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   -=> Randall Schad wrote to Sean Dennis <=-   
      
    RS> I did Tech and General to get started, then got my feet wet for a few   
    RS> months before upgrading to Extra. Even now, I'm still learning A LOT.   
    RS> Massive credit to the welcoming guys in the local club who keep us   
    RS> actively learning and honing skills.   
      
   It's been 28 years, as of this month, since I was licensed and I still   
   learn a lot.   
      
    RS> Okay, this one made me giggle. :)   
      
   "Puns are the highest form of literature." -- Alfred Hitchcock   
      
    RS> I'm fortunate to have a couple acres where I can stretch out a 75m EFHW   
    RS> (or put up a 40m dipole if I really wanted.   
      
   I have a 140' EFHW that is connected to a 9:1 balun at the end That I   
   have used to work all continents except Antartica.  I need an amplifier   
   to do that it seems.   
      
    RS> I used to have a loaded dipole hung inverted V off my TV antenna mast.   
    RS> That was my first "real" antenna, and I'm still surprised at how well   
    RS> that performed. Very little directionality.   
      
   I worked Perth, Australia--10K miles--using a 20 meter dipole I built   
   using a discarded insulin test strip bottle and some speaker wire in a   
   sloper configuration on 25 wattes several years ago.   
      
    RS> I picked up a new 3D printer recently (only $200 or so), and that's   
    RS> really opened up a whole new world. Printing little bits and connectors   
    RS> and mounts and housings and what not.   
      
   Those are fun.  I want one also.   
      
   -- Sean KS4TD   
      
   ... Conserve toilet paper...use both sides.   
   --- MultiMail/Win   
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