Things are looking up - got 5 tonight: K3NLT Russ VA WA9PWP Paul WI N4DR Marc MD W2SH Chas NJ KK4ITX John FL 73 Bill KV6Z

Sorry guys, I THINK I heard Paul WA9PWP but not sure. There were a couple calls but I could not pull them out of 10 over noise. Sorry maybe another time de Paul N0NBD

Wednesday Evening 40 and 80 meter Nets When: Wednesday, 2 January 2019 8:00pm to 9:00pm (GMT-06:00) America/Chicago Where: 40 and 80 Meters Description: The 40 Meter Net will be at 8:00 pm central

Reminder: Wednesday Evening 40 and 80 meter Nets When: Wednesday, 2 January 2019 8:00pm to 9:00pm (GMT-06:00) America/Chicago Where: 40 and 80 Meters Organizer: jomatlock@... Description: The 40

Reminder: Wednesday Evening 40 and 80 meter Nets When: Wednesday, 2 January 2019 8:00pm to 9:00pm (GMT-06:00) America/Chicago Where: 40 and 80 Meters Organizer: jomatlock@... Description: The 40

And so it goes. Been there, done that too. Good luck. 72s Duane. KE0OUV Sent from TypeApp

Been there, done that. Mark/WQ8S

Oh the power of suggestion! After following this thread, last night I soldered in backwards a 16 pin IC. I swear I triple checked it! Removal went ok except pin 4 broke off flush with the board and I

Reminder: Wednesday Evening 40 and 80 meter Nets When: Wednesday, 2 January 2019 8:00pm to 9:00pm (GMT-06:00) America/Chicago Where: 40 and 80 Meters Organizer: jomatlock@... Description: The 40

I used screen door springs on each end of an 80m dipole. I had to put two springs in parallel to handle the weight. The screen door springs stretch quite a bit, so they worked perfectly to counter

Some interesting suggestions - my solution was pretty simple. When I lived in the Country outside Peoria, I put a 40 meter Dipole up about 40 feet. I came outside the House with RG58. There was 80' of

Hi Terry. Will be glad to try. Will give it a shot in the evening around 7:00, 3.564 MHz. I will try to check the frequency daily. If I have to away from the radio I will send you a text. Ok? --

Are you in the OKC area? Doc K5OSA

I want to wish you all a Happy New Year. 72 Everett Catlin N5MZX FP #1192, QRPARCI #5770, Fists #12809, 4SQRP #1314, SKCC #16867, NAQCC #8880, MARC member, "Rag Chewers' Club", and Secret and

Thank you everyone who replied with suggestions. I have several workable options to consider now. 73 and Happy New Year! Tim N9PUZ

I looked at the Lowe's link and noticed in the spring's product specifications that it weighs 9 pounds. Might work well if one end of it was fastened to the support pole or tree and other end to the

Hello :) I bet a good spring or a bungee cord or strap would work great too :) If it were mine I would likely give it a good coat of tar :) 73 72 :)

Check out these Gate Closing Springs they sell at Lowes Home Improvement Tim! They cost only $5.67 each and look like they'd do the job well. I suggest using one on both ends if your using it on a

Tim, I don't know how high you want to go but in Ecuador I used a 2 inch and a 1.5 inch,10 foot PVC pipe bolted together to make a mast. The spring in the PVC was enough to keep everything normal in