Hey, I am good for another 10 years with owning my amateur radio call sign, W5EHS. For a ham, the call sign is like a part of our personality. I even have it on my auto license plate. I have always had the “EHS” part but I changed the number from 8 to 5 when I moved to Texas. The number indicates a region where the station is located but it is not a requirement these...
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Stay Tuned
I am sure you have noticed I am using a bit more space here in Ramblin’ Dan to write about my amateur radio interests, mostly due to the fact that I lost my main station gear to the lightning strike. That has forced me to put a lot of attention to this aspect of my avocation interests at this point in time. This is because when I don’t have something (because it was suddenly taken...
Continue reading...The R7 Lives!
The antenna I use for my amateur radio station is a Cushcraft R7 half wave vertical. This antenna has been installed for at least 15 years. It was on my house in Ohio for 3 years and on my present house here in Texas for 12. The lighting strike at this QTH (location ) killed my radio transceiver. I now have a new Ten-Tec Omni VII that I didn’t want to damage by using a...
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The new Omni VII ham radio transceiver is on order. Should arrive Friday (tomorrow). I am excited to have a new toy but still sad that the VI has passed to the land of memories. I have snapped to my senses though and realize it is and was just a box of electronics. There was a problem of sorts in placing the order. My credit card company put a lock on my card when they saw...
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