David, and Richard,
> >
> > Seems we folks here in Virginia went through this just this past
> February.
> >
> > We had set a "New Record".
> >
> > Today WE too have the winds. Having the radio on won't do me much good
> > for the moment. I still haven't unfrozed the feed-line that the
> > "tree-rats" got to!
> >
> > Frustrating! BUT - I'm warm and comfortable. I "can" listen. Just
> > can't transmit.
> >
> > Bob - N0DGN
> >
> > On 12/27/2010 1:58 PM, David C. Hallam wrote:
> > > Jeff,
> > >
> > > That is exactly why I left Fulton, NY years ago. It may be a little
> > > chilly here in sunny FL, Tampa Bay, but 55 degrees is better than what
> > > you have.
> > >
> > > Best wishes for a Happy New Year.
> > >
> > > David
> > > KW4DH
> > >
> > > On 12/27/2010 1:41 PM, n2lxm at juno.com wrote:
> > >> Good Afternoon,
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> Greetings form the Frozen, Snowy Northeast. Well this is one for
> > >> the record books. Winds gusting to 50 MPH, twenty four to thirty
> inches
> > >> of snow on the ground, and four to six feet snow drifts. No snow
> plows in
> > >> site yet, and maybe not till tomorrow. But on the bright side. I
> am home
> > >> alone, XYL got to her job( Nurse ) and can't get home. So I have
> the wood
> > >> stove going, the radios on, and the work bench powered up. Plenty of
> > >> food, drink and fire wood. So as they would say" I Am GOOD To Go !!".
> > >> Every hour or so I go out and dig for awhile, with the wind gusts
> I chill
> > >> fast, come in, warm up by the fire, have a warm drink and do it
> all over
> > >> again. What's the definition of insanity. To all of you who are
> in warmer
> > >> climates, You Lucky Dog.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> Jeff N2LXM
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