May 2016 Issue 95
POOP FROM THE LOUP, May 2016
Another month about gone.. Winter wasn’t too nasty, only a couple snow storms that required the help of John Deere.
Now we can’t complain about the moisture and I hate to say we are getting too much, but 5 inches in less than a week is a little much…. Well, it does gives the farmers some thing to complain about..
I’ve been hearing kudos about how well the Lincoln ham fest went this year..I’m sure it wasn’t one to miss..
It’s got me to thinking, I’ll never climb a tower anymore, so I should help our kids by dis-mantling some of the high stuff and seeing if anyone would be interested is owning some of it..
I have a telax (Hy GAIN) 4 element J pole that is 24 feet long hanging in a shed.. It splits in the middle so that makes 2, 12 foot pieces to contend with..
My beam is a 6 element Tri-Bander, I believe it’s a Telex Hy-Gain six element for 10, 15, and 20 meters.. It’s on a 30 foot windmill tower..
Last time I used it, a fellow in Germany sent me a QSL card for a CW contact on 20 meters.. He was trying for all 93 counties in Nebraska.. ??
The beam is turned by a H-IV ? CD 45 .. Not working now, but I recall a tree branch laying it on the ground last year.. Hmmm.. I have some Collins to Heath gear and a lot in between, but we’ll go into that next month..
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WE ARE ENJOYING HAVING TWO OF OUR OFF SPRING MOVING BACK TO THE BURWELL AREA..
Son Mike had some friends he knew call and ask him to come back and work for them in their auto parts store in Ord.. They pay him more then he was making in Billings and in less time.. Of course, a little lass he knew from high school days, may have been another perk..
Our daughter will finish her kitchen mgr position in Missoula in a couple weeks and move back too.. She has a position with the game and parks when she gets home.. And a guy she knew well in high school..
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I hope by next month I’ll have a list of amateur gear, from a new in the box 2 meter rig and some gear that may be as old as I am……. 73 W0EJL