Wow JJ, glad you can keep all your digits. My neighbor was not so lucky. Lost two fingers on a table saw...
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11 meter is very quiet?
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You must have some guardian angels there JJ!! Many years ago a friend lost all four fingers on his left hand in a very very similar situation. Only difference was he was using a bandsaw not a table saw when the power surge happened.
Thank goodness you only needed a few stitches!
I've been in the maintenance field my whole life and seen a lot of nasty things happen to myself and other guys in the blink of a eye. That's why I laugh when women say they wish they were a guy.I think to myself ( Be careful what you wish for ) Hope you heal well and fast !
Doc said I was lucky it just missed the bone. No tendon or ligament damage. He said i might not ever have any feeling in the tip of my thumb. He said about a month to heal.
J.J.
J.J.
That could have ended a lot worse JJ. I'm glad you didn't lose any digits!!
I was on from 5:30 to 7:00 and had the best conditions I've had in a while. One of my first contacts was @UDX-483 here on the forum. He was booming in, easily making it over the pile. It finally started fading around 7:00. Then I started moving through the frequencies and stopped on 27.515 and listened to several stations in Jamaica playing a game regarding Jamaican history.
"What genre of music was created in Jamaica?"
I had such a hard time not jumping in and answering some of these!!
"What genre of music was created in Jamaica?"
I had such a hard time not jumping in and answering some of these!!
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I just got back from the hospital myself. The VA sent me for a Xray and ultra sound of my R/H leg to make sure I didn't have a blood clot in it because my cafe is swollen from a fall on the ice about 2 weeks ago. ( just inflammation from water on the knee ) so I guess we will be healing together. LOL Another excuse to spend more time on the radio ! LOL
your lucky. damm had to hurt. glad just a cut not a digit
The band is wide open here and above 35 lsb there's plenty to work with. I'll be on and off throughout the day so maybe we can have a dx run in.
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Planning on being on the air on Sunday around 1pm for the WWDX 35 USB Net,I'll also be on 37 LSB throughout the day off and on, hopefully conditions will cooperate for good DX contacts,etc.........
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DX was great today in west Texas. I was busy with other stuff but every time I walked by the radio room it was booming. So I would stop every so often and join in. My furthest contact was Belfast Northern Ireland and closest was Houston Tx.
Did you have time to get you some DX today?
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Just got home from having Lunch with my kid's and Dad,fired up the Ranger and gave a shout-out on 35 USB, and noticed that there's a lot of Static and qrm hitting my receive between 5-7 at the moment,off to take a short nap,I'll be back on around 2......….
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no radioing,was not doin great ended in hospital. home now on the mend
my voice was hoarce ,i just listened but in afternoon i was drowsy but swore i heard unit 399 jj. heard some guy say was that columbia sa? JJ i dont know if it was you but radio was parked on like 37 lsb.
no radioing today unless we get change as weather calls for thunderstorms
no radioing today unless we get change as weather calls for thunderstorms
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@ Geoexplorer69:Coax question. I just put up a new Sirio monsoon base antenna with 100’ of rg8u coax testing with myMFJ antenna analyzer shows 1.4 swr at 26.965mhz and a 1.1 at 27.405 mhz . When I checked the ohms it’s steady a 30 ohms across the entire bandwidth.
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