Well taken Don. The capacity to be mobile, versatile and functional is my primary goal. It all takes time and I am old. I'm doing my best for my small community.
73 Stan KG7FYI ~~~~ -.- --. --... ..-. -.-- .. ><((((ยบ> On 04/30/2017 08:22 PM, Don Wilhelm [via Elecraft] wrote: > One important thing I forget to mention is that you should learn how to > construct your own effective antennas. > To my mind, that skill may be critical in an emergency. and with the > proliferation (and acceptance) of ready made manufactured antennas, I am > afraid that skill is decreasing in ham radio circles. Yes, it does take > a bit of studying and experimenting, but is not really that difficult. > If you can do simple multiplication and division, you can calculate the > length of a halfwave antenna that can be used for effective > communications - all it takes is some wire and a feedline. > > 73, > Don W3FPR ----- Stan KG7FYI -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/K3-P3-and-KAT500-tp7629969p7630166.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [email protected]
