Thread: Hams, what's your station like?

IF ya want to go BIG time. I saw an old Johnson Kilowatt Desk for sale on the bay a while back. I imagine it would heat a decent sized room very nicely.

I used to have a pair of Drake's and a Heathkit SB-200 that I ran (very illegally) on 11 meters "back in the day."

Got an old Allied DX-160 that I listen to foreign broadcast on every now and then nowadays.

I no longer have the urge to acquire radio stuff.

Swan 350, Amp Supply LK-500Z, 40 meter inverted V, and a Mosley tribander

Rob
AB9VN

Smartphone with a morse code trainer app...


Mick

Sigh, I need to test the heck out of my quad band mobile antenna.

Saturday the dealer put my car on a lift and jammed the antenna into the ceiling. Bent the hell out of it.

I wondered why they weren't charging me for the oil change. I knew immediately when I walked out to the car and saw the bent mast.

I don't think the cost of oil is a fair replacement for a bent aerial mate. Don't they know how much those things cost. I would be making them replace the damn thing as well.


Mick

I wish I could add something to this thread, but as I don't have a radio licence, I am just a lowly UHF user. One day I plan on studying for my licence. I would still have to save up the cost of a set though, and they ain't cheap.


Mick

Originally Posted by MickR

I don't think the cost of oil is a fair replacement for a bent aerial mate. Don't they know how much those things cost. I would be making them replace the damn thing as well.


Mick

It straightened out just fine and I am testing it. If I find the slightest problem with it, they will be buying me a new one.