Rolling skip, hitting locals.
 

The Imax is kicking butt. I made my first Ham contact on 10 meters in Texas.
When I told him he was my first ham contact, he got more excited than I got. I
figured after coax losses, I am probably only getting out 15-20 watts on SSB. I
am only getting out 6 watts on AM.

As far as CB and locals, they couldn't believe it was me because they barely
heard me with the Firestik in the attic. This Imax seems to excel on receive. It
is super quiet with no static.

Vinnie S.

Vinnie S. wrote:
The Imax is kicking butt. I made my first Ham contact on 10 meters in
Texas. When I told him he was my first ham contact, he got more excited
than I got. I figured after coax losses, I am probably only getting out
15-20 watts on SSB. I am only getting out 6 watts on AM.

As far as CB and locals, they couldn't believe it was me because they
barely heard me with the Firestik in the attic. This Imax seems to excel
on receive. It is super quiet with no static.

Vinnie S.

Sounds like it's time for a 30L1 or similar. Hows the tvi/rf looking?

On 08 Jun 2005 01:53:57 GMT, Steveo wrote:

Vinnie S. wrote:
The Imax is kicking butt. I made my first Ham contact on 10 meters in
Texas. When I told him he was my first ham contact, he got more excited
than I got. I figured after coax losses, I am probably only getting out
15-20 watts on SSB. I am only getting out 6 watts on AM.

As far as CB and locals, they couldn't believe it was me because they
barely heard me with the Firestik in the attic. This Imax seems to excel
on receive. It is super quiet with no static.

Vinnie S.

Sounds like it's time for a 30L1 or similar. Hows the tvi/rf looking?


No TVI here whatsoever. I doubt any nighbors will get TVI, they are farther
away. Also, I think one of the benefits of that ground plane kit was ro reduce
TVI.

But the receive is incredible with this antenna.

Vinnie S.

Vinnie S. wrote:
On 08 Jun 2005 01:53:57 GMT, Steveo wrote:

Vinnie S. wrote:
The Imax is kicking butt. I made my first Ham contact on 10 meters in
Texas. When I told him he was my first ham contact, he got more
excited than I got. I figured after coax losses, I am probably only
getting out 15-20 watts on SSB. I am only getting out 6 watts on AM.

As far as CB and locals, they couldn't believe it was me because they
barely heard me with the Firestik in the attic. This Imax seems to
excel on receive. It is super quiet with no static.

Vinnie S.

Sounds like it's time for a 30L1 or similar. Hows the tvi/rf looking?

No TVI here whatsoever. I doubt any nighbors will get TVI, they are
farther away. Also, I think one of the benefits of that ground plane kit
was ro reduce TVI.

But the receive is incredible with this antenna.

Vinnie S.

Sweet, good ears usually means it's working. Did you buy an HF rig?

"Vinnie S." wrote in message
...
The Imax is kicking butt. I made my first Ham contact on 10 meters in
Texas.
When I told him he was my first ham contact, he got more excited than I
got. I
figured after coax losses, I am probably only getting out 15-20 watts on
SSB. I
am only getting out 6 watts on AM.

As far as CB and locals, they couldn't believe it was me because they
barely
heard me with the Firestik in the attic. This Imax seems to excel on
receive. It
is super quiet with no static.

Vinnie S.


Hello, Vinnie

Try and remember that 10 and 11 meters are not a whole lot different for
local contacts than 6 or 2 meters. Unless you have an antenna mounted
*high*, don't expect extended local communications.

At a 20 watt level, you won't be lighting up the sky, so to speak, to be
able to use tropospheric scatter to extend the range, so you can expect
about a 10 mile range if your antenna is mounted 50 feet up. Then you will
get little, if any coverage, until you are out hundreds or thousands of
miles. Then, you start getting coverage due to reflection from either the F
layer or sporadic E. The area in between is your "skip" zone. This is why
you can work a distant station and many locals either cannot hear you or
receive you weakly.

An amp will allow you to take advantage of tropopheric scatter. This is
very similar to the big searchlights which you can see the beam from for
many miles although you can't see the lamp itself. This can give you
coverage for hundreds of miles.

Judicious choice of operating frequency can allow you to work all kinds of
distances with relatively low power. I broke into a cw net in the South
(Carolinas) one time running but milliwatts. That was on 80 meters. At
lower frequencies, you can take advantage of the E or F layers to get
reflection to other areas closer to you than higher frequencies. Generally,
frequencies under perhaps 10 MHz will do well at night and frequencies from
perhaps 6 to 18 MHz will do well during the day. Once we get good sunspots
going, frequencies up to 30 MHz will do well during the day.


73 from Rochester, NY
Jim

On 08 Jun 2005 02:06:06 GMT, Steveo wrote:

Vinnie S. wrote:
On 08 Jun 2005 01:53:57 GMT, Steveo wrote:

Vinnie S. wrote:
The Imax is kicking butt. I made my first Ham contact on 10 meters in
Texas. When I told him he was my first ham contact, he got more
excited than I got. I figured after coax losses, I am probably only
getting out 15-20 watts on SSB. I am only getting out 6 watts on AM.

As far as CB and locals, they couldn't believe it was me because they
barely heard me with the Firestik in the attic. This Imax seems to
excel on receive. It is super quiet with no static.

Vinnie S.

Sounds like it's time for a 30L1 or similar. Hows the tvi/rf looking?

No TVI here whatsoever. I doubt any nighbors will get TVI, they are
farther away. Also, I think one of the benefits of that ground plane kit
was ro reduce TVI.

But the receive is incredible with this antenna.

Vinnie S.

Sweet, good ears usually means it's working. Did you buy an HF rig?


This fall.

Vinnie S.

On Wed, 08 Jun 2005 02:17:33 GMT, "Jim Hampton" wrote:


Hello, Vinnie

Try and remember that 10 and 11 meters are not a whole lot different for
local contacts than 6 or 2 meters. Unless you have an antenna mounted
*high*, don't expect extended local communications.

At a 20 watt level, you won't be lighting up the sky, so to speak, to be
able to use tropospheric scatter to extend the range, so you can expect
about a 10 mile range if your antenna is mounted 50 feet up. Then you will
get little, if any coverage, until you are out hundreds or thousands of
miles. Then, you start getting coverage due to reflection from either the F
layer or sporadic E. The area in between is your "skip" zone. This is why
you can work a distant station and many locals either cannot hear you or
receive you weakly.

An amp will allow you to take advantage of tropopheric scatter. This is
very similar to the big searchlights which you can see the beam from for
many miles although you can't see the lamp itself. This can give you
coverage for hundreds of miles.

Judicious choice of operating frequency can allow you to work all kinds of
distances with relatively low power. I broke into a cw net in the South
(Carolinas) one time running but milliwatts. That was on 80 meters. At
lower frequencies, you can take advantage of the E or F layers to get
reflection to other areas closer to you than higher frequencies. Generally,
frequencies under perhaps 10 MHz will do well at night and frequencies from
perhaps 6 to 18 MHz will do well during the day. Once we get good sunspots
going, frequencies up to 30 MHz will do well during the day.


73 from Rochester, NY
Jim


I am doing much better with locals than I was before. I am just surprised at the
DX I am getting with little power.

Vinnie S.

Steveo wrote:
Vinnie S. wrote:
The Imax is kicking butt. I made my first Ham contact on 10 meters in
Texas. When I told him he was my first ham contact, he got more excited
than I got. I figured after coax losses, I am probably only getting out
15-20 watts on SSB. I am only getting out 6 watts on AM.

As far as CB and locals, they couldn't believe it was me because they
barely heard me with the Firestik in the attic. This Imax seems to
excel on receive. It is super quiet with no static.

Vinnie S.

Sounds like it's time for a 30L1 or similar. Hows the tvi/rf looking?

Hey Jay, reckon his antenna can handle a 30L1?

On 17 Jun 2005 05:00:51 GMT, Steveo wrote:

Steveo wrote:
Vinnie S. wrote:
The Imax is kicking butt. I made my first Ham contact on 10 meters in
Texas. When I told him he was my first ham contact, he got more excited
than I got. I figured after coax losses, I am probably only getting out
15-20 watts on SSB. I am only getting out 6 watts on AM.

As far as CB and locals, they couldn't believe it was me because they
barely heard me with the Firestik in the attic. This Imax seems to
excel on receive. It is super quiet with no static.

Vinnie S.

Sounds like it's time for a 30L1 or similar. Hows the tvi/rf looking?

Hey Jay, reckon his antenna can handle a 30L1?


I am not so sure. Is that 1,000 watts? Won't the antenna melt?

Vinnie S.

"Vinnie S." wrote in message
...
On 17 Jun 2005 05:00:51 GMT, Steveo wrote:

Steveo wrote:
Vinnie S. wrote:
The Imax is kicking butt. I made my first Ham contact on 10 meters in
Texas. When I told him he was my first ham contact, he got more
excited
than I got. I figured after coax losses, I am probably only getting
out
15-20 watts on SSB. I am only getting out 6 watts on AM.

As far as CB and locals, they couldn't believe it was me because they
barely heard me with the Firestik in the attic. This Imax seems to
excel on receive. It is super quiet with no static.

Vinnie S.

Sounds like it's time for a 30L1 or similar. Hows the tvi/rf looking?

Hey Jay, reckon his antenna can handle a 30L1?


I am not so sure. Is that 1,000 watts? Won't the antenna melt?

Vinnie S.

Hello, Vinnie

I'm not sure the 30L1 would do 1,000 watts. We used a KWM-2 and a 30L1 in
the #2 position at the KG6AAY hamshack. The #1 position used a Henry 2K.

The legal limit back then was 1,000 watts dc input to the final (not 1,500
watts pep output like today). My guess is the 30L1 might put out 600 watts
pep. The Henry was capable of considerably more. Exactly what the 30L-1
could do, however, I'm not entirely sure.

I've seen that Henry putting out 1200 watts average on voice peaks on SSB
and even more on cw ;)

Of course, that couldn't touch that RCA monster that was used once. Hooked
to a rhombic 200 feet in the air and 600 feet on a leg, it pumped some
40,000 watts output. It could punch a hole through an almost dead band
(everyone was running S-2 and it was 40 over 9 back in the states from Guam
Island). :))


Best regards from Rochester, NY
Jim

Hello Stevo:

Ok yeah it can handle a bunch of them all righty.

Its good for 10KW RMS. Put the I-25K Bracket and LC Connector to hanle
even more power. Hammer down dude!

Jay


Steveo wrote:
Steveo wrote:

Vinnie S. wrote:

The Imax is kicking butt. I made my first Ham contact on 10 meters in
Texas. When I told him he was my first ham contact, he got more excited
than I got. I figured after coax losses, I am probably only getting out
15-20 watts on SSB. I am only getting out 6 watts on AM.

As far as CB and locals, they couldn't believe it was me because they
barely heard me with the Firestik in the attic. This Imax seems to
excel on receive. It is super quiet with no static.

Vinnie S.


Sounds like it's time for a 30L1 or similar. Hows the tvi/rf looking?


Hey Jay, reckon his antenna can handle a 30L1?

Vinnie S. wrote:
On 17 Jun 2005 05:00:51 GMT, Steveo wrote:

Steveo wrote:
Vinnie S. wrote:
The Imax is kicking butt. I made my first Ham contact on 10 meters
in Texas. When I told him he was my first ham contact, he got more
excited than I got. I figured after coax losses, I am probably only
getting out 15-20 watts on SSB. I am only getting out 6 watts on AM.

As far as CB and locals, they couldn't believe it was me because
they barely heard me with the Firestik in the attic. This Imax seems
to excel on receive. It is super quiet with no static.

Vinnie S.

Sounds like it's time for a 30L1 or similar. Hows the tvi/rf looking?

Hey Jay, reckon his antenna can handle a 30L1?

I am not so sure. Is that 1,000 watts? Won't the antenna melt?

Vinnie S.

I'm not sure what the Imax is rated at, it should handle it.

Jay in the Mojave wrote:
Hello Stevo:

Ok yeah it can handle a bunch of them all righty.

Its good for 10KW RMS. Put the I-25K Bracket and LC Connector to hanle
even more power. Hammer down dude!

Jay

Hi Jay, I was speaking of Vinnie's Imax. I don't know what they are rated
for.

I already know your antenna can handle it and more! :)


Steveo wrote:
Steveo wrote:

Vinnie S. wrote:

The Imax is kicking butt. I made my first Ham contact on 10 meters in
Texas. When I told him he was my first ham contact, he got more
excited than I got. I figured after coax losses, I am probably only
getting out 15-20 watts on SSB. I am only getting out 6 watts on AM.

As far as CB and locals, they couldn't believe it was me because they
barely heard me with the Firestik in the attic. This Imax seems to
excel on receive. It is super quiet with no static.

Vinnie S.


Sounds like it's time for a 30L1 or similar. Hows the tvi/rf looking?


Hey Jay, reckon his antenna can handle a 30L1?

On Fri, 17 Jun 2005 23:55:39 GMT, "Jim Hampton" wrote:

I am not so sure. Is that 1,000 watts? Won't the antenna melt?

Vinnie S.

Hello, Vinnie

I'm not sure the 30L1 would do 1,000 watts. We used a KWM-2 and a 30L1 in
the #2 position at the KG6AAY hamshack. The #1 position used a Henry 2K.

The legal limit back then was 1,000 watts dc input to the final (not 1,500
watts pep output like today). My guess is the 30L1 might put out 600 watts
pep. The Henry was capable of considerably more. Exactly what the 30L-1
could do, however, I'm not entirely sure.

I've seen that Henry putting out 1200 watts average on voice peaks on SSB
and even more on cw ;)

Of course, that couldn't touch that RCA monster that was used once. Hooked
to a rhombic 200 feet in the air and 600 feet on a leg, it pumped some
40,000 watts output. It could punch a hole through an almost dead band
(everyone was running S-2 and it was 40 over 9 back in the states from Guam
Island). :))


Best regards from Rochester, NY
Jim


I was thinking of getting a amp for 10 meters, but why do that when I am
geeting an HF rig in the fall. Seems I can get out no problem with the little
power I have now. 100 watts from an HF rig should get me around the world.


Vinnie S.

On 18 Jun 2005 10:16:05 GMT, Steveo wrote:

Jay in the Mojave wrote:
Hello Stevo:

Ok yeah it can handle a bunch of them all righty.

Its good for 10KW RMS. Put the I-25K Bracket and LC Connector to hanle
even more power. Hammer down dude!

Jay

Hi Jay, I was speaking of Vinnie's Imax. I don't know what they are rated
for.

I already know your antenna can handle it and more! :)


According to the manual, it is tested at 5,000 watts. Sounds rather high.

Vinnie S.

Vinnie i have three I-Max 2000 That the center section cap flashed over
causing very bad TVI SWR ok. I cut them open and that is what i found.
They worked ok with the RCI 2990 But when i used the X Force 612 hd the
center section cap would flash over and carbon track.
I do not know what this cap is for
I asked on this group but couldnot get any help. I run the amp at 500 w
and pep 1000. I have ordered a WOLF point 64 11 M. No coils or caps to
burn out.
When I get time I am going to elimenate the cap and see what happins.

Triple 5
Trip 555
BIG in TEXAS

"Vinnie S." wrote in message
...
On Fri, 17 Jun 2005 23:55:39 GMT, "Jim Hampton"
wrote:

I am not so sure. Is that 1,000 watts? Won't the antenna melt?

Vinnie S.

Hello, Vinnie

I'm not sure the 30L1 would do 1,000 watts. We used a KWM-2 and a 30L1
in
the #2 position at the KG6AAY hamshack. The #1 position used a Henry 2K.

The legal limit back then was 1,000 watts dc input to the final (not
1,500
watts pep output like today). My guess is the 30L1 might put out 600
watts
pep. The Henry was capable of considerably more. Exactly what the 30L-1
could do, however, I'm not entirely sure.

I've seen that Henry putting out 1200 watts average on voice peaks on SSB
and even more on cw ;)

Of course, that couldn't touch that RCA monster that was used once.
Hooked
to a rhombic 200 feet in the air and 600 feet on a leg, it pumped some
40,000 watts output. It could punch a hole through an almost dead band
(everyone was running S-2 and it was 40 over 9 back in the states from
Guam
Island). :))


Best regards from Rochester, NY
Jim


I was thinking of getting a amp for 10 meters, but why do that when I am
geeting an HF rig in the fall. Seems I can get out no problem with the
little
power I have now. 100 watts from an HF rig should get me around the world.


Vinnie S.

Absolutely, Vinnie

You don't need a kilowatt. If conditions are so bad that 100 won't do it,
you won't hear the 100 watt stations calling you back if you run the
killer-watt ;)


73 from Rochester, NY
Jim

On Tue, 21 Jun 2005 14:11:17 -0600, (H Nelson BIG in
TEXAS!!!!) wrote:

Vinnie i have three I-Max 2000 That the center section cap flashed over
causing very bad TVI SWR ok. I cut them open and that is what i found.
They worked ok with the RCI 2990 But when i used the X Force 612 hd the
center section cap would flash over and carbon track.
I do not know what this cap is for
I asked on this group but couldnot get any help. I run the amp at 500 w
and pep 1000. I have ordered a WOLF point 64 11 M. No coils or caps to
burn out.
When I get time I am going to elimenate the cap and see what happins.

Triple 5
Trip 555
BIG in TEXAS
*******

Inserting reactive components in the antenna has the effect of
lengthening or shortening the electrical length of the antenna. IF the
antenna is physically less than a quarter wave an inductive load is
added anywhere between the feed point and the end of the antenna to
effectively make it a quarter wave antenna electrically. Capacitive
loads do the reverse. They take physically long antenna, a quarter
wave, and shorten them electrically.

All reactive loads alter feed point impedance and the "Q" or bandwidth
of an antenna. If my memory serves me correctly the IMAX is
essentially an end fed 5/8 wave antenna. FOr Solarcon to use the same
feed system that they do on the A99, they must raise the feed
impedance. This can easily be done by inserting a capacitor anywhere
in the antenna. Preferable this should be about a 1/4 from the feed
point. That is where the current in the antenna is at maximum. The
volatge the the cap must withstand is a minimum.

Removing the cap will most likely screw up the matching of the
antenna.

james

Triple 5 in TX, give me an email at

Vinnie S. wrote:
On 18 Jun 2005 10:16:05 GMT, Steveo wrote:

Jay in the Mojave wrote:
Hello Stevo:

Ok yeah it can handle a bunch of them all righty.

Its good for 10KW RMS. Put the I-25K Bracket and LC Connector to hanle
even more power. Hammer down dude!

Jay

Hi Jay, I was speaking of Vinnie's Imax. I don't know what they are
rated for.

I already know your antenna can handle it and more! :)

According to the manual, it is tested at 5,000 watts. Sounds rather high.

Vinnie S.

Does it matter that it's in a tree?

On 23 Jun 2005 00:57:37 GMT, Steveo wrote:


Hi Jay, I was speaking of Vinnie's Imax. I don't know what they are
rated for.

I already know your antenna can handle it and more! :)

According to the manual, it is tested at 5,000 watts. Sounds rather high.

Vinnie S.

Does it matter that it's in a tree?

Only if you want to see a huge forest fire !!!

Vinnie S.

On Wed, 22 Jun 2005 21:38:28 -0400, Vinnie S. wrote:

On 23 Jun 2005 00:57:37 GMT, Steveo wrote:


Hi Jay, I was speaking of Vinnie's Imax. I don't know what they are
rated for.

I already know your antenna can handle it and more! :)

According to the manual, it is tested at 5,000 watts. Sounds rather high.

Vinnie S.

Does it matter that it's in a tree?

Only if you want to see a huge forest fire !!!

Vinnie S.


Moped, I hit Guadalajara, Mexico with my whopping 15 watts on 28.380 !!!!

The dude was speaking at 100 MPH.

Vinnie S.

Vinnie S. wrote:
On 23 Jun 2005 00:57:37 GMT, Steveo wrote:

Hi Jay, I was speaking of Vinnie's Imax. I don't know what they are
rated for.

I already know your antenna can handle it and more! :)

According to the manual, it is tested at 5,000 watts. Sounds rather
high.

Vinnie S.

Does it matter that it's in a tree?

Only if you want to see a huge forest fire !!!

Vinnie S.

Not with 100 dinkers. (is it in a field of dead pines?) :)

At any rate, that may change the antenna's function a bit. (?)

I'm still concerned about the lightning strikes. Your mast is
living plant material.

Vinnie S. wrote:
Moped, I hit Guadalajara, Mexico with my whopping 15 watts on 28.380 !!!!

The dude was speaking at 100 MPH.

Vinnie S.

How fast can ya say mama la pinga pato?? hehe

On 23 Jun 2005 02:30:12 GMT, Steveo wrote:

Vinnie S. wrote:
On 23 Jun 2005 00:57:37 GMT, Steveo wrote:

Hi Jay, I was speaking of Vinnie's Imax. I don't know what they are
rated for.

I already know your antenna can handle it and more! :)

According to the manual, it is tested at 5,000 watts. Sounds rather
high.

Vinnie S.

Does it matter that it's in a tree?

Only if you want to see a huge forest fire !!!

Vinnie S.

Not with 100 dinkers. (is it in a field of dead pines?) :)

At any rate, that may change the antenna's function a bit. (?)

I'm still concerned about the lightning strikes. Your mast is
living plant material.

But it's not as high as many of the live, wet trees. I think I am ground pretty
good, just by the quietness of the radio. I don't hear any static at all.
Everything is super quiet.

Anyway, I am going to eat a bag of chips before I go to bed.

Good night !!!!!!


Vinnie S.

Vinnie S. wrote:
On 23 Jun 2005 02:30:12 GMT, Steveo wrote:

Vinnie S. wrote:
On 23 Jun 2005 00:57:37 GMT, Steveo wrote:

Hi Jay, I was speaking of Vinnie's Imax. I don't know what they
are rated for.

I already know your antenna can handle it and more! :)

According to the manual, it is tested at 5,000 watts. Sounds rather
high.

Vinnie S.

Does it matter that it's in a tree?

Only if you want to see a huge forest fire !!!

Vinnie S.

Not with 100 dinkers. (is it in a field of dead pines?) :)

At any rate, that may change the antenna's function a bit. (?)

I'm still concerned about the lightning strikes. Your mast is
living plant material.

But it's not as high as many of the live, wet trees. I think I am ground
pretty good, just by the quietness of the radio. I don't hear any static
at all. Everything is super quiet.

Anyway, I am going to eat a bag of chips before I go to bed.

Good night !!!!!!

Vinnie S.

Donut forget to stuff your coax in a jim beam bottle before you turn in.

From: (Steveo)
Vinnie S. wrote:
Moped, I hit Guadalajara, Mexico with my whopping 15 watts on 28.380
!!!!
The dude was speaking at 100 MPH.
Vinnie S.

How fast can ya say mama la pinga pato??

hehe

Oh, you REALLY like them keying up for seven minute speeches, eh? : )

"Steveo" wrote in message
...
Vinnie S. wrote:
On 23 Jun 2005 02:30:12 GMT, Steveo wrote:

Vinnie S. wrote:
On 23 Jun 2005 00:57:37 GMT, Steveo wrote:

Hi Jay, I was speaking of Vinnie's Imax. I don't know what they
are rated for.

I already know your antenna can handle it and more! :)

According to the manual, it is tested at 5,000 watts. Sounds rather
high.

Vinnie S.

Does it matter that it's in a tree?

Only if you want to see a huge forest fire !!!

Vinnie S.

Not with 100 dinkers. (is it in a field of dead pines?) :)

At any rate, that may change the antenna's function a bit. (?)

I'm still concerned about the lightning strikes. Your mast is
living plant material.

But it's not as high as many of the live, wet trees. I think I am ground
pretty good, just by the quietness of the radio. I don't hear any static
at all. Everything is super quiet.

Anyway, I am going to eat a bag of chips before I go to bed.

Good night !!!!!!

Vinnie S.

Donut forget to stuff your coax in a jim beam bottle before you turn in.

Remove the bottle rockets first though :)

"Chad Wahls" wrote:
"Steveo" wrote in message
...
Vinnie S. wrote:
On 23 Jun 2005 02:30:12 GMT, Steveo wrote:

Vinnie S. wrote:
On 23 Jun 2005 00:57:37 GMT, Steveo wrote:

Hi Jay, I was speaking of Vinnie's Imax. I don't know what they
are rated for.

I already know your antenna can handle it and more! :)

According to the manual, it is tested at 5,000 watts. Sounds
rather high.

Vinnie S.

Does it matter that it's in a tree?

Only if you want to see a huge forest fire !!!

Vinnie S.

Not with 100 dinkers. (is it in a field of dead pines?) :)

At any rate, that may change the antenna's function a bit. (?)

I'm still concerned about the lightning strikes. Your mast is
living plant material.

But it's not as high as many of the live, wet trees. I think I am
ground pretty good, just by the quietness of the radio. I don't hear
any static at all. Everything is super quiet.

Anyway, I am going to eat a bag of chips before I go to bed.

Good night !!!!!!

Vinnie S.

Donut forget to stuff your coax in a jim beam bottle before you turn
in.

Remove the bottle rockets first though :)

Bottle rockets and jim beam, what a combo! :)

"Steveo" wrote in message
...
"Chad Wahls" wrote:
"Steveo" wrote in message
...
Vinnie S. wrote:
On 23 Jun 2005 02:30:12 GMT, Steveo wrote:

Vinnie S. wrote:
On 23 Jun 2005 00:57:37 GMT, Steveo wrote:

Hi Jay, I was speaking of Vinnie's Imax. I don't know what they
are rated for.

I already know your antenna can handle it and more! :)

According to the manual, it is tested at 5,000 watts. Sounds
rather high.

Vinnie S.

Does it matter that it's in a tree?

Only if you want to see a huge forest fire !!!

Vinnie S.

Not with 100 dinkers. (is it in a field of dead pines?) :)

At any rate, that may change the antenna's function a bit. (?)

I'm still concerned about the lightning strikes. Your mast is
living plant material.

But it's not as high as many of the live, wet trees. I think I am
ground pretty good, just by the quietness of the radio. I don't hear
any static at all. Everything is super quiet.

Anyway, I am going to eat a bag of chips before I go to bed.

Good night !!!!!!

Vinnie S.

Donut forget to stuff your coax in a jim beam bottle before you turn
in.

Remove the bottle rockets first though :)

Bottle rockets and jim beam, what a combo! :)

Love my Beam!

And an empty Beam bottle makes a dangerously accurate aiming device :)

Try it!!!

Chad

From: (Steveo)
(I AmnotGeorgeBush) wrote:
From: (Steveo)
Vinnie S. wrote:
Moped, I hit Guadalajara, Mexico with my whopping 15 watts on 28.380
!!!!
The dude was speaking at 100 MPH.
Vinnie S.

How fast can ya say mama la pinga pato??

hehe

Oh, you REALLY like them keying up for seven minute speeches, eh? : )

If I only knew what they were preaching about.
;)

I got this one guy down here,,,for years I have been dropping in on his
"private" freq just to say hello with the few words I know. He even has
an endearing , er, term for me when I say hello. He's always talking to
Puerto Rico, all day long, yet he still loses it when I key up to say
hello. I thought after all these years he'd mellow. Know how I found him
originally? I followed the bleed...and I still have no clue where he is
located, but I know when I key up, he don't hear whatta wico at all!
Betcha he's related to those in your receive!

"Chad Wahls" wrote:
"Steveo" wrote in message
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"Chad Wahls" wrote:
"Steveo" wrote in message
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Vinnie S. wrote:
On 23 Jun 2005 02:30:12 GMT, Steveo wrote:

Vinnie S. wrote:
On 23 Jun 2005 00:57:37 GMT, Steveo
wrote:

Hi Jay, I was speaking of Vinnie's Imax. I don't know what
they are rated for.

I already know your antenna can handle it and more! :)

According to the manual, it is tested at 5,000 watts. Sounds
rather high.

Vinnie S.

Does it matter that it's in a tree?

Only if you want to see a huge forest fire !!!

Vinnie S.

Not with 100 dinkers. (is it in a field of dead pines?) :)

At any rate, that may change the antenna's function a bit. (?)

I'm still concerned about the lightning strikes. Your mast is
living plant material.

But it's not as high as many of the live, wet trees. I think I am
ground pretty good, just by the quietness of the radio. I don't
hear any static at all. Everything is super quiet.

Anyway, I am going to eat a bag of chips before I go to bed.

Good night !!!!!!

Vinnie S.

Donut forget to stuff your coax in a jim beam bottle before you turn
in.

Remove the bottle rockets first though :)

Bottle rockets and jim beam, what a combo! :)

Love my Beam!

And an empty Beam bottle makes a dangerously accurate aiming device :)

Try it!!!

Chad

That stuff ****s with my aim! :)