Going back to Ireland?Originally Posted by KC9ECI
Going back to Ireland?
Negative. Going back to the UK in just over a week. Looking forward to messing around in the CQ WPX for a bit, drinking pints of tasty goodness and just being a lazy git.
I am surprised at such a sudden deterioration in a woman whose only ailment was a lazy anus.
Ah, fine business OM hihi.
Take lots of pictures for us or we'll say it never happened. We're all cruel like that.
Jaded Americans the lot of us!
+1 pics or it didn't happen :)
Guinness Draught always in the fridge here.
But of course, it's from Ireland.
Hey, it's next door to the UK.
Ahhh Guinness.. A meal in a can.
Well, as portability is an obvious must and as I have viewed your YouTube flicks of the radioactive camping adventure, I would say stick with what you are running as it obviously works.
KD8EFQ ~ "With MFJ one might as well stand outside during the worst possible calamity and wair for death."
Used to use an HW-8, motorcycle battery (charged by motorcycle), am MFJ QRP tuner, wattmeter and a fan dipole made from multi-conductor rotor control cable - fed with RG-58 or RG-8X. Or a random-length wire thrown into a nearby tree.
Would probably go the 703/817/K2 route now.
"Everyone wants to be an AM Gangsta until it's time to start doing AM Gangsta shit."
I have more trees available to me when I'm camping. On the other hand in the UK I have something that sort of resembles a beach and a large mass of saltwater. I had the MP-1 out today and made a few domestic Q's. Thought about ordering a stake mount from Blue Star Antennas until I added up the final cost. $22+ was a bit much. I took the 3/8x24 mirror mount off my backpack frame, cut a length of solid aluminum rod, put a 90 degree bend near the top and made my own stake mount. I planted that, screwed the MP-1 to it, tuned and checked in to the MMSN on 14.300 to check it out. Got a good report from the net control station in NE. I think tomorrow I may mess around with the UNUN some more. I'm thinking that I might like to try the UNUN, a seriously long length of magnet wire and a helium filled weather balloon for field day.
I am surprised at such a sudden deterioration in a woman whose only ailment was a lazy anus.
I've got an HW-8 on the desk downstairs. Fun little rig. I like my 703+. I had one of the original 703's and it suffered the finals failure twice in less than a year. After the 2nd failure I got a little agitated with Icom when I was told I'd be without a radio for 3 months. Long story short they eventually sent me a 703+ and it had been a champ ever since. I like the built in auto tuner and thought it was a fair trade in exchange for the 817s 2M/70CM and I have very little interest in those bands unless there is some ducting or a contest.
I am surprised at such a sudden deterioration in a woman whose only ailment was a lazy anus.
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