Good judgement comes from experience. Experience comes from bad judgement.
72, Rich Hurd / WC3T / DMR: 3142737 Northampton County RACES, EPA-ARRL Public Information Officer for Scouting Latitude: 40.761621 Longitude: -75.288988 (40°45.68' N 75°17.33' W) Grid: FN20is > On Dec 19, 2021, at 21:16, Rich Lim via Elecraft <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Haha! Frankly I would have pulled out the tower plans and discussed them > with your significant other….then the OCF wire wouldn’t seem so bad….rookie > mistake 🤣🤣RichKQ9L > > > Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone > > > On Sunday, December 19, 2021, 8:04 PM, Rich WC3T <[email protected]> wrote: > > When we moved to this QTH about 20 years ago my wife (SWMBO) remarked on how > the location was perfect for ham radio as we are on top of a smallish hill. > So. Much. Win. Or so I thought. > Years later when I had the temerity to launch an OCF dipole across two trees, > the first words out of her mouth were “What is THAT POS?” > Obviously she didn’t have the same mentalImage as I did. I quietly filed > the tower plans and am now QRP mobile. > > 72, > Rich Hurd / WC3T / DMR: 3142737 Northampton County RACES, EPA-ARRL Public > Information Officer for ScoutingGrid: FN20is > > On Dec 19, 2021, at 19:55, Wayne Burdick <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > QRP has saved many a marriage. > > Wayne > > > On Dec 19, 2021, at 4:18 PM, Rich Lim via Elecraft <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > > Supportive parents are great but tolerant XYLs are better. Back in the heyday > running a linear on 40m, I would flash lights, open the garage, screw up the > stereo and Tv in the house. Wife would smile and say to back off a bit! Now > that’s awesome🥰 Now if I can’t get it done QRP, 100w is the max for me! > > > RichDE KQ9L > > > > > > > > > Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone > > > > > > > > > On Sunday, December 19, 2021, 6:01 PM, Dave Sublette <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > > One of these messages talked about 20+ years ago at the peak of cycle 25. > > > I remember 64 years ago with a DX100B, 4 el yagi at 70 feet and BC348 with > > > a Gonset 10M converter for receive. I was king of the bands, working the > > > world and every TV set in the county. I'm not sure my parents even > > > mentioned it to me. Only many years later did they tell me. Obviously, > > > they were very supportive of their budding engineer. I am grateful. > > > > > > 73, > > > > > > Dave K4TO > > > > > > On Sun, Dec 19, 2021 at 4:42 PM Bayard Coolidge, N1HO via Elecraft < > > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > Have made 8 QSOs on 10m FT8 today with my K4D, running into an inverted-L > > > > > (20ft up, 40ft over)from a 1/5 acre houselot in south Florida. 6 of those > > > > > contacts were with badly needed entities tofill out my DXCC dancecard for > > > > > 10m (and 5BDXCC and 8BDXCC) and help me get closer toDXCC Challenge. Yep, > > > > > chompin' at the bit :-) > > > > > On Sunday, December 19, 2021, 03:51:34 PM EST, Wayne Burdick < > > > > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > I suggest checking 17 through 10 meters today. Quite a nice opening. Lots > > > > > of SSB activity around 28.400 right now. > > > > > > > > > > 73, > > > > > Wayne > > > > > N6KR > > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > > > > > 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] > > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > > > > > 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] > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > > > 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] > > > > > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > > > 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] > > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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] > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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] ______________________________________________________________ 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]
