Hello everyone.... It's been a while since the old page has been updated. Thought I would make a few changes and see if any of you fine folks would come back and visit with me again. Happy DX'ing to all of you....73 de Willis (AD4DX)

Sit awhile . . . Have some coffee . . . .

 

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There is nothing magic... about a resonant antenna, other than the fact that it's impedance is purely resistive. This makes it a good match for coaxial cable and with a resistance suited for a modern transmitter. But thats it. There is no other magic to a resonant antenna. Just use your antenna tuner with your antenna on any frequency of your choice. You'll get out just fine!

Now A Word About Ol' Morse.... Morse lives on. Hams are keeping it alive for the sheer joy of the art. The owners of many a cargo ship still find it cheaper to pay a Morse operator than install expensive and quirky satellite gear. The robust clarity of Morse has found it a spot in some surprisingly high-tech applications, such as moonbounce, for instance, in which experimenters bounce very-high-frequency signals off the moon. And it’s not widely known, but tucked discreetly into the shining digital control panels of the ultra-high-frequency radio used aboard U.S. space shuttles is a tiny, collapsible telegraph key,  just in case.....