RD>> reliable connect from good ole DOS and the fancy NT connect to my
 MS> If you like DOS that much, how about getting yourself a copy of CSLIPPER
 MS> and use Caldera's WebSpyder browser  (its 
free
 MS> for non-commercial use).
 MS> DOS is great! I use Linux at home, and it works well in all respects,
 MS> it has out of the box AX-25/NetRom/TCP-IP and it can emulate a 1200bps
 MS> or a 9600bps modem via the soundcard.
 I plan on a Linux system for amateur radio use down the road Michael.
 For now I'll keep with this DOS/NT mess until I get something to build into 
a dedicated APRS,Packet,AMTOR etc. amateur radio computer system.
 RD>> hands. In the spring I'll re-do it with new wire and try a clear coat
 RD>> laquer on it to protect it from the weather and see how that lasts.
 MS> Same thing happened to my 30mhz antenna I have outside the shack door. 
t
 MS> /was/ state of the art, with its high-tech rubber weathershield. The 
rubber
 MS> is now worn off, and all that remains is a whip made of corroded metal!
 Weather seems to kill antennas up here very fast if they are fibre-glass or
bare-wire based. Either it is the UV levels we get or the rain and ice that 
does it.
 Many stranded wire antennas did not survive the ice storms we had in January
and some fibre-glass antennas simply snapped from the ice-loading.
 None of my aluminum antennas were damaged by ice,but then I was nuts enough 
to
go up the tower twice to knock the ice off the booms with a stick!
 I'm working on a new wire antenna for HF now just for 80m for a few weeks 
until I rebuild the trapped dipole to get me back on 160 thru 20m.
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