tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4901205574058136834.post8844794185512503112..comments2024-03-26T20:17:30.126-07:00Comments on Every Blade of Grass: Happy Labor Day Weekend!drjimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05647484115197408897noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4901205574058136834.post-21875996784101520902009-09-10T09:18:02.998-07:002009-09-10T09:18:02.998-07:00I hope you and your beautiful companion had a very...I hope you and your beautiful companion had a very wonderful holiday.Home on the Rangehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03836315423040719919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4901205574058136834.post-17983224416777308002009-09-07T19:43:06.019-07:002009-09-07T19:43:06.019-07:00The beach is in Hawaii, but I didn't take the ...The beach is in Hawaii, but I didn't take the picture. It's from the website of the guy who makes the antennas.drjimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05647484115197408897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4901205574058136834.post-59835401428670825532009-09-07T17:57:43.779-07:002009-09-07T17:57:43.779-07:00Nice rig, and yeah, nice beach! I'd have been ...Nice rig, and yeah, nice beach! I'd have been 'distracted'... :-)Old NFOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16404197287935017147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4901205574058136834.post-48130691883425374022009-09-07T16:05:44.873-07:002009-09-07T16:05:44.873-07:00Nice lookin' beach. :-)Nice lookin' beach. :-)NotClauswitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14358707844087117280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4901205574058136834.post-44351229996862733212009-09-06T18:18:09.261-07:002009-09-06T18:18:09.261-07:00Yeah, I was on 14.262 and down. The BuddiStick tun...Yeah, I was on 14.262 and down. The BuddiStick tuned up really fast with my MFJ analyzer. Looked at the directions, put the coil tap 15 turns down from the whip end, rolled out about 18' of counterpoise, and pulled all but the top section of whip out. It resonated about 13.9, so I kept shortening the whip until it got to where I wanted to operate.<br />From out-of-bag to on-the-air was about 15 minutes!drjimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05647484115197408897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4901205574058136834.post-14814293045936245572009-09-06T18:09:25.208-07:002009-09-06T18:09:25.208-07:00That was on 20 meters, right? Hard to imagine anyt...That was on 20 meters, right? Hard to imagine anything on 10 meters or higher with solar flux so low. Maybe a little sporadic E layer stuff, but that is so transient.<br /><br />I used to be a VHFer but since the antennas all disconnected, the gear in the loft just languishes.Minstrelhttp://reynosawatch.org/minstrel/noreply@blogger.com