[Lowfer] Fenceline longwire

[w1att]

Hi Andy,

I'm a 2Meter enthusiast and I would appreciate any info you might forward to
me about that antenna. Off list of course. Photos of same would be nice.

Thanks, Nick...W1ATT

 w1att at snet.net



 

-----Original Message-----
From: lowfer-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:lowfer-bounces at mailman.qth.net]
On Behalf Of Andy Bell
Sent: Monday, January 21, 2008 3:21 PM
To: Discussion of the Lowfer (US, European, & UK) and MedFer bands
Subject: Re: [Lowfer] Fenceline longwire


--- "J. B. Weazle McCreath" <weazle at hurontel.on.ca>
wrote:


> Thinking outside the box can sometimes yield a
> surprising
> result, if that's the only option you've got!

Hello J. B. and all:

 My personal opinion only: When we loose the
pioneering / experimenting spirit of the Amateur
hobby, we can easily become as stale as the riceboxes
we operate. pre-programmed with the idea that this is
the best, and we can't do any better. As one licensed
operator ( don't really want to call him a ham
)running a shack full of commercial equipment and all
commercial antennas told me: " you can't build a
better antenna than what you can buy; why don't you
quit wasting your time, spend the money, and buy you a
good antenna." I ended up building a 24 element 2
meter longboom that with 10 watts output was running
20 over 9 signals 120+ miles down the road, all for a
grand total of $ 40.00. He didn't like to talk to me
aftwards. To those with the pioneering spirit: Keep up
the good work.
73, all: and thanks for the moment on the soapbox.
Andy Bell - KU4XR


> 
> 73, J.B., VE3EAR - VE3WZL
> Solar and wind powered
> Lowfer " EAR"  188.830
> EN93dr
> 
> http://www.hurontel.on.ca/~weazle



 
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