Subj : Re: Radio Check
To   : echicken
From : Bob Worm
Date : Sat Sep 28 2024 09:02 am

  Re: Re: Radio Check
  By: echicken to poindexter FORTRAN on Fri Sep 27 2024 23:46:50

Hi, echicken.

 > I believe it was with this antenna that a member of my club worked Great
 > Britain from Ohio one year, on sideband, with some difficulty. It wasn't
 > until after the contact was over that he realized he'd been talking into the
 > back of the mic.

That's a classic - spend a fortune on kit, hours of setup, months or years of 
polishing your on-air skills... then the time it matters most accidentally talk 
into the back of the mic :)

BTW thanks for Bubble Boggle - it is one of my few reliable daily rays of 
sunshine!

BobW
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