KH6JRM's Amateur Radio Blog
Somehow I survived the Thanksgiving holiday. I didn't eat too much at the neighborhood gathering and managed to squeeze in a few hours of cw to round out Thursday. Presently, I'm holding down the fort at the KKBG-FM/ KHLO-AM news room. Other than the usual meter readings and daily forms to complete, this appears to be a fairly quiet day. Following the news shift, I'll head home for some antenna maintenance work. Although the back- yard 40-meter vertical is working fine, I'm thinking of con- verting the old MFJ fiberglass mast into an inverted vee or a delta loop. Both antennas have served me well in the past. I have just enough room to squeeze in a 40-10 meter vee (33' on each side). With 55' of twin lead, the spare 4:1 balun, and the trusty Drake MN-4 ATU, I'll be ready in no time. I've also fed this arrangement with coax, which largely restricts the vee to 40 and 15 meters. Purists will shake their heads at this rough and tumbl