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Re: Ping Ian Jackson 160m

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"Stephen Cole" <usenet@stephenthomascole.com> wrote in message 
news:gs06neFtsdeU6@mid.individual.net...
> 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.
>
> M0TEY // STC
> www.twitter.com/ukradioamateur

you will have to excuse posts from this man as he is insane and loves to
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Re: Ping Ian Jackson 160m Stephen Cole <usenet@stephenthomascole.com> - 2019-08-19 18:05 +0000
  Re: Ping Ian Jackson 160m "Jim GM4DHJ ..." <kinvig.netta@ntlworld.com> - 2019-08-19 19:13 +0100
    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 "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 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 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

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