Sorry, won't be on for the next two Sundays. Going to get some continuing ed and R & R for the next 2 weeks.
I'm trying again to contact Warren tomorrow (Thursday) tho at 4 pm Eastern on 14.307 so if anybody else is available to join the test it would be nice. I was pretty successful breaking into some pileups on field day so that was encouraging. Had to get the Kenwood manual out and reset some dials, and punch some rusty dusty buttons, as I haven't used the radio for several years.
I have new Gap Eagle tied to a fence corner with the 3 seven foot long counterpoises 5 feet off the ground and sticking out every which way, much to the annoyance of the neighbors. Our best ideas of affixing it to the house bombed out. Had several of the local hams over,----------- BEST MINDS IN MYRTLE BEACH SOUTH CAROLINA ON IT !!! but it was a no go.................So had to get the HOA over here again, got reluctant permission for a "small" tower, have it ordered, US Tower is making it in Kansas City as we speak. It of course is paid for up front, freight from KC paid up front, and with the 4-6 week delay, should arrive by the end of July. Not in the truck driver's job description to take it off the truck so I have a crew on standby to take the 450 lbs off and a concrete guy to dig the 6 1/2 ft hole with rebar half way to China. Have a lot of interested hams and nosy neighbors poking around and we aren't half way done yet.
This thing better work!!!!
**And it's all for about the "reasonable" price of a 12 month-all-expenses-paid cruise around the world!!!! **
I'm really excited about doing Dxing again as well as being a working member of the MARCO net. I have missed all of it these past several years.
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