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: <[email protected]>
RW> Greetings Ed!
Howdy! Roy,
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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

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