Re: What is a covered bridge?

[Robert C.Abell]

Trevor,

A covered bridge is a wooden structure built across a river or creek
with a roof and enclosed and/or partially enclosed sides used to give
protection from the elements, usually snow or ice. These were fairly
common here in Waterloo County during the 18 hundreds, built by the
Amish and Mennonites who settled in this area and in Pennsylvania and
the Eastern States in the USA.
There are still a few left and in daily use in this Ontario County. We
live in "Mennonite" country here in Waterloo  Region where the farmers
of that sect still farm in the old ways using horses to haul their
equipment and buggies on the roads. They still stooke the grain by hand.
Their houses do not connect to the hydro (electricity) grid, although
they often generate their own electricity using gasoline or diesel
generators.

73, Bob  VE3XM
K2/100  S/N  04031
K2   S/N  02676
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[W4ABW]

Like the Bridges of Madison County movie and the book.
 
Al
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[Thom LaCosta]

This might help folks not only visualize a covered bridge, but by using
and advanced search, you can look in a specific area:

http://images.google.com/images?q=covered+bridge&hl=en&btnG=Search+Images

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[EricJ-2]

But none of them have antennas! What gives?

Eric
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Subject: [Elecraft] OT:What is a covered bridge?

This might help folks not only visualize a covered bridge, but by using and
advanced search, you can look in a specific area:

http://images.google.com/images?q=covered+bridge&hl=en&btnG=Search+Images

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[Thom LaCosta]

On Wed, 3 Aug 2005, EricJ wrote:


> But none of them have antennas! What gives?

Years ago, when I was fueled by 807s, a few of us erected a long wire
antenna that went the length of the bridge and then went off to a tree limb
above my parked car.

I had a set of Morrow Twins that had NEVER made a contact from my car...so we
tried 75 meters.....Managed to:

Drink too many more 807s,
Have a few QSOs,
Run out of gas,
Explain to the policeman that found us that stringing antennae was perfectly
normal.

Might try it again, sans the 807s and the Morrow twins.


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