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Great read! Thanks. Perhaps I should give a "wet string, somewhat salted" next
weekend when I'm doing some dxing on the Washington coast! Hi!
Craig Barnes
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> On Mar 20, 2017, at 10:06 AM, Paul B. Walker, Jr.
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> If anyone could log HLAZ with a wet string or wet spaghetti noodle, it'd be
> me, as (close) as I am to 1566
>
>> On Mon, Mar 20, 2017 at 12:04 PM, Nick Hall-Patch <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> The last couple of days, we're getting into "wet string as an antenna"
>> territory, as there has been a lot of Asian liveliness on the band around
>> sunrise.
>>
>> That comment made me think of a tale that David Newkirk (where is he
>> now?) passed on from his father, and it's actually online, thanks to
>> Google Books.
>>
>> https://books.google.ca/books?id=ZRX9AQAAQBAJ&pg=PA85&lpg=PA
>> 85&dq=rod+newkirk+wet+string+antenna+salt&source=bl&ots=-
>> 5bkxXTxlv&sig=V54LI6rpTWhkPK77xhVYbacC_g0&hl=en&sa=X&ved=
>> 0ahUKEwju_9HepuXSAhVW12MKHTKKDk8Q6AEIGjAA#v=onepage&q=rod%
>> 20newkirk%20wet%20string%20antenna%20salt&f=false)
>>
>> forgive the weird link, but it gets you there.
>>
>> (it's from the "Rod Newkirk collection" http://www.lulu.com/shop/rod-n
>> ewkirk/the-rod-newkirk-collection/paperback/product-15240967.html )
>>
>>
>> It will resonate most if you're a ham or a techie, but a good chuckle
>> nonetheless.
>>
>> So, who will be the first to log HLAZ using a wet string, somewhat salted?
>>
>> best wishes,
>>
>> Nick
>>
>>
>>
>> Nick Hall-Patch
>> Victoria, BC
>> Canada
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