OT: Mobile operation "bible"

[Alan Bloom]

Ah yes, K6HWL, "Highway Louie".  (His real name was Frank.)  He did
indeed put a brass toilet ball on the top of his 75 meter mobile antenna
after he set some overhanging tree branches on fire from the corona
discharge.  The loading coil was the size of a small trash can.

I ended up with his old Drake L4B linear after he died.  You normally
don't think to ask if a tube-type KW amplifier has been used mobile!
The amp was pretty well trashed, but I was able to get it working again.

Alan N1AL


On 04/02/2016 07:38 PM, Wes wrote:
> Jeeze, that's QRP.
>
> My Elmer was a neighbor, Lee, W7UVR.  Before SSB he ran a 4-1000A
> high-level modulated in his mobile.  I can assure you that there weren't
> any toilet tank balls on his antennas.  The need for those is IMHO, an
> old wives tale....

> On 4/2/2016 12:22 PM, Mel Farrer via Elecraft wrote:
>> Yep, and I remember HWL running the ART13 and blew the poorly mounted
>> SS tip off the whip at a convention.  That makes me older than dirt.....
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[NK6A-Don Minkoff]

Hi Eric,

My neighbor Ernie, N6HY, won the K3s at the DX convention last Sat.
I believe Doug  mentioned it came with the MH2 mic.  Was it suppose to?

I am thinking of making him an offer.

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Don Minkoff
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[Mike Dodd]

On 4/21/2016 9:38 PM, NK6A-Don Minkoff wrote:
> Hi Eric,
>
> My neighbor Ernie, N6HY, won the K3s at the DX convention last Sat.
> I believe Doug  mentioned it came with the MH2 mic.  Was it suppose to?
>
> I am thinking of making him an offer.
>
The mic is a $59.95 option.
<http://www.elecraft.com/elecraft_prod_list.htm#k3>

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73, Mike N4CF
Louisa County, VA USA
Elecraft K3s/100
Carolina Windom up 45'
http://n4cf.mdodd.com
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