Curtis, You've made us "Okies" cringe ! (:-))
It the Wichita Mountains ... as in Wichita Falls, etc. See any map of the area. Guess you as a Texan you can be forgiven. (:-)) 73! K0PP On Sun, Jan 13, 2013 at 5:38 PM, Curtis Hays <h...@spiderhosting.com> wrote: > ** > > > I ended up assuming that a coil of wire was long enough for my antenna - > you know how that must have turned out... so I stopped at walmart and > bought a 4 conductor trailer brake light coil of wire 25' long and it > worked out really well. > > Thanks for all the suggestions from everyone. The only strange KX3 event > that happened is at one point I was tuning and when I would stop, the vfo > would continue to tune up (regardless of my tuning up or down just prior). > I turned the KX3 off/on and it did it again after a bit of tuning in one > direction, so I got my video camera on it, turned it off/on again and of > course with the camera's eye watching, it didn't do it again. Very strange > behavior though... Like it went into scan mode, but it was very slow and I > didn't turn on any scan function. > > If anyone is interested, I made a video of my trip. > http://youtu.be/6eKNjl2oUzY > > 73, > Curtis > KC5CW > > > On Sat, Jan 12, 2013 at 7:16 AM, Joel Black <w4...@charter.net> wrote: > >> ** >> >> >> Okay, a little "redneck-engineering" here: >> >> I have 12" vinyl tiles in part of my house. They work wonders for >> measuring antennas. ;) I cannot remember how many I've built, but I >> *know* I built a W5YI and a 20m dipole and, possibly, an EFHW using those >> tiles. Of course, I break out the tape for inches. >> >> As with anything else, YMMV, but it's a quick, easy way to measure. >> >> 73, >> Joel - W4JBB >> >> >> On 1/11/13 8:23 AM, Curtis Hays II wrote: >> >> >> I like how he has the do not use and suggested lengths info. >> >> I think I need a longer tape measure though. My 25' Stanley doesn't >> work so well at those lengths :) >> >> Curtis >> >> Sent from my iPhone5 >> >> >> > __._,_.___ > Reply via web > post<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/KX3/post;_ylc=X3oDMTJyaXR1dXFiBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzc0NTIwOTQ3BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTA2MzEwOARtc2dJZAMyMTgzMQRzZWMDZnRyBHNsawNycGx5BHN0aW1lAzEzNTgwOTg3MzA-?act=reply&messageNum=21831> > Reply > to sender > <h...@spiderhosting.com?subject=Re%3A%20%5BKX3%5D%20Re%3A%20my%20first%20SOTA%20with%20my%20new%20KX3> > Reply > to group > <k...@yahoogroups.com?subject=Re%3A%20%5BKX3%5D%20Re%3A%20my%20first%20SOTA%20with%20my%20new%20KX3> > Start > a New > Topic<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/KX3/post;_ylc=X3oDMTJmN3JqazltBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzc0NTIwOTQ3BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTA2MzEwOARzZWMDZnRyBHNsawNudHBjBHN0aW1lAzEzNTgwOTg3MzA-> > Messages > in this > topic<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/KX3/message/21700;_ylc=X3oDMTM3a3BsMzZzBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzc0NTIwOTQ3BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTA2MzEwOARtc2dJZAMyMTgzMQRzZWMDZnRyBHNsawN2dHBjBHN0aW1lAzEzNTgwOTg3MzAEdHBjSWQDMjE3MDA->(25) > Recent Activity: > > - New > Members<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/KX3/members;_ylc=X3oDMTJnczVzcG9mBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzc0NTIwOTQ3BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTA2MzEwOARzZWMDdnRsBHNsawN2bWJycwRzdGltZQMxMzU4MDk4NzMw?o=6> > 33 > - New > Photos<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/KX3/spnew;_ylc=X3oDMTJndnVvZXNkBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzc0NTIwOTQ3BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTA2MzEwOARzZWMDdnRsBHNsawN2cGhvdARzdGltZQMxMzU4MDk4NzMw> > 4 > - New > Files<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/KX3/files;_ylc=X3oDMTJoNnVoaW5xBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzc0NTIwOTQ3BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTA2MzEwOARzZWMDdnRsBHNsawN2ZmlsZXMEc3RpbWUDMTM1ODA5ODczMA--> > 1 > > Visit Your > Group<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/KX3;_ylc=X3oDMTJmcDY2dGpzBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzc0NTIwOTQ3BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTA2MzEwOARzZWMDdnRsBHNsawN2Z2hwBHN0aW1lAzEzNTgwOTg3MzA-> > [image: Yahoo! > Groups]<http://groups.yahoo.com/;_ylc=X3oDMTJlcTRmbXFtBF9TAzk3NDc2NTkwBGdycElkAzc0NTIwOTQ3BGdycHNwSWQDMTcwNTA2MzEwOARzZWMDZnRyBHNsawNnZnAEc3RpbWUDMTM1ODA5ODczMA--> > Switch to: > Text-Only<kx3-traditio...@yahoogroups.com?subject=Change+Delivery+Format:+Traditional>, > Daily Digest <kx3-dig...@yahoogroups.com?subject=Email+Delivery:+Digest>• > Unsubscribe <kx3-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com?subject=Unsubscribe> • Terms > of Use <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/> • Send us Feedback > <ygroupsnotificati...@yahoogroups.com?subject=Feedback+on+the+redesigned+individual+mail+v1> > . > > __,_._,___ > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
