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Perhaps you've seen this, but if not here ya go... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0oH2oXJ3Bg&feature=player_embedded

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Here is a basic electricity video that might be beneficial about grounding and GFI... YouTube - Electrical Grounding and GFCI Protection

According to Whois Lookup - Domain Names Search, Registration, & Availability | Whois.net, the URL is registered to QTH.com since August 30 of 2007 and expires in Aug of 2011. The tech contact for the site is a guy named Smith with a contact phone number listed on the URL registration. Google...

Congratulations! Now begins the seemingly endless wait for the FCC to post your callsign. I followed the advice of W5LZ and agree... get the Extra!

Congratulations! Now begins the seemingly endless wait for the FCC to post your callsign. I followed the advice of W5LZ and agree... get the Extra! Brian - ACØUS

The 5 acre farmstead we bought has an old grain bin that I just traded for a self standing 40' tower... and the guy even has offered to help me set it up in a concrete base. Think it's a good trade?

75 Meters As mentioned above, 75 is located on the upper end of what is typically refered to as 80 meters. 75 is defined as 3750 - 4000 kHz. General, advanced, and extra class licenses have access to some or all of the 75 meter band, depending on license class. Brian - ACØUS Southwest Nebraska

Captain Kilowatt... that Heathkit stuff in your shack is what caught my eye to start with. Actually, my memory of that gear goes back to the 60's, a ham named Billy Fries, my novice test back then, and his famous dad. Now I've slept since then so I may be wrong, but I think Bill had a DX-60...

74IN -An old antenna tuner and a Kenwood TS-820 S with the external VFO. I'm gonna throw up a dipole in the trees for starters... I've got a lot of room for antennas here on the farm(stead) going forward... I've got a lot to learn from a practical perspective I know.

I'm on cloud 9... I passed elements 2, 3, AND 4 tonight! What that has to do with the title of this post is that I was so determined to pass that I bought some equipment just "knowing" I was going to pass. Oh sure, I didn't spend very much on the 20+ year old HF stuff that should be...

Thanks! Exactly what I was looking for!

Anybody have a manual or know of an online source? I've Googled, Yahooed!, and Binged and can't find anything. Can you help?

N0NB - I'm located out in the country near Cambridge, NE. It's about 25 miles east of McCook, or going the other way about 55 miles from Holdredge. Marysville would be marginally closer than Lincoln, but I can multitask the trip and visit some folks I know in Omaha and Lincoln. Actually...