[Elecraft] Mag Loop from MFJ

[Fred Jensen]

Happened to me a couple of times, I tell them ... with a big grin ... 
that I'm "ET incognito calling home." Reactions have been varied

73,

Fred ["Skip"] K6DGW
Sparks NV DM09dn
Washoe County

On 1/18/2021 4:45 PM, Mooneer Salem wrote:
> Hi Fred,
>
> On Mon, Jan 18, 2021 at 4:31 PM Fred Jensen <k6dgw at foothill.net> wrote:
>
>> There is another disadvantage to portable mag loops ... in a public
>> place, you may find yourself speaking with a law officer, it seems there
>> a number of folks that will call the cops on on the guy with headphones
>> sitting at the picnic table in the park.😉
>
> Fortunately I've never had that issue but I did get a fire truck pulling up
> next to me at Fiesta Island here in San Diego once (with one of the
> firefighters being interested in my full size 20 meter vertical and asking
> questions about my radio setup). That was pretty cool.
>
> (MFJ ~17' telescoping whip screwed into a Buddipole Versa-Tee + 1-2 raised
> radial wires cut to quarter wavelength at 20 meters. With a KX3 driving it,
> of course.)
>
> Thanks,
>
> -Mooneer K6AQ
>