Hi Cathy,
Thanks for the notice about the CW practice net.
I think I will "listen only" at least the first week or perhaps two.
The only antenna I have up right now is a 160m dipole. I just tried to
load it in several places in the 80m band and I can't get better than
6:1 with a tuner anywhere. It seems to work tolerably on 40m, 20m, 15m,
and 10m (not 1:1 but usable), but nothing doing on 80.
We have our annual Green Mountain Chorus concert this week and I will be
traveling up to Winooski or Essex Jct several times this week (tomorrow,
and Tues, and Friday, and Saturday). Who would have thought singing
would have such a big carbon footprint.
There is little chance that I will hang up an 80m dipole tomorrow (but I
should be home by 7:00 or soon after to listen, if I can find the
group). The GMC tech crew is meeting at EJHS at 2:00 (for an hour or two
- if one believes that). I know I have several multiband antennas and I
think at least one 80m 1/2wave wire cut with coax attached. But they
are out in the barn somewhere, and I will need to figure out where to
hang one.
Ed, n1fmp