[SixClub] Help! World Wide Six Meter Club

[Richard Joey Fiero II W5TFW]

HEY,  Mark

 is there any radio gear you dont have in that garage?


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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "AA6DX - Mark" <aa6dx at arrl.net>
To: "World Wide Six Meter Club" <sixclub at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, November 12, 2006 9:49 AM
Subject: Re: [SixClub] Help! World Wide Six Meter Club


> Whatz youze needz youze ...   not too long ago, a ham was selling the 
> estate
> of an SK on 4salebuy, or one of them .. I bought a Black Cat .. pair of
> 3-500s .... they made 2 of those, one for "ham" usage, 5 bands, and the
> "other" --- 6 & 10M.... with a driver (?)   Seller did not know which when 
> I
> bought it --- well, I got the one for CB -- which did not upset me, 
> because
> I wanted it for 6M anyway.  BUT ... it was shipped by a shipping outfit 
> that
> did not have a clue, and United Pounding Service did its job and dropped 
> it
> on a corner.. the 3-500s rattling in their cage (not broken though) and 
> the
> cabinet squished on the corner to where the chassis won't slide out 
> without
> taking out dent(s)... I went "hmmmmm!" - put it in the storage garage and
> there it sits.   Maybe one rainy day this winter, or ... sell/trade it 
> off.
> My big stick KLM 6M is laying across the back yard .. not very efficient
> there!  HIHI .. 73
> Mark Nelson  -  AA6DX   ARRL 42+ Years Life Member ARRL
>
>
> mailto: AA6DX at ARRL.NET
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Roger (K8RI) on Six" <50MHz at rogerhalstead.com>
> To: "World Wide Six Meter Club" <sixclub at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Saturday, November 11, 2006 11:56 PM
> Subject: Re: [SixClub] Help! World Wide Six Meter Club
>
>
>
> You guys had better hurry up and get ready for weak signals as I'm almost
> ready to put the 7L 6-meter beam back in operation at 115 feet.  You 
> should
> thank me for all the band openings this summer cuz when that antenna goes
> back up the band will be going dead.<sigh>  To insure propagation really
> goes down hill I'm installing LMR 600 all the way.  However I do need to
> climb that tower more.  I hadn't climbed in a month and after an hour up
> there the other eveing  it's taken two days for my calves and quads to
> recover. <:-))
>
> However if any one knows where I can get a good 6-meter legal limit amp, 
> let
> me know and not a pair of 3-500s as they take too much drive. For that I
> could convert my old 2K4, but I'd rather do it was something a bit more
> compact.  I tried for a 6n2 Thunderbolt on e-bay but some one wanted it
> worse than I did. Maybe I should have kicked the final bid up a bit. 
> <sigh>
>
> Roger Halstead (K8RI and ARRL 40 year Life Member)
>
>>  it seems to me the amount of submissions to the reflector have slowed
>> quite a bit, I suppose thats due mostly to the lack of 6 meter band
>> openings.  this is a really good spot for 6 meter stuff,
>> it would be a shame to lose it.
>>
>
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