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She says she wants to use ZERO 413. Don't know why,but it's what she wants. I don't mind sharing. It will help her with her English and me with my Espanol .(y) - J.J.

I'll be on late morning and most of the rest of the day. 37LSB. If tomorrow is anything like today, all the channels will be on fire. I was on 37LSB from 5-7:30 pm and then shut down for another of our nighttime thunderstorms. But in that two and a half hours, I bagged 27 contacts. Ontario, New...

Sorry to hear that, Chris. May they rest in peace. - J.J.

Yeah, Jeff. 44 and I had a nice long QSO. The band was really hopping on my end today and I had a lot of contacts. It's tough hearing long distance stations like yours because I'm bombarded with stations from the southeast corner. Let me know when you're gonna be on the air (if you can), and we...

Damn BC. I'm always a day late and a dollar short. Northern Cal was Strong, and I probably could have hooked up with you, but I shut down at 6 pm just before you tried. If you are out there tomorrow, I'll keep my antenna pointed toward BC. It would be so good to connect with you. J.J. 399

I watched the video and I have to say that I agree with him 100%. Propagation in the Southern Hemisphere has been awesome. I really hope that his prediction about mind-blowing DX in the northern hemisphere come this fall and winter is spot-on. My location is more Northern Hemisphere than...

I QSO'd with 214 earlier. Then I heard you and 214 talking and waited 'til you were through to call you. Good to talk to you again. Signal was up and down, but mostly up. I switched to the other mike, and people say they like the sound. So, I think I'll stick with it. "King of the Airwaves" - -...

Good DX into Colombia today. Caught up with WDX226 ROD (Brother Dxer) for a short QSO before Mother Nature interviened. Three other TX stations. 359 Corpus Christi, 132 Dallas, and 108 Mark TX. Talked to a couple of Florida stations, and one from the Carolinas. Then all channels went totally...

It's 2:30 in the PM and I'm getting to fire up the base. Channel 37 LSB Listen for me . - J.J. 399

Greg T's post brought back a memory. After 6 years in Vietnam, I was activated for 3 months to serve as an evaluator for the Michigan, Illinois, and Indiana National guard at their summer training camps at Camp Grayling Michigan. Camp Grayling is in the Michigan UP. June thru August 1973...

I stand corrected. I assumed that because a larger diameter antenna would capture more received RF, that, conversely, it would radiate more power too. Sometimes reality trumps logical assumption. My bad. - J.J. 399

Hey Bro - I've read all the posts in this thread, and there's a wealth of info here. . . from many well-informed members. There are so many good antennas available today at reasonable prices. The choice is up to you. Personally, I like BJR's homemade verticals. Especially the one with the 1/2"...

We were living in Laguna Beach California when the 1994 Northridge quake hit. A mag 6.7 shaker on Jan 17th. Epicenter about 70 miles from us. We had our own homemade earthquake detector in our bedroom. A small pendant on a chain hung over the mirror on our dresser. At about 4 in the morning , I...

Just saw this thread today. Thank God you're still good to go, only a little slower. Glad you're getting better. Hang in there, Steve. 73s J.J.

MY feelings EXACTLY !! For several months this past year, some degenerate A-hole played hip-hop music (??) on multiple channels between 35-39 lsb. He gone now, and I hope someone found him and beat him to a pulp. I know what would happen to someone like him if he was in Colombia. They'd find...

The TS "Skeleton" did not have a pc board. It was inexpensive at the time, and actually worked very well as a driver amp. It was a total bitch to trouble shoot, and replacing parts was an even bigger PITA. The big problem with them was that the long lead wires from the input and output...

Reading this made me realize that we don't have seasons here. No fall, no winter, no summer. Just springtime year 'round. Made me kinda miss the changes... but only for a second or two. - J. J. 399

Didn't get a chance toDX until mid afternoon. Dead silence. Called CQ-Dx and 1800 Oklahoma answered. Only 3-5 on the meter, but signal was loud. Talked about 15 minutes or so. Temp in OK 105 F. Hell on earth. After we signed off I heard him talking to a local in OK. I was about to jump in on...

I run my mike gain wide open 100%. My 139 has a built-in speech clipper that holds my audio output at the best fixed level no matter how much audio I jam into it. - J.J. 399

THANK YOU to everyone who posted replies to my question. An awful lot of info to digest and research. Most everyone knows that when it comes to radio equipment, I’m an old school guy. I like the older equipment because there is plenty of space inside for modifications, it’s easy to work on, and...