TID: Mystic BBS 1.12 A48
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On 19 Nov 2025, jimmy anderson said the following...
 
 ja> I did tech with the intention of doing general for HF later, but went
 ja> ahead and did both the same day. My wife did tech only because her 
 ja> interest is not 'talking' but doing weather. She likes to chase storms,
 ja> or at least used to... Lots of stormy water under the bridge - medical
 ja> issues now, with us and her mom, etc.

This is almost exactly the situation with my wife. She love the weather/storm
chasing aspect. (She's a huge Ryan Hall of Youtube fame fan as well.) She's
had the study guides for nearly a year now. Refuses to let me help her learn.
(She's an independent Millennial woman. Yeah, I robbed the cradle. LOL)

She did build a 3-element 2-meter Yagi out of tape measure and PVC for our
Halloween fox hunt, though. Fantastic job of it. 1.04:1 SWR on the meter.

 RS> I found a template for a loading coil that I intend to print this
 RS> weekend. Wrap the coil around that template, wind up another
 RS> transformer, and hopefully have a vertical very similar to that Comet
 RS> to keep in the truck for mobile HF.

 ja> Interesting!!! Let us know how that goes!

Maaaaan, I need to get more routine about my BBS rounds. I'm sorry it's been
nearly a month. ADHD or SADD or WTH or something.

I never did get around to printing that thing. I thought I didn't have the
wire for the winding, but then while cleaning last night I found it. Someone
needs to keep kicking me in the butt to stay on task. :)

73, my friend!
RS - WZ8Q

... Avoid arguments about the toilet seat... Use the sink.

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