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[W2LJ] OK - new project
W2LJ QRP - When you care to send the very least! /////////////////////////////////////////// OK - new project Posted: 26 Dec 2017 09:46 AM PST http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/feedb...medium=emai l Since Santa didn't bring the Arrow antenna that I wanted in order to try my hand at the FM satellites (and possibly get more Field Day points this year), and my homebrew magloop turned out so well - I've decided to try my hand at another: http://www.amateurradio.bz/4_dollar_...e_antenna.html And it comes complete with a video! Doesn't look too expensive to build and I think we have enough coat hangers in various places around the house where I wouldn't have to go out and buy any. The Arrow antenna is nice and all, but the cost was around $140, if I remember correctly. That's a lot to pay for something that I just want to play with from time to time and not be really dedicated to. This will probably serve me just as well; and I could use whatever $$$ I manage to save in the future towards more QRP and CW stuff. And the last benefit ..... there's NOTHING like homebrewing something and have it work. I know I'm jumping the gun here; but KG0ZZ certainly makes look "do-able". 72 de Larry W2LJQRP - When you care to send the very least! /////////////////////////////////////////// Merry Christmas! Posted: 26 Dec 2017 06:02 AM PST http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/feedb...medium=em ail Merry Christmas! I know, some of you are probably saying, "Wait, what? Christmas is over!" But it's really not ...... remember the song, "The Twelve Days of Christmas"? Christmas is more than a day, it IS a season. So don't throw out or put away those Christmas trees just yet. Enjoy the Season! I hope Santa was good to you and left a key, radio or some neat accessory under your tree. I got some shave soap (I wet shave - an electric razor just tears up my face and especially my neck!), a shirt and that personal weather station I had been wanting. It's not a Peet Brothers unit, rather one of the more inexpensive ones. And that's fine by me. I just want something that I can hook up to WeatherUnderground and play around with. This will do just fine and I am grateful for it. We did not get a white Christmas this year. But it was very windy and cold. in fact, our daily high temperatures for the next week or so are not to exceed the high 20s F (-3C). And the NY NJ PA Weather Guy, who I follow on Twitter, is saying something about the possibility of a major winter storm for our area next weekend. We shall see. In the meantime, I hope to get on the air a few evenings this week to see how the 160 Meter band is doing and to see if I can squeeze out a contact or two. It's been a long time since I got on the air looking just to chew the fat for a bit. 72 de Larry W2LJ QRP - When you care to send the very least! |
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