Hey, I'm talking 60 miles barefoot ground-wave on Jay's antenna tonight.
That's stuff is fun.

Got some good groundwave going on! Some Tuesday nights I can hear
PA and VA. I've even talked into DE from the mobile. 2x455's talk!

Other nights, I've got buzzing and static. I've noticed that I
hear a certain atmospheric noise before the skip starts. I'm
assuming that 10 meter propagation will be very similar to what
I've experienced on 11 meters. If so, I'll be killer in 10 meter
contests. Hell, I've got 27 years to go on.

It's neat that some nights 11 meters carries real well, other nights
2 meters goes real far and I've even had both bands hot one night.
I was a DXing fool! Try to say 104 on one radio and KB3xxx on the other!

Vinnie S. wrote:
On 4 Jan 2006 17:02:07 -0800, "Programbo" wrote:

This group is better than it was 2 years ago.

Yes but is it better than it was 6 years ago?

Wasn't here.

I was running your buddy (chris) up the flagpole in a baseball group when I
wasn't in someones hair here.

Scott in Baltimore wrote:
Hey, I'm talking 60 miles barefoot ground-wave on Jay's antenna
tonight. That's stuff is fun.

Got some good groundwave going on! Some Tuesday nights I can hear
PA and VA. I've even talked into DE from the mobile. 2x455's talk!

Other nights, I've got buzzing and static. I've noticed that I
hear a certain atmospheric noise before the skip starts. I'm
assuming that 10 meter propagation will be very similar to what
I've experienced on 11 meters. If so, I'll be killer in 10 meter
contests. Hell, I've got 27 years to go on.

It's neat that some nights 11 meters carries real well, other nights
2 meters goes real far and I've even had both bands hot one night.
I was a DXing fool! Try to say 104 on one radio and KB3xxx on the other!

Yea the band is really up and down lately here too and I find ground wave
more fun than dx, so this is more fun for me than when the band is wide
open...you know what I'm talkin' bout Willis. I like the silent hiss and
trying to dig a station out of the silence, it's more a test of your gear
than bouncing.

On 05 Jan 2006 02:03:29 GMT, Steveo wrote:

Vinnie S. wrote:
On 4 Jan 2006 17:02:07 -0800, "Programbo" wrote:

This group is better than it was 2 years ago.

Yes but is it better than it was 6 years ago?

Wasn't here.

I was running your buddy (chris) up the flagpole in a baseball group when I
wasn't in someones hair here.


You guys would get along great. Same sense of humor. He also just trash talks
for fun. He doesn't get mad at all, or hold any grudges.

Vinnie S.

Vinnie S. wrote:
On 05 Jan 2006 02:03:29 GMT, Steveo wrote:

Vinnie S. wrote:
On 4 Jan 2006 17:02:07 -0800, "Programbo" wrote:

This group is better than it was 2 years ago.

Yes but is it better than it was 6 years ago?

Wasn't here.

I was running your buddy (chris) up the flagpole in a baseball group
when I wasn't in someones hair here.

You guys would get along great. Same sense of humor. He also just trash
talks for fun. He doesn't get mad at all, or hold any grudges.

Vinnie S.

You're probably right, weed' all get a bong er along. Does he play with
radios at all?

On 05 Jan 2006 02:28:39 GMT, Steveo wrote:

Vinnie S. wrote:
On 05 Jan 2006 02:03:29 GMT, Steveo wrote:

Vinnie S. wrote:
On 4 Jan 2006 17:02:07 -0800, "Programbo" wrote:

This group is better than it was 2 years ago.

Yes but is it better than it was 6 years ago?

Wasn't here.

I was running your buddy (chris) up the flagpole in a baseball group
when I wasn't in someones hair here.

You guys would get along great. Same sense of humor. He also just trash
talks for fun. He doesn't get mad at all, or hold any grudges.

Vinnie S.

You're probably right, weed' all get a bong er along. Does he play with
radios at all?


No. He consults building of cell towers. But he has been work over 60 hours per
week.

Vinnie S.

Vinnie S. wrote:
On 05 Jan 2006 02:28:39 GMT, Steveo wrote:

Vinnie S. wrote:
On 05 Jan 2006 02:03:29 GMT, Steveo wrote:

Vinnie S. wrote:
On 4 Jan 2006 17:02:07 -0800, "Programbo"
wrote:

This group is better than it was 2 years ago.

Yes but is it better than it was 6 years ago?

Wasn't here.

I was running your buddy (chris) up the flagpole in a baseball group
when I wasn't in someones hair here.

You guys would get along great. Same sense of humor. He also just
trash talks for fun. He doesn't get mad at all, or hold any grudges.

Vinnie S.

You're probably right, weed' all get a bong er along. Does he play with
radios at all?

No. He consults building of cell towers.

That could come in handy but can he stir up some bags of cement and make
shoes?

But he has been work over 60
hours per week.

Vinnie S.

I do that all growing season over here in the Buckeye...don't hear me
bitchin' till now.

On 05 Jan 2006 02:47:38 GMT, Steveo wrote:


No. He consults building of cell towers.

That could come in handy but can he stir up some bags of cement and make
shoes?

But he has been work over 60
hours per week.

Vinnie S.

I do that all growing season over here in the Buckeye...don't hear me
bitchin' till now.


He doesn't bitch. He likes it. I just don't talk to him as much as I used to.
WHen he was on the road, I talked to him all the time. The office life is
killing that.

Vinnie S.

Vinnie S. wrote:
On 05 Jan 2006 02:47:38 GMT, Steveo wrote:

No. He consults building of cell towers.

That could come in handy but can he stir up some bags of cement and make
shoes?

But he has been work over 60
hours per week.

Vinnie S.

I do that all growing season over here in the Buckeye...don't hear me
bitchin' till now.

He doesn't bitch. He likes it. I just don't talk to him as much as I used
to. WHen he was on the road, I talked to him all the time. The office
life is killing that.

Vinnie S.

Well at any rate if you trust him, I do too. All we need now is for the
Tribe to meet the Yanks in the playoffs and then I can lay it on him again!


One of these years you and I will sit down and break bread, pizano.

I still have your wedding pics, and how long have you been married now?

Hello Carl:

Is not a problem. Life is GREAT!

I am still here and what not, and doing very well.

That last tube you sent me was factory fresh, good gain and output power.

I have been working my normal job with heavy machinery and the antennas,
and working with some local miners (these guys are a riot to work with)
keeping there equipment running for them. We have a rf amp that uses a
pair of 3CX3000A7 Tubes for a Spectromoter. It analyzes metal and such.
Enough said! Yeah that ought to be fired up one day on the local channel.

Gee whiz Carl, that handle 2x4 really brings back memories, from days of
old. "Getty Up n Go" a old Country & Western Singer, use to have a
stacked set of Moonraker 4 Beam Antennas. He use to call em Two By Four
now Getty Up n Go..... Hehehehee. That was feed with a Johnson Viking
Valiant, driving a the Johnson 1 kW Amp with a pair of 4-400Z Tubes.
Getty Up n Go was located in Long Beach California, and could easily be
heard in the San Fernando Valley. After one of our Channel 15 CB Breaks,
Getty Up n Go would be all tanked up, and then sing and Yodel over his
big base station. Not a bad singer at all. Had a audio input for his
Gartar also so the audio quality was broadcast quality.

Getty Up n Go even took song requests from Truckers running down
Grapevine Hill, from Bakersfield running into the San Fernando Valley.
Man what great coverage.

Hope all is well with you Carl and your family.

Jay in the Great Mojave Desert, ....just down the road ah ways from the
fillin station.

Kreedentials;

CB radio Opereator
NRA Member
Rock n Roll Fan
Tax payer
Member, Mojave Desert Radio Association, work on TVI committee.


Carl N9EFJ wrote:
There's a post from the Professor..
How 'bout Bill E
I wonder if Jay in the Mojave still moves amongst the tumble weeds?
Jay, I'll get that tube out soon. Just been dragging around here.

The call me everything in the book
Sometimes tha call me "2x4"
Sometimes they just call me if they
need a good hand...then they
call me the Radioman......

Howdee....
Carl/N9EFJ
The2x4