Yep, only about 675 unique combinations of two letters! 73 de Lee, AA4GA

For us, here in the U.S., "MP" does tend to suggest the military police. Any army vet would probably think of that first. However, if you get a little more "worldly", the Brits refer to their

I have a 32-foot fiberglass pole which collapses to about 3 or 4 ft. total length. I believe it was marketed by MFJ several years ago. It has a loop on the top so you can attach a wire; you only

Lee, You are confused - Shore Patrol is not related to Man Portable. 73, Bill. KU8H Sent from my Galaxy S®III

Doc, If you are only interested in 40 meters, the best solution is a dipole fed with coax and a push-up telescoping pole to support the center - a couple of test stakes and a bit of

Wayne has experience with that exact mat.. so you're good to go.. as you already figured out.. Good Luck with the fix... and touch the ground with one hand often too... Have a great day, --...

Lets try this.. lightning within 15mi tho... now! With any luck.. it will be gone in half hour for the 20m session.. on 14.0625 at 2245z Have a great day, --... ...--Dale - WC7S in Wy

I replied before I saw Wayne's post which is specific to the brand of mat I have . (Yahoo has a way of hiding emails) So I will trim it to fit my work space. Thanks again. Sam, AL7V

Thanks for the info about cutting the mat. Based on Dale's comment, I'm thinking maybe I should not cut it. I'll see if I can fold it or make it fit the work space somehow.. Tim, as for the snap

I thought "MP" was "Military Police" - or is that obsolete? 73 de Lee -- Lee Hiers, AA4GA www.aa4ga.com Submit your QRP DXCC totals to www.qrpdx.com!

Sorry for reverting to old habits...MP used to mean "man portable" not PC now...I will try to remember PM... _ _ ... .. _ _ _ Doc K5OSA - QTH: EM04sr ARRL 4SQRP #801 - NAQCC #7625 - SKCC

Great discussion folks. My issue may have been misunderstood...my bad. I just wanted the simplest antenna for 40M CW for my homebrew rig tht I use to entice (I hope) people, especially kids, in to

Martin, I sold my 817 for three reasons: weight incl external batt, complicated menues, and small display...it was a great radio in the shack, but not what I was looking for "in the field". KX-3

Dave (W7AQK) and Michael, I’d be interested in any info you care to share about end fed half wave antennas you’ve had experience with, Dave, including the tuner and deployment of the actual

Very simple and elegant design...TNX... _ _ ... .. _ _ _ Doc K5OSA - QTH: EM04sr ARRL 4SQRP #801 - NAQCC #7625 - SKCC #10098 FISTS #17157 - OMISS #9886 LFSARC (Lawton/Fort Sill Amateur Radio

Sam, No harm at all, We use Desco matting at work and I'm constantly "trimming them to size when we replace them. Try and organize it so that you keep the press-stud on the piece you want to

PAC-12 antenna works reasonably well. Small vertical, which can either be commercially purchased or homebrewed. I used the homebrewed version for years. Here's a link to the homebrew instructions:

Michael, Some good suggestions from others. QRPMEkits has a nice small ant tuner as a kit if you decide to use one. I have used both a full sized dipole as inverted Vee- requires at least 40 foot

With the mats I'm familiar with the only downside to cutting it is the piece you remove may not have a snap to attach the ground connection. That's a minor detail and you may not even care about the

With goals of ultra simple, works well, and no tuner I would second the NorCal Doublet style antenna. This would assume you can find a handy tree, etc. as a support and do not have to carry a