Is there a Loudenboomer III??? I must go buy it - I only have a Loundenboomer II!
> On Jan 3, 2021, at 7:07 PM, Fred Jensen <k6...@foothill.net> wrote: > > Maxwell assured us that, if you get RF current to flow in a conductor that > isn't buried deeply, it will radiate. The the direction(s) of that radiation > may not be where you wish, but it will radiate. This weakend, I made 127 > QSO's in the ARRL RTTY Round-Up on 15, 20, 40, and 80 with 100W [K3] to a > HOA-stealthy WOOF antenna [Wire On Organic Fence: 41 m, end-fed, 1.8 m AGL]. > > I have noticed since the days when you built your TX from parts scarfed from > old TV sets: > > 1. Newer hams seem to believe that there is one "perfect" way to build an > antenna or use your radios and anything else will fail; > > 2. Newer hams, and some of the older ones, like to connect every possible > accessory and every possible computer/software product to their radios; > > 3. And when that doesn't work, the first question to the email list members > is, "My Loudenboomer III won't key. Any ideas what's wrong?" Somehow, the > art of isolating the pieces, such as, "disconnect the keyer/computer/software > and plug in a hand key -- or short the key line -- does it key now?" has been > lost in a sea of technology no one understands. > > If the best of forecasts for Cycle 25 materialize, you will be able to repeat > the late 50's/early 60's and work the world on 10 m 24/7 with 15 W to the > window screen. Happy New Year to all, activate safely. > > 73, > > Fred ["Skip"] K6DGW > Sparks NV DM09dn > Washoe County > >> On 1/3/2021 2:39 PM, Joseph Shuman via Elecraft wrote: >> I simply like the challenge of making contacts with antennas, in the opinion >> of the more learned, “that won’t work.” I have been told to “Read the >> antenna book” because my experiments are “illogical.” I guess I have to >> delete the contact I made using a chicken wire antenna? Let’s all remember >> that Maxwell, Marconi, Hertz, Popov, Bose, Hughes and Fr. Roberto Landell de >> Moura did not have the internet or the Antenna Book. They had each other. >> >> Joe Shuman, NZ8P >> > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > Message delivered to h...@optilink.us ______________________________________________________________ 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 Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com