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-=> Randall Schad wrote to Sean Dennis <=-

 RS> I did Tech and General to get started, then got my feet wet for a few
 RS> months before upgrading to Extra. Even now, I'm still learning A LOT.
 RS> Massive credit to the welcoming guys in the local club who keep us
 RS> actively learning and honing skills.

It's been 28 years, as of this month, since I was licensed and I still
learn a lot.

 RS> Okay, this one made me giggle. :)

"Puns are the highest form of literature." -- Alfred Hitchcock

 RS> I'm fortunate to have a couple acres where I can stretch out a 75m EFHW
 RS> (or put up a 40m dipole if I really wanted.

I have a 140' EFHW that is connected to a 9:1 balun at the end That I
have used to work all continents except Antartica.  I need an amplifier
to do that it seems.

 RS> I used to have a loaded dipole hung inverted V off my TV antenna mast.
 RS> That was my first "real" antenna, and I'm still surprised at how well
 RS> that performed. Very little directionality.

I worked Perth, Australia--10K miles--using a 20 meter dipole I built
using a discarded insulin test strip bottle and some speaker wire in a
sloper configuration on 25 wattes several years ago.

 RS> I picked up a new 3D printer recently (only $200 or so), and that's
 RS> really opened up a whole new world. Printing little bits and connectors
 RS> and mounts and housings and what not.

Those are fun.  I want one also.

-- Sean KS4TD

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