Was watching the State of the Union while running WSPR....
Guess who showed up? 5 watts....
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Was watching the State of the Union while running WSPR....
Guess who showed up? 5 watts....
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So there I was, totally naked. With only a rubber hose and a stuffed animal...
See. When you grease the antenna, those low power electrons can slide off at super-speed, covering great distances. It all about overcoming resistance, and having the capacity to put aside your reluctance.
Who gnu?
A clear conscience is usually a sign of a bad memory
RIP ALBI-W3MIV RIP RUSS-W5RB RIP BOB-VK3ZL
Nice!
I had good luck with an HW-8 back in the day...though its control suite was lacking.
If I get the urge to play low-power HF, a TS-130V, TS-660 and FT-726R w/ HF module fitted are my choices. None does true break-in CW, though.
"Everyone wants to be an AM Gangsta until it's time to start doing AM Gangsta shit."
Wow Mike! 5 watts! Now that's going the distance. Kinda how I felt as a lowly CBer in the 70's being heard in Australia. Cool.
Like that post was...
Moving on, my posts are not helpful
Way too cool
cul de n8tb
"Sadly, it always takes a few martyrs to get the ball rolling." Colonel Tim Boldman 2001
"There are no differences but differences of degree between different degrees of difference and no difference."--William James
"Science flies you to the moon. Religion flies you into buildings." Victor J. Stenger
Antenna Grease also increases "Skin Effect", makes it easier for your radio signals to skin off yo' antenna into space, be blessed by the "Skip-Gods" and, be reflected back down into "DX-Land".
For me, it was Alaska and Russia (with 5 minutes of each other) and, "The Mini-Grass" (Hawaii). Back in the 70's, I could hear the Aussies but, they never heard me.
Wonder whatever became of "The Arrostock County Whipsters", a CB Club in the state of Maine; received dozens of Q-Cards from their members; betcha most of them moved on to Amateur Radio.
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Last edited by koØm; 02-05-2018 at 01:47 PM.
I used wheel bearing grease.