From the period of 1973 to 2010, I had horrible luck with
HF antennas.
I dropped a major chunk of change on an Icom IC-761 in
1989. As good as it is, without a decent antenna it is
next to worthless.
By all rights, I should have given up and gotten rid of
all my radios.
I'm stubborn.
I moved to Texas in 2009, in 2010 I had the time to put
up an antenna that works. For the first time I heard HF
as it should be. Crowded, chaotic, hectic. I'm having
fun.
On a related note, back in 1970, I had pretty well had
any desire to draw beaten out of me by my parents and
teachers.
Last week I decided, "I'm going to draw."

The bottom line?
Don't let ANYONE tell you what you can't do.

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Jeff-1.0
wa6fwi
http://www.foxsmercantile.com