Loomis
Active Member
You definitely have me thinking 10 meter. I will look up the Icom 271A. I see I spent a lot of money in the wrong direction e.g. 2 meter. Now a guy from Sweden is well known, and if it's the same guy, yes he is a nice guy. I've heard he's on the air a lot.
The whole idea of commo in close came from a book I read called Emergency Power for Radio Communications by Michael Bryce, WB8VGE. He states that disasters are usually local in nature so being able to contact someone half way around the world for a local problem is a moot issue. So I designed my commo for close in. Also the fact I can call for help when anything is out.
But I do like the simplicity of a dipole antenna, and the best part is I can just lower it when we have a lightening storm, which are pretty intense. But I think it's time to drag out the ole' key and start again.
I just bought some low pass filters. I don't want to take any chances with neighbors; another reason I chose a dipole. People don't know what it is.
As far a CW: What I can't find on CW is key "Technique", I did manage to find on on ebay printed in 1921. It's the only one that tells you how to hold the key etc, and one video on Youtube. I'll go pound some brass starting tomorrow.
The whole idea of commo in close came from a book I read called Emergency Power for Radio Communications by Michael Bryce, WB8VGE. He states that disasters are usually local in nature so being able to contact someone half way around the world for a local problem is a moot issue. So I designed my commo for close in. Also the fact I can call for help when anything is out.
But I do like the simplicity of a dipole antenna, and the best part is I can just lower it when we have a lightening storm, which are pretty intense. But I think it's time to drag out the ole' key and start again.
I just bought some low pass filters. I don't want to take any chances with neighbors; another reason I chose a dipole. People don't know what it is.
As far a CW: What I can't find on CW is key "Technique", I did manage to find on on ebay printed in 1921. It's the only one that tells you how to hold the key etc, and one video on Youtube. I'll go pound some brass starting tomorrow.