[Lowfer] setting up a grabber

Cliff Sojourner cls at employees.org
Fri Jan 10 20:07:42 EST 2014


Well given the predictions for coming solar condx I doubt anyone is going to love 6m.

Yours in weak signal vlf to microwave

Cliff k6cls cm87


Pat Bunn <pbunn at matrixei.com> wrote:
>Used to love 6 meters. Still have a W1JR 8 element 49 foot beam on my
>tower. Had a 4CX1500 amplifier and worked a bunch of DX. I had an
>article in 1990 QST for a 100 watt solid state amp. I too am a little
>burned out with Ham Radio and the ARRL. 
>
>Pat 
>N4LTA
>
>Sent from my iPhone
>
>On Jan 10, 2014, at 5:48 PM, "Douglas D. Williams" <kb4oer at gmail.com>
>wrote:
>
>> Never made a contact on 6 meters, but that is another of those
>"weird"
>> bands that I have always been drawn to.
>> 
>> I personally am burned out on conventional amateur radio. Did the
>whole
>> WAS, DXCC thing back in the early 1990s, mostly CW. Also plenty of 2
>meter
>> rag chewing.
>> 
>> But even during all that, LF always held my main interest, due to the
>> occasional QST article, and (more often) Wayne Green's 73 magazine,
>which
>> always seemed open to LF experimentation.
>> 
>> LF/VLF has always been strange enough to keep my interest. If not for
>that,
>> I might be into microwaves, as was noted today how many "microwave"
>junkies
>> are also interested in LF.
>> 
>> A strange brew, for sure.
>> 
>> D.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> On Fri, Jan 10, 2014 at 5:34 PM, Jay Hainline <ka9cfd at mtcnow.net>
>wrote:
>> 
>>> No doubt, you are right. Just laziness on my part. :-)
>>> 
>>> Lowfering around is about as addictive as 6 meters, my first love hi
>hi.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 73 Jay
>>> 
>>> Jay Hainline KA9CFD
>>> Colchester, IL EN40om
>>> 
>>> -----Original Message----- From: Douglas D. Williams
>>> Sent: Friday, January 10, 2014 22:30
>>> To: Discussion of the Lowfer (US, European, &amp,UK) and MedFer
>bands
>>> 
>>> Subject: Re: [Lowfer] setting up a grabber
>>> 
>>> Jay, you should, IMO. You are an active participant in this hobby,
>and
>>> joining the LWCA is what, $18ish a year?
>>> 
>>> D.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Fri, Jan 10, 2014 at 5:26 PM, Jay Hainline <ka9cfd at mtcnow.net>
>wrote:
>>> 
>>> Thanks Andy. I am not a member of LWCA but have been thinking about
>>>> joining.
>>>> 
>>>> 73 Jay
>>>> 
>>>> Jay Hainline KA9CFD
>>>> Colchester, IL EN40om
>>>> 
>>>> -----Original Message----- From: Andy - KU4XR Sent: Friday, January
>10,
>>>> 2014 22:20 To:  European & UK) and MedFer bandsDiscussion of the
>Lowfer
>>>> (US
>>>> Subject: Re: [Lowfer] setting up a grabber
>>>> Jay:  I have mine thru lwca.org ... And my grabber operation is
>>>> sporadic.. I usually put it up for specific reasons, otherwise, it
>is a
>>>> stale page..
>>>> Contact John about the details..
>>>> 
>>>> 73:
>>>> 
>>>> Andy - KU4XR
>>>> --------------------------------------------
>>>> On Fri, 1/10/14, Jay Hainline <ka9cfd at mtcnow.net> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> If I wanted to set up a grabber, what
>>>> web site would be a good one to ftp images too? Preferably
>>>> free :-)  and it probably would not be on 24/7.
>>>> 
>>>> 73 Jay
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Jay Hainline KA9CFD
>>>> Colchester, IL EN40om
>>>> 
>>>> 
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