Hello Gary,

I guess the best components store around here would be Shields. I'm pretty
sure they have a web site. I usually order whatever I need from Mouser.

Kingston is about 20 miles west of Knoxville on I-40. Welcome to East TN,
congrats on the acquisition, and I hope you have a high tolerance for orange.
The locals get a little carried away with that around this time of year. I
am originally from this area, but I have spent a lot of time living elsewhere.
I guess I liked Memphis and KY best.

The Sevierville hamfest used to be (and may still be) one of the first ones of
the year, and it was a pretty good one. Oak Ridge or Clinton also has a nice
one. I believe Knoxville has a couple each year. I try to go to them when I
am not working, but I work a really strange schedule. I imagine e-Bay has had
a major impact on the hamfest business. I have been looking there for 222 MHz
equipment with the idea of getting into meteor scatter on that band. I
started out with an old TS-711 and an eleven element beam my dad got from Army
Mars years ago and discovered high speed CW and meteor scatter, and things
sort of grew from there. I now run a TS-2000X and deliver 1.5KW to four 9
element elevating yagis on 2 meters. I picked up my current callsign when I
decided to get into EME since WB4KMH would be a bit much to use in such a
difficult undertaking.

I hope you enjoy your time here in East TN. The weather usually isn't too
harsh, and the mountains are very colorful in the fall. Hope we hear you on
the air soon.

73, Phil - N1KI



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