tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6891312687175550342.post4024144755161773301..comments2024-03-06T12:42:44.365-08:00Comments on GM4FVM's radio world: Portable working on holiday.GM4FVMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10794029618635259984noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6891312687175550342.post-89338811208835377512015-05-18T04:57:52.602-07:002015-05-18T04:57:52.602-07:00Yes, well I was meaning to ask about the ATU - the...Yes, well I was meaning to ask about the ATU - the screw heads on the back have opened out and one of the terminals is loose. Are the repairs covered by the warranty?<br />I know the sort of situation you describe from hotel rooms I have visited. I tried making a base for verticals which might give a reasonable ground plane, but with little success. I feel that resonant antennas always seem to work better than long wires, but all those reinforcements in the concrete do not help - except when there was an earthquake. Now that was scary. 73 JimGM4FVMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10794029618635259984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6891312687175550342.post-55419669045129230762015-05-18T04:51:48.190-07:002015-05-18T04:51:48.190-07:00I knew that ATU was going to a good home Jim :)
It...I knew that ATU was going to a good home Jim :)<br />It's an intereting point that you don't have to be having direct person to person QSOs to be having fun with amateur radio.<br />I had a similar experience when I was is Nice earlier in the year with my KX3 and an end fed off centre dipole sticking out of the window of the hotel room. We were surrounded by ferro concrete and I didn't have a single QSO throughout our stay. However, I was using CW and I was picked up and reported on the Reverse Beacon Network on 3 different bands by a number of stations. That made it all worthwhile.<br />Keep up the good work<br />Richard GI4DOHAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07310520820685359894noreply@blogger.com