Groups | Search | Server Info | Keyboard shortcuts | Login | Register [http] [https] [nntp] [nntps]

Groups > uk.radio.amateur > #343836

Re: Ping Ian Jackson 160m

From Bernie <bernie.usenet@gmail.com>
Newsgroups uk.radio.amateur
Subject Re: Ping Ian Jackson 160m
Date 2019-08-19 22:19 +0100
Message-ID <gs0i3cFo7ibU6@mid.individual.net> (permalink)
References (3 earlier) <qjeku7$8ic$1@dont-email.me> <qjem2d$fee$1@dont-email.me> <qjemd5$hom$1@dont-email.me> <gs06neFtsdeU6@mid.individual.net> <a3sllehth8i5pmmi99f37mk2f5ek8f9131@4ax.com>

Show all headers | View raw

On Mon, 19 Aug 2019 19:55:02 +0100
Rambo <Rambo@thisaintreal.org> wrote:

> On 19 Aug 2019 18:05:34 GMT, Stephen Cole
> <usenet@stephenthomascole.com> wrote:
> 
> >Jim GM4DHJ ... <kinvig.netta@ntlworld.com> wrote:  
> >> 
> >> "Jim GM4DHJ ..." <kinvig.netta@ntlworld.com> wrote in message 
> >> news:qjem2d$fee$1@dont-email.me...  
> >>> 
> >>> "mm0fmf" <none@invalid.com> wrote in message 
> >>> news:qjeku7$8ic$1@dont-email.me...  
> >>>> On 17/08/2019 17:05, Ian Jackson wrote:  
> >>>>> In message <g9WdnRql-IlhgMXAnZ2dnUU78XfNnZ2d@brightview.co.uk>,
> >>>>> Peter Able <stuck@home.com> writes  
> >>>>>> On 17/08/2019 15:58, mm0fmf wrote:  
> >>>>>>> I apologise in advance for a serious radio related topic on
> >>>>>>> this group but here we go.
> >>>>>>> Ian, you jokingly mentioned the problem with 70cms was it was
> >>>>>>> 159.3m too short and that got me thinking about 160m. I've
> >>>>>>> never had a 160m QSO in 29 years of activity. I've never been
> >>>>>>> motivated to try the band. So what makes 160m something of
> >>>>>>> interest to you after you've been active for 60 years or so?
> >>>>>>>   
> >>>>>> I'd guess that for those of us of that age it is the womb
> >>>>>> where we were nurtured.,,:). Loran, Portishead, TT11 PAs, HROs
> >>>>>> 
> >>>>>> AaaaaH!
> >>>>>>   
> >>>>> You've put it better and more succinctly than I could. There
> >>>>> was something magic about radio in those days, with a high
> >>>>> proportion of newcomers being young, and either making their
> >>>>> own gear or using 'war surplus' equipment - often modifying it
> >>>>> to improve its performance. The fact that I was able to get an
> >>>>> endfed fullwave up (over a river and at around 70' or 80' at
> >>>>> the highest point) also helped!  
> >>>> 
> >>>> Cheers for that Ian and Peter. I expected there to be something
> >>>> like that was involved, a soft spot for how things were etc.
> >>>> 
> >>>> I did some Googling into top band stuff and found Mike G4KFK's
> >>>> page of top band articles which I've been reading. What is
> >>>> obvious looking at some of the older valved gear is how
> >>>> delightfully simple and elegant AM/CW transmitters can be. It's
> >>>> brought home as my job deals with multi-million lines of
> >>>> software, GB of data resulting in multi-billion transistor
> >>>> chips. An unforgiving sea of complexity that's difficult to get
> >>>> a good overall view of what's happening. Something with a few
> >>>> valves appeals even if my chassis work skills are rough.
> >>>> 
> >>>> Then there's getting an effective antenna for the band installed
> >>>> into the typical UK postage stamp garden.
> >>>> 
> >>>> I'll leave this to degenerate now as all things on here always
> >>>> do.
> >>>> 
> >>>>   
> >>> no  no...after you chebs ....
> >>>   
> >> something about wearing the wife's panties like the post you just
> >> made up on DIY under my "joining the motorway thread" would do
> >> nicely ....... 
> >
> >I don’t know why you don’t just buy a stock of your own ladies
> >underwear, Jim, rather than keep wearing and shitting your poor
> >wife’s drawers. Have some consideration, mate, for fuck’s sake.
> >Thanks, Jim.   
> 
> 
>  You on them funny fags ...again?

He's likely stacking niacin, lion's mane and psilocybin, Chairman Dick;
you know what these creative types are like.

As long as he doesn't do it at lunchtime, before a meeting, I'm sure
he'll be fine.

Back to uk.radio.amateur | Previous | Next — Previous in thread | Next in thread | Find similar | Unroll thread

Thread

Ping Ian Jackson 160m mm0fmf <none@invalid.com> - 2019-08-17 15:58 +0100
  Re: Ping Ian Jackson 160m Peter Able <stuck@home.com> - 2019-08-17 15:32 +0100
    Re: Ping Ian Jackson 160m Ian Jackson <ianREMOVETHISjackson@g3ohx.co.uk> - 2019-08-17 17:05 +0100
      Re: Ping Ian Jackson 160m Graham. <graham-usenet@mail.com> - 2019-08-17 18:09 +0100
        Re: Ping Ian Jackson 160m Peter Able <stuck@home.com> - 2019-08-17 17:46 +0100
          Re: Ping Ian Jackson 160m "Jim GM4DHJ ..." <kinvig.netta@ntlworld.com> - 2019-08-17 20:00 +0100
            Re: Ping Ian Jackson 160m Spike <Aero.Spike@mail.invalid> - 2019-08-18 08:28 +0000
        Re: Ping Ian Jackson 160m "Jim GM4DHJ ..." <kinvig.netta@ntlworld.com> - 2019-08-17 19:59 +0100
          Re: Ping Ian Jackson 160m Graham. <graham-usenet@mail.com> - 2019-08-17 21:14 +0100
            Re: Ping Ian Jackson 160m "Jim GM4DHJ ..." <kinvig.netta@ntlworld.com> - 2019-08-17 21:16 +0100
            Re: Ping Ian Jackson 160m Ian Jackson <ianREMOVETHISjackson@g3ohx.co.uk> - 2019-08-17 21:58 +0100
              Re: Ping Ian Jackson 160m "Jim GM4DHJ ..." <jim.gm4dhj@ntlworld.com> - 2019-08-18 11:36 +0100
          Re: Ping Ian Jackson 160m Spike <Aero.Spike@mail.invalid> - 2019-08-18 08:28 +0000
            Re: Ping Ian Jackson 160m Stephen Cole <usenet@stephenthomascole.com> - 2019-08-18 08:56 +0000
      Re: Ping Ian Jackson 160m "Jim GM4DHJ ..." <kinvig.netta@ntlworld.com> - 2019-08-17 19:57 +0100
      Re: Ping Ian Jackson 160m mm0fmf <none@invalid.com> - 2019-08-19 18:06 +0100
        Re: Ping Ian Jackson 160m "Jim GM4DHJ ..." <kinvig.netta@ntlworld.com> - 2019-08-19 18:25 +0100
          Re: Ping Ian Jackson 160m "Jim GM4DHJ ..." <kinvig.netta@ntlworld.com> - 2019-08-19 18:31 +0100
            Re: Ping Ian Jackson 160m Stephen Cole <usenet@stephenthomascole.com> - 2019-08-19 18:05 +0000
              Re: Ping Ian Jackson 160m Stephen Cole <usenet@stephenthomascole.com> - 2019-08-19 18:20 +0000
                Re: Ping Ian Jackson 160m "Jim GM4DHJ ..." <kinvig.netta@ntlworld.com> - 2019-08-19 19:25 +0100
                Re: Ping Ian Jackson 160m Rambo <Rambo@thisaintreal.org> - 2019-08-19 19:52 +0100
                Re: Ping Ian Jackson 160m "Jim GM4DHJ ..." <kinvig.netta@ntlworld.com> - 2019-08-19 20:23 +0100
                Re: Ping Ian Jackson 160m "NY" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2019-08-19 19:27 +0100
                Re: Ping Ian Jackson 160m "Jim GM4DHJ ..." <kinvig.netta@ntlworld.com> - 2019-08-19 19:29 +0100
                Re: Ping Ian Jackson 160m "NY" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2019-08-19 21:20 +0100
                Re: Ping Ian Jackson 160m "Jim GM4DHJ ..." <kinvig.netta@ntlworld.com> - 2019-08-19 21:27 +0100
                Re: Ping Ian Jackson 160m Roger Breedle <rb@rmb.invalid> - 2019-08-19 19:37 +0100
                Re: Ping Ian Jackson 160m Stephen Cole <usenet@stephenthomascole.com> - 2019-08-19 18:43 +0000
                Re: Ping Ian Jackson 160m Jim <jim@jim.jim.jim.invalid> - 2019-08-19 19:54 +0100
                Re: Ping Ian Jackson 160m "Jim GM4DHJ ..." <kinvig.netta@ntlworld.com> - 2019-08-19 20:29 +0100
                Re: Ping Ian Jackson 160m "Jim GM4DHJ ..." <kinvig.netta@ntlworld.com> - 2019-08-19 20:28 +0100
                Re: Ping Ian Jackson 160m Stephen Cole <usenet@stephenthomascole.com> - 2019-08-19 19:35 +0000
                Re: Ping Ian Jackson 160m "Jim GM4DHJ ..." <kinvig.netta@ntlworld.com> - 2019-08-19 20:37 +0100
                Re: Ping Ian Jackson 160m Brian Reay <no.sp@m.com> - 2019-08-20 06:40 +0000
                Re: Ping Ian Jackson 160m "Jim GM4DHJ ..." <kinvig.netta@ntlworld.com> - 2019-08-20 07:56 +0100
                Re: Ping Ian Jackson 160m roger@hayter.org (Roger Hayter) - 2019-08-20 09:41 +0100
                Re: Ping Ian Jackson 160m "Jim GM4DHJ ..." <kinvig.netta@ntlworld.com> - 2019-08-20 10:46 +0100
                Re: Ping Ian Jackson 160m roger@hayter.org (Roger Hayter) - 2019-08-20 11:03 +0100
                Re: Ping Ian Jackson 160m Jeefaw K Effkay <mike.gathergood@googlemail.com> - 2019-08-20 05:17 -0700
                Re: Ping Ian Jackson 160m "Jim GM4DHJ ..." <kinvig.netta@ntlworld.com> - 2019-08-20 14:50 +0100
                Re: Ping Ian Jackson 160m Jeefaw K Effkay <mike.gathergood@googlemail.com> - 2019-08-20 07:56 -0700
                Re: Ping Ian Jackson 160m "Jim GM4DHJ ..." <kinvig.netta@ntlworld.com> - 2019-08-20 18:18 +0100
                Re: Ping Ian Jackson 160m Jeff <jeff@ukra.com> - 2019-08-21 09:43 +0100
                Re: Ping Ian Jackson 160m "Jim GM4DHJ ..." <kinvig.netta@ntlworld.com> - 2019-08-21 11:48 +0100
                Re: Ping Ian Jackson 160m Ian Jackson <ianREMOVETHISjackson@g3ohx.co.uk> - 2019-08-19 20:17 +0100
                Re: Ping Ian Jackson 160m brian <nospam@b-howie.co.uk> - 2019-08-20 07:31 +0100
                Re: Ping Ian Jackson 160m Stephen Cole <usenet@stephenthomascole.com> - 2019-08-20 06:41 +0000
                Re: Ping Ian Jackson 160m "Jim GM4DHJ ..." <kinvig.netta@ntlworld.com> - 2019-08-19 20:27 +0100
                Re: Ping Ian Jackson 160m Ian Jackson <ianREMOVETHISjackson@g3ohx.co.uk> - 2019-08-19 21:48 +0100
                Re: Ping Ian Jackson 160m Jeefaw K Effkay <mike.gathergood@googlemail.com> - 2019-08-19 15:19 -0700
                Re: Ping Ian Jackson 160m The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2019-08-19 20:49 +0100
                Re: Ping Ian Jackson 160m "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2019-08-20 11:07 +1000
                Re: Lonely Psychopathic Senile Ozzie Troll Alert! Peeler <trolltrap@valid.invalid> - 2019-08-20 10:30 +0200
              Re: Ping Ian Jackson 160m Rambo <Rambo@thisaintreal.org> - 2019-08-19 19:55 +0100
                Re: Ping Ian Jackson 160m Stephen Cole <usenet@stephenthomascole.com> - 2019-08-19 19:13 +0000
                Re: Ping Ian Jackson 160m Bernie <bernie.usenet@gmail.com> - 2019-08-19 22:19 +0100
                Re: Ping Ian Jackson 160m "Jim GM4DHJ ..." <kinvig.netta@ntlworld.com> - 2019-08-20 07:58 +0100
        Re: Ping Ian Jackson 160m Stephen Cole <usenet@stephenthomascole.com> - 2019-08-19 18:05 +0000
        Re: Ping Ian Jackson 160m Ian Jackson <ianREMOVETHISjackson@g3ohx.co.uk> - 2019-08-19 21:44 +0100
          Re: Ping Ian Jackson 160m Peter Able <stuck@home.com> - 2019-08-21 18:52 +0100
            Re: Ping Ian Jackson 160m "Jim GM4DHJ ..." <jim.gm4dhj@ntlworld.com> - 2019-08-21 20:40 +0100
              Re: Ping Ian Jackson 160m Gareth's was W7 now W10 Downstairs Computer <headstone255@yahoo.com> - 2019-08-21 21:41 +0100
                Re: Ping Ian Jackson 160m "Jim GM4DHJ ..." <jim.gm4dhj@ntlworld.com> - 2019-08-21 21:46 +0100
                Re: Ping Ian Jackson 160m Rambo <Rambo@thisaintreal.org> - 2019-08-21 23:12 +0100
                Re: Ping Ian Jackson 160m Bernie <bernie.usenet@gmail.com> - 2019-08-21 23:40 +0100
                Re: Ping Ian Jackson 160m "Jim GM4DHJ ..." <jim.gm4dhj@ntlworld.com> - 2019-08-22 06:25 +0100
                Re: Ping Ian Jackson 160m Brian Reay <no.sp@m.com> - 2019-08-22 06:45 +0000
                Re: Ping Ian Jackson 160m Gareth's was W7 now W10 Downstairs Computer <headstone255@yahoo.com> - 2019-08-22 09:33 +0100
            Re: Ping Ian Jackson 160m Spike <Aero.Spike@mail.invalid> - 2019-08-22 08:00 +0000
              Re: Ping Ian Jackson 160m "Jim GM4DHJ ..." <jim.gm4dhj@ntlworld.com> - 2019-08-22 10:19 +0100
    Re: Ping Ian Jackson 160m Spike <Aero.Spike@mail.invalid> - 2019-08-17 17:46 +0000
      Re: Ping Ian Jackson 160m Graham. <graham-usenet@mail.com> - 2019-08-17 20:53 +0100
    Re: Ping Ian Jackson 160m brian <nospam@b-howie.co.uk> - 2019-08-17 20:41 +0100
      Re: Ping Ian Jackson 160m Spike <Aero.Spike@mail.invalid> - 2019-08-18 08:30 +0000
        Re: Ping Ian Jackson 160m Gareth's was W7 now W10 Downstairs Computer <headstone255@yahoo.com> - 2019-08-18 11:18 +0100
          Re: Ping Ian Jackson 160m "Jim GM4DHJ ..." <jim.gm4dhj@ntlworld.com> - 2019-08-18 11:37 +0100
        Re: Ping Ian Jackson 160m brian <nospam@b-howie.co.uk> - 2019-08-18 20:06 +0100
          Re: Ping Ian Jackson 160m Ian Jackson <ianREMOVETHISjackson@g3ohx.co.uk> - 2019-08-18 20:59 +0100
          Re: Ping Ian Jackson 160m Spike <Aero.Spike@mail.invalid> - 2019-08-19 08:23 +0000
            Re: Ping Ian Jackson 160m Gareth's was W7 now W10 Downstairs Computer <headstone255@yahoo.com> - 2019-08-19 10:28 +0100
  Re: Ping Ian Jackson 160m "Jim GM4DHJ ..." <kinvig.netta@ntlworld.com> - 2019-08-17 20:02 +0100
    Re: Ping Ian Jackson 160m "Jim GM4DHJ ..." <kinvig.netta@ntlworld.com> - 2019-08-17 20:15 +0100
      Re: Ping Ian Jackson 160m Ian Jackson <ianREMOVETHISjackson@g3ohx.co.uk> - 2019-08-17 20:56 +0100
        Re: Ping Ian Jackson 160m "Jim GM4DHJ ..." <kinvig.netta@ntlworld.com> - 2019-08-17 21:17 +0100
          Re: Ping Ian Jackson 160m Ian Jackson <ianREMOVETHISjackson@g3ohx.co.uk> - 2019-08-17 22:00 +0100
            Re: Ping Ian Jackson 160m "Jim GM4DHJ ..." <kinvig.netta@ntlworld.com> - 2019-08-17 22:12 +0100
              Re: Ping Ian Jackson 160m "Jim GM4DHJ ..." <kinvig.netta@ntlworld.com> - 2019-08-17 22:14 +0100
                Re: Ping Ian Jackson 160m "Jim GM4DHJ ..." <kinvig.netta@ntlworld.com> - 2019-08-17 22:28 +0100
                Re: Ping Ian Jackson 160m "Jim GM4DHJ ..." <kinvig.netta@ntlworld.com> - 2019-08-17 23:02 +0100
                Re: Ping Ian Jackson 160m Ian Jackson <ianREMOVETHISjackson@g3ohx.co.uk> - 2019-08-18 07:31 +0100
                Re: Ping Ian Jackson 160m "Jim GM4DHJ ..." <jim.gm4dhj@ntlworld.com> - 2019-08-18 07:32 +0100
    Re: Ping Ian Jackson 160m "Jim GM4DHJ ..." <jim.gm4dhj@ntlworld.com> - 2019-08-18 12:00 +0100

csiph-web