The ham spirit is still alive and well. Great to know hams are still willing
to lend a hand to a brother ham.

You are to be commended!

wrote in message
ups.com...
Do you ever get to Central Oregon? Or send a drawing with dimensions.
Like how long is the threaded portion? How long is the tube part? If
you can make to Redmond, I will volunteer to make it for you.

Paul, KD7HB

Do you ever get to Central Oregon? Or send a drawing with dimensions.
Like how long is the threaded portion? How long is the tube part? If
you can make to Redmond, I will volunteer to make it for you.

Paul, KD7HB

Thanks, Paul. Your reply is appreciated, as Fred mentioned. There
actually may be a time next Summer when we might get over there. Sister
in Law lives in Prineville. We were in Redmond for that big RV
convention this past summer, but didn't spend any time looking around
town. I'll keep your callsign/email in case we do get there again this
coming year.

I take it you're a machinist? Maybe, after the Holidays, I'll
contact you by email and discuss this again... I may be able to
email you pictures or drawings of what I'm looking for when I get a
chance, to get your opinion on what I'm looking for..


Ed

Hi, Ed.
No, I am not a "machinist". Just hobby that turned into a very useful
way to make/build/repair things.

I was a retired computer programmer/systems analyst/data communications
consultant. After my partners and I sold the business in Kirkland, WA,
my wife and I moved to dry/sunny Central Oregon. Was 4° this morning.
8-10" snow on ground for 2+ weeks. Maybe Puget Sound wasn't so bad
after all!

After 1 1/2 years, my wife thought I should find a job. Noting for a
guy 60 years old. Saw an ad for a partner in an elctronic assembly
business here in Redmond. Bought 45% of the business in 2000. We had
one customer. Have built it to $750,000 in sales this year and 7
employees. Partner died a year ago, and the widow gave me the rest of
the company in exchange for paying off a note. Hope to do a million
next year!

Without the metalworking hobby experience we would have spent many
thousands of dollars on tools, tooling and equipment.

I have been working on getting a mobile HF set-up in my pickup truck.
Working on mobile mounts for antennas since last summer. Still no
decision on how to mount.

So, Ed, can we make contact on 75 meters or 160, or where? We can
discuss this some more on the air!

Paul, KD7HB

....[snip]....
I have been working on getting a mobile HF set-up in my pickup truck.
Working on mobile mounts for antennas since last summer. Still no
decision on how to mount.

I once mounted a 7-foot-long plain ol' 2x4 on the outside of my pick-up
truck's bed on the driver's side with 2-3 angle brackets. This gave me
a nice platform for mounting all sorts of whip antennas using no more
than an electric drill, some screws & bolts, and a big screwdriver. At
one time I had three hamsticks (for three different bands) mounted at
the same time, with coax to a selector switch inside next to the radio.
Probably wouldn't have worked too well if/when the 2x4 got wet, but for
experimentation it was just fine.

Later I mounted a PAIR of hamsticks (for the same band) end-to-end (to
make a horizontal dipole pointing fore and aft) on a wooden post which
stuck up about two feet above the cab. Worked like a charm! (Think
NVIS). Until I drove into the garage and the forward-pointing whip
speared the loop in the garage-door pull-down loop!
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