[GCARC] Don't Give up on Radio

Mon Oct 20 22:36:18 EDT 2025

FYI, I have two antennas.
An end fed and a Diamond telescoping antenna.
The end fed was strung from my bathroom window to a tree in my back yard.
It wasn’t really working for voice.
Then it split, and Chris fixed it.
I didn’t bother to put it back up since it really wasn’t working for me.
I want to mount the telescoping antenna to my DirecTV satellite dish mount.
The mount is a tripod screwed into my roof and has been there over 20 years.
The satellite dish isn’t in use.
It’s a matter of getting someone on the roof to take the dish off the mount, and bolt the Diamond to the mount.
I also have a 2 meter antenna I want to bolt to my chimney.
I don’t have an attic, but there is a crawl space.
A very small crawl space, but I would prefer to mount my Diamond antenna.
I can send pics if anyone wants to see what I have to work with.
Randy
KC3VCC

> On Oct 19, 2025, at 6:57 PM, Jeff One <djgrath1 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> all,
> Randy needs an intervention! Looking at his house on Google, he does not have much land for big HF antennas. So I think attic antennas are the next best thing! Jim Wright N2GXJ and Gary Mirkin WA3SVW know all about attic antennas. They have had great success with those type of antennas.
> 
> Does anyone else have some ideas for Randy?
> 
> Thanks
> 
> D. Jeffrey Garth
> 621 Greenbriar Drive
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: gcarc-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:gcarc-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Karl Frank W2KBF via GCARC
> Sent: Sunday, October 19, 2025 13:05
> To: 'GCARC Mail List'
> Subject: [GCARC] Don't Give up on Radio
> 
> Randy KC3VCC,
> 	It would be a shame to give up on HF after earning your license.   In my early days, I used to dangle a wire out of my apartment window and used an antenna tuner.
> If you can't put up a good antenna at home, how about tagging along with someone who does Parks On The Air?
> 	Or maybe even squeezing it into your car?  
> 	Karl W2KBF
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: gcarc-bounces at mailman.qth.net <gcarc-bounces at mailman.qth.net> On Behalf Of Randy via GCARC
> Sent: Sunday, October 19, 2025 12:31 PM
> To: Leonard Rust <lenrust at gmail.com>
> Cc: GCARC Mail List <gcarc at mailman.qth.net>
> Subject: Re: [GCARC] Log entry
> 
> I’m not going for awards.
> I’ll never get them as I don’t even have an antenna up for my radio.
> In fact, I’m probably going to sell my DX10 and everything else since I can’t use it This was more about the memory.
> I got to speak to 4 little scouts about 10 years of age, who were thousands of miles away.
> It was a cool experience.
> One I had with a $20 handheld.
> My DX10 cost me over $1600 and I have yet to use it.
> It’s just collecting dust.
> Time to let it go.
> 
>> On Oct 19, 2025, at 11:42 AM, Leonard Rust <lenrust at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> QRZ will let you log them, they just don't count towards awards.
>> 
>> You can log it as a Digital Voice contact.
>> 
>> You can also note that it's a JOTA contact in the comments field.
>> 
>> Len
>> W2LJR
>> 
>> 
>> On Sat, Oct 18, 2025, 8:57 PM Christopher Prioli AD2CS <cpprioli at gmail.com <mailto:cpprioli at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>> Repeater qso's are generally not logged...
>>> 
>>> 73 de
>>> 
>>> -- Chris   AD2CS
>>> *GCARC VE Team Liaison*
>>> *GCARC Education Committee Chair*
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>>> *Member, GCARC Board of Directors*
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>>> On Sat, Oct 18, 2025, 15:36 Randy via GCARC <gcarc at mailman.qth.net <mailto:gcarc at mailman.qth.net>> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Question.
>>>> I QSO’d with an operator out of England this morning who was at a 
>>>> Scout Jamboree doing JOTA.
>>>> He was teaching young children about HAM radio and allowing them to talk.
>>>> I was using my 5 Watt Explorer QRZ-1 handheld and connecting via 
>>>> 70cm on a repeater in Philadelphia.
>>>> The repeater is W3WAN and is AllStar Link.
>>>> Is this a contact I can log on QRZ.com?
>>>> If so, what mode do I use for the log?
>>>> Thanks
>>>> Randy
>>>> KC3VCC
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