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   -=> Daryl Stout wrote to jimmy anderson <=-   
      
    DS> Jimmy,   
      
    ja>  I've saved this info and will do it soon...   
      
    DS>   The net won't meet on Nov. 24 (next Monday) for Thanksgiving Week,   
    DS> or Dec. 22 (Christmas Week) or Dec. 29 for New Years Week. It takes   
    DS> OFF the weeks of Easter, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day,   
    DS> Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Years.   
      
   Yeah, I saw that - and I DID get my login and just tested it.   
      
    ja>  Right now, my next project 'at home' is hooking up an HF rig!   
      
    DS>   Now, if the bands will cooperate this winter.   
      
    ja>  I don't really have room for the longest parts of it, but for   
    ja> now   
    ja>  I'm going to make an inverted V on my tower and use at least   
    ja> the   
    ja>  10 meter part... Get my feet wet, so to speak, and if   
    ja> everything   
    ja>  works okay I'll get another power supply to run it as well for   
    ja>  more power and I'll invest in an antenna I can mount without   
    ja> taking   
    ja>  up 100' of yard space. :-)   
      
    DS>   15 Years ago, the no frills HF rig I used on the Arkansas and   
    DS> Missouri Railroad, was an Icom IC-718. It was designed to "get your   
    DS> feet wet in HF".   
      
   What kind of antenna did you use?   
      
      
      
      
      
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