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I think you will be quite pleased with your vertical Rhona. Of all the portable verticals I have built and used, the most effective is my 20 foot telescoping one. On twenty meters, the bottom is over

Sorry to hear about the accident Dave. Hope you heal quickly! Tim

I got the LDG Z817 Autotuner, at HRO in Sunnyvale when I bought the FT-817. Dave, so sorry about your ankle! My 17 year-old daughter broke her ankle in May of 2009. It was a bad break: tibia,

Dave et al, Bummer. What's your prognosis? ?Looks like our Club needs its own ambulance service. ?How much hamming did you guys do in the desert while you were not breaking anyting? Nick, how are

Hi all, Just back from a week in Death Valley with Dave Crocker and a ham from B.C. (VE7EIS) plus five artists who have been doing this event for many years. I will post pictures in a few days on

The FYBO 2010 Announcement has been posted, it's 6AM-4PM February 6th. http://www.azscqrpions.org/FYBO2010.htm Nick

Dear Rhona: What tuner are you using?? Any good tuner should work fine with that setup.? Just remember low SWR is grossly overrated.? If it is below 2.5:1 you're OK, if it is 2:1 you're golden,

I will be experimenting with it as a portable, even backpackable, antenna. The Shakespeare 20-foot fiberglass fishing pole arrived today. It is light. Each segment slides inside the bigger

Dear Rhona: It wasn't clear from your post if you were going to run your "Shakespeare" as a portable antenna or a quick-and-dirty home setup.? If you are running it portable, 2 radials will

Rhonda, I had no idea they had a 20' pole, now I have one on order too. I have a 14' pole from Cabela's that I've been using. I was always kind of annoyed that it's just under 1/4 wavelength on 20

Oh you'll get lots of opinioms on this and none will match. :-) If you cant get the radials up 1/4 wave then put them on the ground. Velocity factor for ground radials is around 50% and length is

I am waiting for UPS to deliver my 20-foot Shakespeare collapsible fiberglass fishing pole. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000FFQOSW/ref=ox_ya_oh_product I have cut five pieces of wire about

Dear Gang: With the high SF numbers lately and slightly warmer weather today, I played hooky and went out to the Baylands. I used a slightly different setup, with a Diamond SX-20 swr meter inline

Nick, Mega dittos on all the nice comments.?Get well quickly and I am sure you will be ready to freeze your butt off in no time! Tim

Thanks Eric and Hiro. They've got me on hydrocodone which is making the recovery a bit easier. This will put a damper on any upcoming outings for me but I should be good to go for FYBO at the

Nick, Yikes. That was a close call. Hope you are recovering fast. Send us an SOS if we can do anything for you. Hiroki

Hi Rhona, Henry Coe does have water available at several locations. We were camped at Frog Lake and parked near the ranger station/visitor center. The water at Frog Lake is pretty nasty and I don't

Holy crap Nick! Glad to hear you're ok. Good thing you weren't doing the Nose route on El Cap. Sent from my iPhone

Hello Nick, Sorry about your appendicitis! Ouch! I am waiting for a 20-foot fiberglass fishing pole to come by UPS. I hope to start joining you fellows on outings soon. Where in Henry

Howdy Folks, Andy and I headed out to Henry Coe on Saturday morning. Our hike out was uneventful. We got to our campsite around 1:30PM and got the radio set up quickly. We had an MFJ mast with us