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   -=> Randall Schad wrote to jimmy anderson <=-   
      
    RS> On 19 Nov 2025, jimmy anderson said the following...   
      
    ja> I did tech with the intention of doing general for HF later, but went   
    ja> ahead and did both the same day. My wife did tech only because her   
    ja> interest is not 'talking' but doing weather. She likes to chase storms,   
    ja> or at least used to... Lots of stormy water under the bridge - medical   
    ja> issues now, with us and her mom, etc.   
      
    RS> This is almost exactly the situation with my wife. She love the   
    RS> weather/storm chasing aspect. (She's a huge Ryan Hall of Youtube fame   
    RS> fan as well.) She's had the study guides for nearly a year now. Refuses   
    RS> to let me help her learn. (She's an independent Millennial woman. Yeah,   
    RS> I robbed the cradle. LOL)   
      
   My wife is a year and 17 days older than me. :-)    
      
    RS> She did build a 3-element 2-meter Yagi out of tape measure and PVC for   
    RS> our Halloween fox hunt, though. Fantastic job of it. 1.04:1 SWR on the   
    RS> meter.   
      
   Nice!!!   
      
    RS> I found a template for a loading coil that I intend to print this   
    RS> weekend. Wrap the coil around that template, wind up another   
    RS> transformer, and hopefully have a vertical very similar to that Comet   
    RS> to keep in the truck for mobile HF.   
      
    ja> Interesting!!! Let us know how that goes!   
      
    RS> Maaaaan, I need to get more routine about my BBS rounds. I'm sorry it's   
    RS> been nearly a month. ADHD or SADD or WTH or something.   
      
   I've not done a mail run in forever either... And it's been at least three   
   days and still going through this SINGLE qwk file. :-)   
      
    RS> I never did get around to printing that thing. I thought I didn't have   
    RS> the wire for the winding, but then while cleaning last night I found   
    RS> it. Someone needs to keep kicking me in the butt to stay on task. :)   
      
      
      
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