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I have a HF Vertical for you guys, for Free !!
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by K6REA on March 26, 2009
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hello all you youths..,
I have a Hustler 5BTV HF vertical antenna, 10-80 meters that I am no longer using.., and you can have it for free if you come to my house to get it.
It is already down and taken apart.
I live in Littlerock, Calif., about 70 miles North East of Los Angeles.
Kevin Rea
K6REA
ksrea@antelecom.net
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RE: I have a HF Vertical for you guys, for Free !!
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by WA2JJH on April 7, 2009
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That is very nice indeed. In the past such kindness was very commen in Hamradio.
Whern I was 15 years old, I was given an EICO-753. I just got my novice ticket. I was saving my pennys for the new TS-520 from Kenwood.
The dude that gave me the rig was just a good OM.
He was in the same Novice prep class. He had full time job and was having much trou le with the required CW.
He was a TV ENG cameraman.He had very tough and strange hours.
He said I inspired him by my young spirit. He said......Perhaps I will get my ticket when I have the time.
The EICO turned out to be a gift in many ways. He told me he built it. It did more smoking than working.
I had just past. my General Exam. I had a real incentive to get the rig to work.
Back then, the General Exam had much hard core electronics on it.
If you could pass the General, many passed the advanced not far after.
Many found the FCC 2nd class commercial phone easy, by the time they got their advanced.
I had the rig working in a few hours. I did a SHOTGUN approach. I just replaced every filter cap and diode rectifier.
The real GIFT....... Actually hearing hams on 20M SSB. All my rigs before then were cheap radio's that were PRE-BOOM BOX ERA garbage.
AM.FM SW-1, SW-2 ect. They never had a front end selective enough to pick out a 2.4khz wide SSB signal.
I was on the air and did not look back. I did save my money and got the TS-520S.
I simply felt a new ham should get the same gift I did. Something major to get on the air with.
Today, 10M-80M CW/SSB rigs can be had for under $200. NOBODY GIVES AWAY ANTENNA'S!!!!!!!!! 5 band verticals are running for $200-$300 today. The quality of todays verticals are not their either.
The old verticals work as good or better than the new ones!!
I am sure the newbie will always remember your fantastic act of timely kindness!
It was commen back say 30-40 years ago. Many times that antenna will get top dollar on ebay instead!!!!!!
73 DE MIKE WA2JJH
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RE: I have a HF Vertical for you guys, for Free !!
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by K6REA on April 8, 2009
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yes I know.. when i was about 13, the man who handled the recordings for Bob Hope when he was on tour.., lived a few blocks from us. He gave my brother and I a free 5 element Gismotchy antenna. now the antenna was for 11 meters, but we cut it down for 10 meters.
So, there we were, taking it down from his roof, a 15 and a 13 year old, on a 30' mast, and then carrying it home on our bicycles. The 2 of us each held it with one arm and drove our bicycles with the other.. and as we went along..., the antenna bouncing every once in awhile.., when it would bounce,, and element (aluminum) would break off. So, we would stop, pick up the element, get back on our bikes, and away we went. We got it home., it still had some elements attached, be we figured out how to reattach them using steel tubing over the break areas.
Cut that thing to size and had it up on our own 30' mast on top of our fancy 2 story house.
I have had dozens of antennas given to me over the years., most when i was under the age of 17.
so, i try and give them to youth when i have the chance.
Kevin
K6REA
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