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<font face="Comic Sans MS">I missed FD last year, just mixed up
the weekend. I'm kind of looking forward to it, real radio stuff
for a change. <br>
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I mounted my screwdriver antenna on my truck today</font>. I
first mounted it on the truck about 10 years ago so the work goes
very quickly. I've not decided if I will have 6 meter this year. I
use a half wave whip for 6 and if I find the mount it is a bolt on
mount with matching network built on. Sometimes I also have a 3/8 "
mount for playing around, but with all the rain expected Saturday it
might not be any fun tuning 20 & 15 meter whips. I'll use a mag
mount dual band antenna for 2 and .70 meters, you don't get many
contacts, but since I use an Icom 706 it isn't much trouble and I
think it important to at least try. <br>
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This year I'll drag one of my Chinese 2.4 GHz quad copters
along. I'm curious how they will behave around a lot of RF. WWI
set up near by, they run a few stations and have some beams, should
be interesting. I'll try and get some aerial videos, which is I
guess a pun?<br>
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