My idea of a good way to spend my day off today was to erect a 32' (9.75m) push-up mast to hold one end of my 20m/40m skeleton dipole.
Another reason they think we're weird is that when we say “push-up,” we ain't talking about a type of bra.
My idea of a good way to spend my day off today was to erect a 32' (9.75m) push-up mast to hold one end of my 20m/40m skeleton dipole.
Another reason they think we're weird is that when we say “push-up,” we ain't talking about a type of bra.
Yeah, my wife's under wire bra is flat between 50mhz and 148mhz, but then so is my wife. Oops. Shit, never mind.Originally Posted by KJ6BSO
A clear conscience is usually a sign of a bad memory
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I'm curious how you convinced her to let you hook up a ladder line and run full kilowat through it...granted she is wearing it. If she is, that would provide a great ground.
....hmmm, i wonder if Devie would allow me to try hooking up a delta loop like that...nah, nevermind. Let us know how it works out for you over there, i suspect we will be bring you back to Vegas with us as you may be out of a home.
The louder the monkey, the smaller its balls.
She didn't complain much. At least not until I stuck her ass on top of a 40' push up mast, and then tried to rotator.
A clear conscience is usually a sign of a bad memory
RIP ALBI-W3MIV RIP RUSS-W5RB RIP BOB-VK3ZL
I see you are beaming with pride, but be careful, she might go great circle on your vertical and turn it into a dipole.
The louder the monkey, the smaller its balls.
We get fascinated by a pile of electronic components poured onto a table...
That is a good point. Does the "True" Ham still exist? At one time radio was it for an electronics fix. Then along came HiFi, TV, computers, Radio Control, Digital imaging, etc., etc. How many Hams today are in to computers, computer control, digital imaging, astronomy, radio control, drones and on and on. Calling ourselves "Electronics Geeks" might be closer to the truth.
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"Love Trumps Hate."
"You Facist, Sexual Predator!"
" I thought a lot about blowing up the White House"
Uh Huh, What Love?
True hams died off as soon as they stopped wearing three-piece suits to get on the air.
Jim
The machine does not isolate us from the great problems of nature but plunges us more deeply into them. - Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Who stopped? I still wear a shirt, tie, and a hat, and nothing else.
A clear conscience is usually a sign of a bad memory
RIP ALBI-W3MIV RIP RUSS-W5RB RIP BOB-VK3ZL
I resent the words "geek" or "nerd" for someone who is interested in technology , or the sciences. To me it carries a negative stereotype. Does a person who likes to play the guitar call themselves a "music geek" ? Or is a person who likes sports a 'sports nerd" ? What's wrong with the simple old fashioned idea of an "electronics hobbyist" or a "person interested in electronics" ?
And as far as weird people go, well I think people who consider themselves "normal" in that their only interests in life are watching the ballgame, drinking beer, and mowing the lawn, or other superficial activities, to be weird. How can anyone go through life without any kind of deep interest in anything other than trying to be a carbon copy of the guy next door. Of course this is highly subjective but it's how I see it.
I keep my 2 feet on the ground, and my head in the twilight zone.
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