[Lowfer] UWL -- It's in there! (in here, too)

Fri, 21 Mar 2003 14:59:12 -0600 (CST)

Yeah, Gary, I don't know what went "wrong".  Beginner's luck?  No, all the 
sound direction from the list!

It's nice to know that it's working and that the work I'm doing is to make 
it better, and not just still trying to make it work.  :)

Eric

On Fri, 21 Mar 2003, DTX wrote:

> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Peter Barick" <[email protected]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Sent: Friday, March 21, 2003 8:27 AM
> Subject: Re: [Lowfer] UWL -- It's in there! (in here, too)
> 
> 
> >
> > >>> [email protected] 03/21/03 08:48AM >>>
> > "
> > Well, this certainly restokes the fire.
> >
> > I can't believe this setup has worked so well!
> >  My antenna is only 30' tall,
> >  my tophat is only 8' across,
> >  my coil is 245 turns of 24 gauge telephone wire
> >  around a piece of 8.8" OD PVC,
> >  and my ground is only a single piece of
> >  wire hooked to the outdoor faucet.
> > "
> >
> > Eric, you know that isn't supposed to work, don't you? Heh, heh.
> 
> To paraphrase that old proverb, "The biggest enemy of really, really good is
> perfection" <G>  Amazing how many things I have put together quickly, just
> to get a feel for something "new", and wind up just using it for years.  I
> guess that is one of the downsides of not having a type A personality ;-)
> Never set any records for anything, but sure have had fun playing with this
> electronics stuff over the last 40 years.
> 
> Gary WA6DTX
> 
> [snip]
> 
> > Peter
> 
> 
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