[Lowfer] Loading up the Bed Springs

[WD8ARZ]

Hello Andy, this is Bill WD8ARZ in middle TN. Qsl on the lightening ... 
have observed the same here. There was so much lightening I even went 
out to my mobile and took off the HiQ HF antenna I had left on the 
vehicle the other day. That is rare. Just bought a home here, so I guess 
I need to look at what it will take to protect the home and ham system 
from near by strikes. Operating the mobile using Kenwood's SkyCommand 
makes it easy and safe to operate hf from my ht with out worrying about 
the base station system during lightening .... when no lightening, base 
station sure has the range to walk as far as one likes using the ht for 
hf pedestrian mobile operations .... 73 from Bill / WD8ARZ

https://www.universal-radio.com/catalog/fm_txvrs/0710sky2.html
http://www.qth.net/pipermail/mobile-portable/2009-August/001007.html
  ... since posting the above link, have purchase the TS-710AG to use 
with my TH-D7AG HT for SkyCommand operation. Lots of fun to operate hf 
from the ht while taking a walk ....

On 7/3/2018 10:26 PM, Andy - KU4XR via Lowfer wrote:
> Hi all:
>
> This is turning out to be the most lightening active summer I have seen in years. The daily storms have forced
> me off the air. Not wanting to give up radioing entirely; I began looking for a safe antenna for receive that I had
> on hand. Antennas I have tried in the past worked, but not very well. My current experiment ; the aluminum
> inside window frame !! I checked it with a meter and it isn't grounded. Curiousity got me, and I connected a wire
> to a screw in the frame which is 33" wide by 55" tall. I ran it thru a variable Inductor, and the results for the past
> 2 nights have been quite surprising, and tonite - night 3 - is looking very good. I'm seeing JT9 activity, and
> decoding active WSPR stations on 630 meters. Always something fun to try, and sometimes a surprise..
>
> 73, and good hamming: Andy - KU4XR


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