Re: [BVARC] Dayton

Keith, What a good thing you and your wife do in your retirement. I have not been to Ace Electronics in 15 years I'm thinking. I retired from AT&T in 2019. Got in my wife's way for a year and a half, and she decided I needed to go back to work to stay out of her way. - She works from home. Ha,Ha I

Re: [BVARC] Dayton

Keith that sounds good. I'll take good care of it. I lost mine in a flood years ago. I'm in the BVARC address book. I don't know where you are at, or what your schedule is like. I spend about 80% of my workday at home. I am willing to meet up at something upcoming or we can meet up somewhere like

Re: [BVARC] Dayton

I built one, back in 1978, and will keep that one.  The second is one a ham living near Austin built, and became a silent key.  I paid $50 for that one, mainly because it was in perfect condition.  They wanted more, but settled just before the Austin Summerfest ended.  I have used it with my st

[BVARC] Wanted

Looking for someone to fix a Kenwood TL-922 Linear Amplifier. Will deliver within 100 miles of Houston. 783 Martin W5XUK. Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club BVARC mailing list BVARC@bvarc.org http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org Publ

Re: [BVARC] Antenna wire-Net discussion yesterday

More on Wire, if you are interested in digging further. *BVARC Beacon -- The Radio Hotel -- Nov 2016 "The Skinny on Wire"* *March 2020 "Wire Simply Wire"* Also, read two Rudy Severns (N6LF) articles about wire: Google -- *“Antenna Foil

Re: [BVARC] Antenna wire-Net discussion yesterday

I missed the discussion but here is a factor.  The wire dimension will control band width.  Using an antenna modeling program, I created a two-meter half wave with something like 1/8 wave elements, it covered the band.  Then in the best fashion of MythBusters I oversized it to 18" or so diamete

Re: [BVARC] Dayton

Thank you for the offer Keith. What would you like to have for it? Dave *There are 2 ways to do things...The RIGHT way and AGAIN!* On Sat, Apr 30, 2022 at 4:41 AM Keith Dutson via BVARC wrote: > Yes, I only need one. > > On Friday, April 29, 2022, 10:28:30 PM CDT, Jamie Crandall via BVARC < > b

[BVARC] Antenna wire-Net discussion yesterday

Good Morning, During the net yesterday, the topic was building antenna and wire size. I found this article on the net: What size or gauge of wire

Re: [BVARC] Dayton

Yes, I only need one. On Friday, April 29, 2022, 10:28:30 PM CDT, Jamie Crandall via BVARC wrote: I used to probably 50 years ago but not today!   On Fri, Apr 29, 2022 at 7:44 PM Keith Dutson via BVARC wrote: I have two of them in my shack here in Tomball. 73, Keith NM5G On Frida