Subj : I finally got my license
To   : DaiTengu
From : Daryl Stout
Date : Wed Oct 21 2020 07:53:00

 DS> On another sad note, I just found out that one of the most active
 DS> posters in BBS networks, Nancy Backus, lost her battle with stomach
 DS> cancer this morning. She will be sorely missed. :'(

 Da>  Oh No! I'll miss Nancy :(

  You and everyone else. My favorite memory of her was when I posted
a message with the QWK Tagline "I took an IQ Test, and the results
were negative". She replied "That explains a lot <g,d,r>". <G>

  She said a few days later "You know I was saying that in jest", and
I said "I got a good laugh out of it". :)

 Da>  I'm in a pretty suburban area, but I do have a yard big enough that I
 Da> could put a tower up if I had the money (and the desire).  I don't
 Da> think the neighbors would be too thrilled, though.  So right now I'm
 Da> just using an end-fed halfwave.

  I've got too many trees and ivy around. One of the trees is dead, and
the ivy (it grows like kudzu) has spread around the yard. Critters like
snakes and rats can hide in there. So, my new yard man is going to remove
the dead tree, and put "killer" on the ivy.

 Da> As an update with my EFHW battles, I had a pretty bad wind storm last
 Da> week, and it not only appears to have stretched my antenna out, but it
 Da> snapped about 5 feet off the end of it. I pulled one side down and
 Da> repaired it, but now it sags like crazy. I need to re-measure the whole
 Da> blasted thing, and probably put some bungee ropes up to releive tension
 Da> when it gets windy.  I'm terrified with the winter.

  We haven't had much of a winter in Arkansas the last several years.
I'm afraid we're long overdue for a snow or ice storm. In past La Nina
years (as it is now), we've ranged from calm weather, to tornadoes, to
snow and ice storms. Back to back ice storms in 2000, put portions of
north Arkansas in the dark for nearly 2 months.

 Da> I also seem to be getting water in my coax, which I assume is due my
 Da> connectors being cheap, so I spent the money and ordered a 75' long
 Da> piece of LMR-400. That should be here tomorrow.  I just hope I don't
 Da> have to buy a new antenna wire, that will set me back another $80.

  The bills never end. :P

 Da>  My office/shack is a disaster. I don't even know where to start
 Da> cleaning it.

  If it's the thought that counts, then our places should be
immaculately clean. But, it's more like:

1) The house was clean last week. Sorry you missed it!!
2) My house is clean enough to be healthy, and dirty enough 
to be happy. 

Daryl

.... I'm not a lunatic. I just found this straightjacket.
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