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Old 08-09-2017, 08:10 PM   #7
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Originally Posted by Buehler445 View Post
Grandpa was one. He had a lot of good friendships over the HAM.

I don't know what the equipment is like these days, but his had a giant apparatus on his roof. I always had to climb up there and monkey with it if there was monkeying to do.
The radios themselves have changed. All digital, smaller, but still expensive. Antennas are still big, unless you just use a long wire like I always did (antennas can't' help it, they are limited by the laws of physics concerning radio waves and radio wave propagation).
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