One happy campa' here today; Being born again into this hobby I never really set up my shack beyond a couple of handhelds and rubber duckie antennas. Well, what a fool I've been!!!! I just put up a 16 solid element disc cone (1-877-transel for $27.00, R shack wanted $74.00) on a 5 foot tripod and a 21 foot mast approximately 30 feet from the ground for a grand total of 54.5 feet in the air. I hooked it up to my new AOR 8200 Mk3 and what did I hear in the first two minutes????? A nice lady ordering a happy meal 3 miles away!!!!!! (457.5125) OOOHHHHHHHHH BOY THIS IS GONNA BE GREAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I just ordered some more of antennas...........
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