Defination of an optimist…
“An Amateur Radio Operator trying to test out his 2m loop antenna and a 6m dipole when there is no band openings and a couple of days before the contest starts…”
Well that was me yesterday… The SWR on the antennas was fine… According to the radio there was no fold back on the power output and the radios were drawing the right amount of power on transmit…
However no one would admit to hearing my signals… so to be honest I am hoping everything is working fine… Putting a small antenna on my FT817 and using it as a monitor lets me know that the audio levels are fine but its hard to figure out signal strength when the radios are only seperated by about 40 feet or so…
(Warning… Non-Radio Content follows…)
That however was about as far as I got on the radio side of things as we left home around 5pm and headed off downtown for Trisha’s Birthday Dinner…
The company was excellent with a good mix of family and friends (ours and Trishas) and the food was great. Its very unusual for me to actually recommend an eating establishment but I must honestly say that the food was excellent and well priced for what we had.
Tuckers in the Byward Market in Ottawa has Roast Beef on their Buffet Table to die for…
On the way home we even had a free show from a very talented Street Busker while we were walking from the restaurant back to our bus stop…
By the time we got back home and I got back into the shack the 3730 group was just winding down and so the rest of the evening was spent in a “non amateur mode” but it was a great way to spend the rest of the day…
Hopefully today there could be more radio activities in the forcast.
73bob
Tags: amateur radio, Amateur Radio Antennas, Non Amateur Post, Non Radio Related Topic
