04-14-14 11:21 Roy Witt wrote to Ed Vance about Resurrected

 RW> {at}MSGID: 
 RW> Greetings Ed!
Hi Roy!
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 EV> CB'ers were Licensed to USE their Radios, NOT EXPERIMENT with them.

 RW> CBers were licensed to use their radios in a manner complient
 RW> with the FCC's Part 97 rules. Not many did. And, what's the use

Part 97????????   Part 15!!!!!!!!!!!!!!    

 RW> in having a xmitter if you can't experiment with it? Besides,
 RW> the mental capabilties of 99% of CBers left me with no interest
 RW> in talking to them.

 RW>> When you get an education in 'antenna theory', a balun or a
 RW>> gamma match is so much easier to fab and put into service.

 EV> This topic caused me to remember a friend showed me his 6 Meter
 EV> antenna with a BETA MATCH instead of a GAMMA MATCH on it. It was a
 EV> Hy-Gain antenna.

 RW> Why not build one that doesn't need either?

That's a Long Wire or Dipole isn't it? Or using Open Wire Twin Lead?

 EV> To me the Beta Match looked simpler to adjust so I got one for
 EV> myself.

 RW> My entire being was interested in building my own antennas,
 RW> rather than talking about it.

40 meter Dipole, 20 meterInverted Vee, 80 meter Slinky are the only
antennas I've built.

I also used a Vertical for 80 and 40 and a 2 meter Cross Yagi Beam that
I ordered through the mail.

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