<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"></head><body dir="auto">Hi Chris et al,<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I 'd like to give everyone a bit of a laugh at my own expense.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I have been having trouble of late transmitting out on my 2 meter 440cm mobile Yaseau which is what I use to check into the weekly nets.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">So, yesterday I decided to stick my head out my office window and noticed the coax tore away from the ladder line of my $35 Ed Fong antenna (without the PVC) pipe.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Anyhow, being that we are supposed to be tinkerers, experimenters, curious, etc. I figured I woul ponch the "stinger" of the coax as I held it up in the air and my reception came in much better.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Here is where the fun happened --- I then had the bright idea, using myself as the antenna, to try and transmit. At the very same moment all the training and reading we have done on electro magnetic energy, on the possibility of RF/radiation burns that can occur I experienced what it must be like to put your finger on one of the glowing red strips in a household toaster!!</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Oh, yes</div><div dir="auto"> Current def runs through the coax!!!</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">My transmission ended as fast as it started!!</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Anyhow, I will yield back your time and thank you all.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Once warmer weather comes about I will be putting up my 16 foot dual band antenna. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Till then 73,</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Charlie</div><div dir="auto">W1CEP</div><div><br></div><div align="left" dir="auto" style="font-size:100%;color:#000000"><div>-------- Original message --------</div><div>From: Chris Lobdell <crlobdell1@gmail.com> </div><div>Date: 2/24/21 11:44 (GMT-05:00) </div><div>To: bars@w1hh.org </div><div>Cc: lobdell@mac.com </div><div>Subject: [bars] NET NOTES 02-24-21 </div><div><br></div></div><div style="page: WordSection1; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: ArialUnicodeMS; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;" class="WordSection1"><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; color: black; letter-spacing: 0.1pt;">Hi All!</span><span class="" style="color: black;"></span></p><div class=""><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="color: black;"> </span></p></div><div class=""><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; color: black; letter-spacing: 0.1pt;">Welcome to this week’s edition of "NET NOTES" !! </span><span class="" style="color: black;"></span></p></div><div class=""><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="color: black;"> </span></p></div><div class=""><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; color: black; letter-spacing: 0.1pt;">We will be having our BARS weekly net <a class="" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;"><span class="" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);">this evening at 8:00 PM EDT</span></a>, or <a class="" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;"><span class="" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);">01:00 UTC</span></a>.</span><span class="" style="color: black;"></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; color: black; letter-spacing: 0.1pt;"><br class=""></span></p><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; color: black; letter-spacing: 0.1pt;">Doug, KC1MJK will be doing the honors again tonight!</span></p></div><div class=""><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="color: black;"> </span></p></div><div class=""><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Lucida Grande", sans-serif; color: black; letter-spacing: 0.1pt;">Show your support!! Please join in the fun … all are most welcome.</span><span class="" style="color: black;"></span></p></div><div class=""><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="color: black;"> </span></p></div><div class=""><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; color: black; letter-spacing: 0.1pt;">Here is the W1HH repeater info:</span><span class="" style="color: black;"></span></p></div><div class=""><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; color: black; letter-spacing: 0.1pt;">147.12 MHz</span><span class="" style="color: black;"></span></p></div><div class=""><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; color: black; letter-spacing: 0.1pt;">600 kHz (normal) offset</span><span class="" style="color: black;"></span></p></div><div class=""><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; color: black; letter-spacing: 0.1pt;">Encode CTCSS 103.5 Hz</span><span class="" style="color: black;"></span></p></div><div class=""><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; color: black; letter-spacing: 0.1pt;"> </span><span class="" style="color: black;"></span></p></div><div class=""><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; color: black; letter-spacing: 0.1pt;">NOTICE!! WE NEED VOLUNTEERS TO HELP OUT BY DOING THE NET ONCE EVERY FEW WEEKS!!!!</span><span class="" style="color: black;"></span></p></div><div class=""><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; color: black; letter-spacing: 0.1pt;"> </span><span class="" style="color: black;"></span></p></div><div class=""><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; color: black; letter-spacing: 0.1pt;">Please email me at <a class="" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" href="mailto:crlobdell1@gmail.com"><span class="" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);">crlobdell1@gmail.com</span></a> if you are interested! It's easy,really.</span><span class="" style="color: black;"></span></p></div><div class=""><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; color: black; letter-spacing: 0.1pt;"> </span><span class="" style="color: black;"></span></p></div><div class=""><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; color: black; letter-spacing: 0.1pt;">Be sure to check out our club page at <a class="" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" href="http://w1hh.org/"><span class="" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114);">w1hh.org</span></a> for club news and information.</span><span class="" style="color: black;"></span></p></div><div class=""><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; color: black; letter-spacing: 0.1pt;"> </span><span class="" style="color: black;"></span></p></div><div class=""><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; color: black; letter-spacing: 0.1pt;">See you<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span class="" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; color: rgb(149, 79, 114); letter-spacing: 0.1pt;">tonight </span><span class="" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; color: black; letter-spacing: 0.1pt;">on the Billerica repeater.</span><span class="" style="color: black;"></span></p></div><div class=""><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; color: black; letter-spacing: 0.1pt;"> </span><span class="" style="color: black;"></span></p></div><div class=""><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; color: black; letter-spacing: 0.1pt;">73,</span><span class="" style="color: black;"></span></p></div><div class=""><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="color: black;"> </span></p></div><div class=""><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; color: black; letter-spacing: 0.1pt;"> </span><span class="" style="color: black;"></span></p></div><div class=""><p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span class="" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; color: black; letter-spacing: 0.1pt;">Chris KC1IUK</span></p></div></div></body></html>