Contest QTH

[Julius Fazekas n2wn]

Hi David,

I married into the contest QTH ;o) It puts a little
strain on the finances, but what ham would turn down a
couple acres in the country for antennas??

I'm so bloody fortunate, she even helps with the
antennas and radials!

Cheers,

Julius
n2wn
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[Jozef Hand-Boniakowski]

Lucky man.  Me too!  We live on 16 acres in the hills of rural Vermont
(past 22 years).  There is an antenna farm including tower and
tribander.  Wife, JeanneE, helped me put in 40 radials for the 40 meter
1/4 wave vertical.  The longest is 250 feet!  Some at 128 feet, etc.  
She even suggested that the new electric dog fence which is a 975 loop
one inch under the grass and under the inverted-L be flipped with a
switch from loop antenna to shorted )disconnected from the fence TX) and
grounded counterpoise.  Ah, and then there is the great callsign she
has.  JeanneE is KA1PMS.  And the kids are Guinnevere KA1ZWK, and Dylan
N1UKP.  The club call is W1PAZ.  With the new (Feb 2007) very easy no-CW
ham U.S. exams  the two dogs are considering getting their ham tickets.

Jozef WB2MIC


J F wrote:

> Hi David,
>
> I married into the contest QTH ;o) It puts a little
> strain on the finances, but what ham would turn down a
> couple acres in the country for antennas??
>
> I'm so bloody fortunate, she even helps with the
> antennas and radials!
>
> Cheers,
>
> Julius
> n2wn
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[Julius Fazekas n2wn]

Dang Jozef!!

Could it be our Eastern European Ancestry providing
such wonderful luck?? ;o) JeanneE does have a loverly
call. I'm trying to talk Rita into getting her
license, no luck yet...

We shoulda looked you up when we were there in July!

Next time we head up that way it'd be nice to have an
eyeball Q. I know we've worked plenty of times, will
have to check the other calls.

What do you have for 160?? Our longest radials are
about 120', most are 70' or less, but have a lot of
'em. They don't stay in the clay as well as sod
unfortunately.

Not sure if our sheltie is inclined to study for an
exam hihi

72,
Julius
n2wn

--- Jozef Hand-Boniakowski <[hidden email]>
wrote:

> Lucky man.  Me too!  We live on 16 acres in the
> hills of rural Vermont
> (past 22 years).  There is an antenna farm including
> tower and
> tribander.  Wife, JeanneE, helped me put in 40
> radials for the 40 meter
> 1/4 wave vertical.  The longest is 250 feet!  Some
> at 128 feet, etc.  
> She even suggested that the new electric dog fence
> which is a 975 loop
> one inch under the grass and under the inverted-L be
> flipped with a
> switch from loop antenna to shorted )disconnected
> from the fence TX) and
> grounded counterpoise.  Ah, and then there is the
> great callsign she
> has.  JeanneE is KA1PMS.  And the kids are
> Guinnevere KA1ZWK, and Dylan
> N1UKP.  The club call is W1PAZ.  With the new (Feb
> 2007) very easy no-CW
> ham U.S. exams  the two dogs are considering getting
> their ham tickets.
>
> Jozef WB2MIC
>
>
> J F wrote:
> > Hi David,
> >
> > I married into the contest QTH ;o) It puts a
> little
> > strain on the finances, but what ham would turn
> down a
> > couple acres in the country for antennas??
> >
> > I'm so bloody fortunate, she even helps with the
> > antennas and radials!
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Julius
> > n2wn
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[Jim Brown-10]

On Fri, 31 Aug 2007 09:44:12 -0400, Jozef Hand-Boniakowski wrote:

>Lucky man. Me too!  We live on 16 acres in the hills of rural Vermont

I got lucky too!  After 42 years in Chicago apartments and city lots,
my XYL and I found a lovely place in the Santa Cruz Mountains with 8.5
acres of redwoods, lots of peace and quiet, and the support for both of
our hobbies. In Chicago I had a short 80/40 dipole, a 20/15/10 fan,
both up about 30 ft, and a noise level that rarely dipped below S8.  
Here I've got 160/80/40 dipoles at 120 ft, 20/15/10 fans at 100 ft, an
80/160 vertical with 40 radials, two reversible Beverages, and a noise
level that rarely hits S3.

73,

Jim Brown K9YC


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