In a message to Wayne Sarosi  Rob Dennis wrote:
 > RD>> I just wish some company's would bother to take into account
 > RD>> `self-taught' skills instead of looking only as far as a diploma
 > RD>> or certificate.
  WS> They don't nor do they care. I been there and done that.
 RD> Nope they don't.
Wait a minute. Some companies still require the sheepskin regardless if 
you have experience. I know. I have been through that.
 > RD>> Now I'm wondering if building the LPDA
 > RD>> is going to net me the same result.
 > WS> Maybe not but it's worth the effort.
 RD> Just for the fun of doing it so it works on 2m,6m and 70cm SSB.
 RD> The fun is in the building,the challenge is that math to cover
 RD> those three bands on their SSB calling frequencies.
 RD> WIth one LPDA on 2m,6m,70cm I can cut
 RD> back to one SSB antenna and a pair of 6
 RD> element dual-band beams for FM work.
It's ideal and if you can put it on an AZ-EL rotor you can do 6m-70cm
in all modes with great gain.
 RD> My computer used to blow the brains out of the 6m  and HF
 RD> rigs,but now I'm running a 486-DX-4/133 and it doesn't even blip them.
 RD> The 386/40 shredded the 6m rig with all
 RD> kinds of birdies no matter how much
 RD> choking I did to the lines on the back.
 RD> And when the screen-saver kicked in the
 RD> HF radio had a S-30 signal from 1600
 RD> all the way up to 29.999.
 RD> It so nice to be able to use packet for the first time now for
 RD> spotting band openings on 6m or 2m. while talking on HF.
I'm happy you found the problem.  You have been stuck with that 
since I've seen you on FIDO. I remember you sending me stuff on
your problem and now you can kick it out the door.
-WS
 
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