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Offline pkveazey

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New antenna
« on: January 25, 2020, 10:37:29 PM »
A Ham friend gave me his ICOM IC R7000 receiver because he had replaced it with a more expensive one. Say what? An IC R7000 originally cost $900 and the remote control cost another $100. I don't know what ICOM he replaced it with but it must have been a real doozy. The IC R7000 covers 25 Mhz through about 1.2 GHz. I put up a new antenna today that will cover 25 Mhz and up. All was going well until I started running some RG8 up through the ceiling and across the ceiling rafters and out of the eave. Wham!!! I slipped in the attic and scrapped the crap out of my shin(about 6 inches long and 3/4" wide). Nope... That didn't stop me. I was on a mission. I hooked everything up and it worked fine. Hey!!! Why does my shin sting? Oh, I forgot, I ran to the bathroom and loaded the abrasion up with antiseptic. Hmmmmmm…… I wasn't expecting it to sting that much, but it did. I can now listen to AM, FM, FM narrow, and SSB. In SSB mode I can copy CW. It has a switch on the back that lets you choose Upper SB or Lower SB. I set it for upper SB. I actually heard a WA4 station on 6 meters doing CW.

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Re: New antenna
« Reply #1 on: January 26, 2020, 10:48:55 AM »
Look at your shin.  If you are not still bleeding or gonna die, just rub dirt on it and you will be fine.

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Re: New antenna
« Reply #2 on: January 26, 2020, 12:08:33 PM »
@PKV  :thumbsUp:

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Re: New antenna
« Reply #3 on: January 26, 2020, 08:30:11 PM »
Hey, when I was a kid thats how things were done.  I got hurt and went crying/hollering for an adult I was asked 2 questions. 

Are you bleeding?
If I answered yes, I was told-- come here and show me.

If I answered no, I was asked--  Are you going to die.

If yes, come here and let me see it.

If no-- rub dirt on it and you will be fine.

DEAD SERIOUS on that being how I was raised as a kid.  I try to do that with the kids I am around on occasion.  Make em tough. 

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Re: New antenna
« Reply #4 on: January 28, 2020, 10:18:32 AM »
AWESOME PK.

Nemo, ?????  :gunner:
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Re: New antenna
« Reply #5 on: January 28, 2020, 02:57:42 PM »
Yep, thats how I was treated as a kid.  Made me grow up tough.

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Re: New antenna
« Reply #6 on: January 28, 2020, 06:49:38 PM »
Nemo, love ya' brother.  :cheers:
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