John,<br><br>What's the holdup on testing?<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jun 26, 2009 at 8:10 AM, Leslie <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:partybug@charter.net">partybug@charter.net</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Tom,<br>
<br>
....that is just incredibly funny! Simply superb. And yes, weird but imaginative!<br>
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---- Rich <<a href="mailto:t41@optonline.net">t41@optonline.net</a>> wrote:<br>
Tom...I love ya but you're weird!<br>
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I wouldn't say that religion has promoted the social progress of mankind.<br>
I say that it has been a detriment to the progress of civilization, and I<br>
would<br>
also say this: that the emancipation of the mind from religious superstition<br>
is as essential<br>
to the progress of civilization as is emancipation from physical slavery.<br>
<br>
Culburt Olson, Gov.<br>
of California<br>
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From: "Thomas Moore" <<a href="mailto:piper925@att.net">piper925@att.net</a>><br>
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> Wow. Just got back from L.I. and read the thread. Nice going John, that<br>
> thing's gonna cook. Washers.....can never find one when I need one, so<br>
> lately I've taken to saving the trip to the hardware store and just<br>
> drilling<br>
> a penny. Copper coated and it costs a penny, if I need bigger I use a<br>
> nickel....costs a little more though.<br>
> Tom<br>
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> From: "John Foege" <<a href="mailto:john.foege@gmail.com">john.foege@gmail.com</a>><br>
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> Subject: Re: [450] Antenna Project<br>
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> It's going to be 13 elements on 22 feet. It's going to be heavy, and<br>
> yes it will sag at the ends. I'm going to have to guy it to the boom.<br>
><br>
> And go no Rich....I'm not going to use the Suez Canal Coax once this<br>
> baddy goes up. I've got a 100' spool of Bury-Flex to feed it.<br>
><br>
> Once I get this antenna up, some good feedline going to it, and a nice<br>
> flat SWR, I can start running 175 watts again and that coupled with<br>
> the 13.2 dBd gain and 850 ft elevation, I **SHOULD** hopefully see<br>
> some better performance.<br>
><br>
> Unfortunately I may run the risk of microwaving Woody's QTH to the<br>
> ground, but hey....like Woody said, you've got to have your priorities<br>
> straight!! lol<br>
><br>
> On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 12:33 PM, <<a href="mailto:djmay@comcast.net">djmay@comcast.net</a>> wrote:<br>
>> John,<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> How am I going to keep your transmissions from baking my QTH like a<br>
>> microwave once you get that baby up? And I thought you were loud<br>
>> before!!!<br>
>><br>
>><br>
>><br>
>> ----- Original Message -----<br>
>> From: "John Foege" <<a href="mailto:john.foege@gmail.com">john.foege@gmail.com</a>><br>
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>> Sent: Tuesday, June 23, 2009 11:56:05 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern<br>
>> Subject: [450] Antenna Project<br>
>><br>
>> So the shim stock came in and I've got all three 8' sections stuck<br>
>> together<br>
>> EXTREMELY tightly. The boom looks great and is absolutely massive. I took<br>
>> a<br>
>> few pictures of the boom up on the drill press and roller stand, but I'm<br>
>> not<br>
>> sure the pictures I've attached really do the 24 foot boom justice. It's<br>
>> massive in real life. Check it out...let me know what you all think.<br>
>> Tomorrow I'm going to drill all the holes and cut the elements and then<br>
>> it's<br>
>> on to the t-match. Hopefully this behemoth will be up and on the air for<br>
>> the<br>
>> weekend (although I think Dave and I are going to die trying to get this<br>
>> sucker up on the roof). John<br>
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