On Mon, Aug 23, 2021 at 9:28 AM Steven Reed <reedsteve59@...> wrote:
It's an epidemic in the ham community and has been for decades.? An antenna, and the line that connects it, is the heart of a ham station.? I'd much rather run an old hand-me-down rig with a properly installed antenna than a multi-thousand dollar rig and a garbage antenna or feedline.? And the antenna doesn't have to be BIG -- it just needs to be installed RIGHT.
? ? On 8/23/21 8:49 AM, M0PWX wrote:
? ? > Gets worse,
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? ? > They spend thousand on a rig, mega bucks on antenna and tower, then feed
? ? > it with a 30 year old RG58 from their scrap box then moan everything is
? ? > rubbish
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? ? > 73
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? ? > Peter
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? ? > M0PWX
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? ? > Sent from Mail <> for Windows
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? ? > *From: *Martin via
? ? > *Sent: *23 August 2021 15:05
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? ? > On Mon, Aug 23, 2021 at 02:37 PM, Dave (NK7Z) wrote:
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? ? >? ? ?The authors add, there are a number of other symptoms involved in
? ? >? ? ?this sadly debilitating disease
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? ? > Yeh, like spending thousands on a new radio, but still using the
? ? > cheapest bit of wet string available as the antenna.
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? ? > Regards,
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? ? > Martin
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