>>>> I can get back to playing on 160m again.
 >>  JE> I'll love it when the band gets quiet again, and we can talk longer
 >> Yep. But in my case its what the rig puts out only,no amplifier yet.
 JE> As Wayne is fond of saying, it all depends on your antenna. If that's 
ll
 JE> you've gotta work with, make it work the best for you!
 Perfectly flat matches at 3705 and 1858.
 Couldn't ask for better as 1855 is where I am on 160m all the time in the 
winter and I'm spending more time on 3700 practicing my cw.
 Boy am I BAD at recieving...
 Need lots of practice to see the difference between an S and an H again.
 The tuner can bear the rest of the bandwidth I need to use for now until I 
get a better antenna system for 80m.
 I like the dipole on 160 and it makes a great shorwave antenna aas well.
 >>  JE> Of course, by next weekend, I -should- have my rock crusher AM rig
 >>  JE> back operation, again.  Had to get the modulator circuit finished,
 JE> Project got put on hold, and I still havn't found a way to cut a circle 
in
 JE> 16th" steel plate. :-(  Maybe Monday.
 How about a hole cutter kit?
 I know they have them for wood doors and some metal sheeting.
 Try a local hardware store or shop that supplies metal-shops.
 JE> That's 2pm in the afternoon.  I just don't think a signal is going to
 JE> travel more than about 500 miles on 75/80m during the daylight hours 
 Maybe not but we have anet in Ontario running from around 6 am 'til 5pm that
covers near the whole province on 3755 (with a few relays of course).
 If you can listen for someone calling for check-ins to ON-TARS.
 Most controllers are in the Toronto area and a few are in Ottawa.
 >> All sorts of classic AM capable rigs can be heard
 JE> Ever listen to Timtron/WA1HLR (Or should I say "Double U Yay One Henry,
 JE> Yellar, Radio - WA1 H Yell-R" up in Scowhegan, Maine?  Maybe even Uncle
 JE> Ed/WA3PUN?
 I think I may have talked to WA1HLR once when I had AM.
 >>  JE> Have you heard anything from this far south on VHF?
 >> Farthest I have been on 6m ssb is the Texas/ Oklahoma border to the west,
 JE> Well, that's Central US covered   West is a ways to go, yet - nearly
 JE> another 1000 miles to get from El Paso to the West Coast!
 Wishful thinking for me.
 Will have to wait and see what the new cycle brings for 6m.
 I did not have a ticket during the last one,but if it is anything like it 
as
on `another band' it is going ot be fun on 2 and 6 ssb.
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