Geoff stopped by, and got on 80 meters with the big rig. A good time was had by all!
Brett N2DTS > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Geoff/W5OMR > Sent: Monday, May 21, 2007 6:20 PM > To: Discussion of AM Radio in the Amateur Service > Subject: Re: [AMRadio] dayton > > Well, I did get some pictures. But, I need to go see > Brett/N2DTS before > long. At least, I owe him a phone call, since I'm -only- > about 4 miles > from his house :-) > > > I saw some great gear. I saw a Ranger for $1500, which, *I* thought, > wasn't that great, but it had the look of a W3HM restoration > job. I did > see a truck there, with comm gear running in the back. Was > probably you > guys, and that wasn't a bad location. I also found (once) > the Antique > Wireless guys, and saw a box of 450TH/L's and other strange looking > tubes. Wanted to go back and find it again, but never did find that > place, again. > > I was -almost- tempted to pick up the Viking II CDC > transmitter that was > there. On Saturday, the price was down from$300 to $100. If > it hadn't > sold by Sunday morning, I would have been more than tempted. > As it was, > I had a more pressing item in which I -had- to spend money on. That > also curtailed my finding a hotel Friday evening, as in order > to protect > what I had, I had to sleep in the car, which I did... from 4 > to 5:30am, > Friday. (*yawn*) > > See, on the way to Dayton, from Northern MO, an 18-wheeler > truck and I > passed each other going the opposite way on a 2-lane hiway (36). The > resulting mini-tornado (the only thing it could have been) > whipped the > tri-magnet mag-mount w/75m ham-stick antenna on it, OFF of > the top of my > Honda CRX, and when the force of the air, going around 65mph blew it > backward, when it hit the end of the coax, it came straight down. > > *WHAMP!* *CRASH!* *BOOM!* TINKLE, Tinkle, tinkle... > > I'm ducking, looking for something to cover with, because I > thought I'd > been shot. Knocked the back glass smooth out! Glass shards > were found > up on the dash, even! No blood on me, after I stopped and took > inventory... I got lucky. Interestingly enough, it did -not- > budge the > dual-band V/UHF mag-mounted antenna. Go figure. > > Do you guys know how hard it is to find a back hatch glass for a 91 > CRX? It wasn't until I got to New Jersey before I found one, > and had it > installed, and I *garuntee* you it wasn't for the $900+ quote > I got from > a glass place in Indianapolis. *snort!* > > Now, off to Home Depot to get my $61+tax back for a 33"x48" > sheet of Lexan! > > -- > 73 = Best Regards, > -Geoff/W5OMR (/m2 New Jersey) > > (never a dull moment in my life. > I used to think I was a victim of circumstances... > now I realize, I'm a product of my society! ;->) > > ______________________________________________________________ > AMRadio mailing list > List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html > List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio > Partner Website: http://www.amfone.net > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html > Post: mailto:[email protected] > To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > the word unsubscribe in the message body. > ______________________________________________________________ AMRadio mailing list List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Partner Website: http://www.amfone.net Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.html Post: mailto:[email protected] To unsubscribe, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in the message body.
