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[w8op at aol.com]

I would also like to also welcome you "back home", Charlie !? I remember your call from somewhere, but just can't place it.? It'll be good to hear you on from WV.



73 & Have Fun,



Alan Carpenter W8OP (ex. wb8bmx)

Located half way between Fairmont & Grafton


-----Original Message-----
From: Charlie Young <weeksmgr at hotmail.com>
To: wvdxa at wvdxa.org
Sent: Wed, 9 Apr 2008 12:31 pm
Subject: [WVDXA] (no subject)



Hi all, thanks for the welcome.? It is great to be back in WV.? I loved Louisiana, for many reasons, but there is no place like home. 
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Pete: The last time we saw each other?was likely at Logan HS, and I weighed 170#.? Today I weigh 225/230 and have no hair on top.? 
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I like chasing countries and pileups, and occasionally participate in contests, although I am not a serious contestor or award collector?by any means.? This gets truer as I get older.? I love building and working on antennas. ?
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The last?contest I entered a serious log for was?the ARRL 10M in 1999, as CW only, high power.?By then, my antenna farm was in disrepair, and I used a single 5 ele 10M Hygain yagi at 55'.? Normally I had 2 antennas?for 20/15/10, but my?big quad at 60' succumbed to one of the numerous tropical storms?and the boom collapsed. I always wanted a big quad, and finally had one. It was on a 40' boom, had 4 ele on 20, 5 on 15 and 6 on 10.? Somewhere I have a before and after pix. The after pix is impressive. 
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This is the second quad I lost in LA.? The first was a 3 el 20/4 el 10/15?on about a 21' boom. The boom survived but the spiders broke. 
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Over the years, I compared these quads to yagis, first a 2 el?triband quad to?a TH7DX, then the larger quads to 5 ele Hygain yagis on each band. These were?all within 5' of being at the same height over flat (really flat) ground.? The only time I could ever see what was an order of magnitude difference between these quads and yagis, in A versus B switching,?was to?the?south polar region or to VP8 Falklands, etc.? For some reason, on this path, the big 4 el quad on 20M was always an?S unit louder than a 5 el yagi at?about the same height. 
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Perhaps 80 and 10M, when we have sunspots are my favorite bands.? About 90% of my work is on CW.? ?
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73, and see you in the pileups.? For now, I better renew my license before it expires in May. 
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Charlie N8RR 

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