Subj : Re: LPDA antenna To : Roy Witt From : Ed Vance Date : Tue Jun 24 2014 10:03 pm 06-23-14 12:27 Roy Witt wrote to Ed Vance about LPDA antenna RW> @MSGID: <53A95582.621.amtradio@capcity2.synchro.net> RW> Greetings Ed! Howdy! Roy, -snip- RW> Hmmmm. The only hard cover AR book that I have is a ARRL RW> published 'Yagi Antenna Design' by Dr James Lawson, W2PV, RW> c1986. Dunno why it is in my library, as it was seldom used RW> because of computer software that did what I probably bought RW> the book for. The book I mentioned seeing wasn't just for "Amateur" Radio. -snip- EV> Rumford Press printed the 1957 and 1960 A.R.R.L RAHB I have. EV> The RAHB's I've got since 1964 don't show who published it for them. RW> The above mentioned book was publication #72 in the AR's RW> library. You can probably find it on their website. I don't need another copy. -snip- EV>> I never used the CW License, but I once was a Radio Dispatcher for EV>> the local government 'City Radio' station and showed my Third Class EV>> RadioTelephone License to the boss when he asked me to fill out a EV>> Form to get a Restricted RadioTelephone Permit, to show him I didn't EV>> need a 'Permit' because the 'License' I already owned gave me all EV>> the permission needed to be a Radio Dispatcher for the City. RW>> You were right to do so. When/if the FCC were to inspect your RW>> station, they wern't going to be looking for a city permit... EV> The City doesn't issue Restricted RadioTelephone Permits, the FCC EV> does. RW> I know. And note the word, if...the FCC will pay you a visit if RW> they think it has reason to do so. Monty Sisco, WB6UKD had that RW> same license, had a repair shop where he refurbished older RW> Motorola business radio and serviced customers who rented space RW> on his BR repeaters on Mt San Miguel. RW> He did this out of his garage at home and got a FCC visit and RW> was asked to open the repeater building on the mountain for RW> inspection. Dunno why. Read below EV> As far as them inspecting the Station, the City had a contract with a EV> 2-Way Radio service company for Maintenance and Service of the Base EV> and Mobile units. If there were any problems with the station, we EV> would call the Company who had the maintenance contract any time Day EV> or Night, and they would send a Licensed Technician to fix things. EV> -snip- RW> So you really didn't need to have that license to work there? RW> The HAM echo co-mod has that same license and works in a Rhode RW> Island radio or TV station. License required in his case. WB6UKD had Amateur and Commercial gear in that Repeater Building. The FCC had a reason or they wouldn't want to visit where the Gear was. -snip- EV> Yep!, He sure did, and I did re-new those licenses when it came time EV> to re-new them, but I forgot to do so when those licenses were due to EV> expire. RW> Shame, shame... Yep!, I don't have that License to brag about any more. NNNN .... Problem with troubleshooting is that trouble shoots back. --- MultiMail/MS-DOS v0.49 --- SBBSecho 2.12-Linux * Origin: telnet & http://cco.ath.cx - Dial-Up: 502-875-8938 (1:2320/105.1) .