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Have your wife make a lace dust cover and put training wheels on the back of your little "light in the loafers" solid state "Girley" amplifier. I want something that glows in the dark. Click on the above Eimac tubes. Beautiful!
^The above^ software is used to screen stations checking in on top band with 100 watts into a G5RV or using a MFJ tuner and a 80 meter coax fed inverted V on a city lot. QRP SUCKS - "QRP awards should go to the poor SOB that has to pull them out of the noise." Dan W5VJ W5VYY QRP Sucks YouTube video made by avid QRP operator NG9D http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RaIV2RI4FAs I have seen this look a million times. When Sweetpea puts her hand on her hip I know I am about to receive some counseling or get my marching orders or both.
W5VYY Licensed May-1952---60 years of making friends through ham radio
Since 1937-----W5GZU has been in the Gammon family for 75 Years
-------------------------------------------------------W5GZU my dad's first rig in 1937
_His rig in 1938 was a pair of metal 6L6's turned upside down in a can of oil on 160 and 80 meters CW and a National NC-100XA receiver. In the 30's when you upgraded or renewed your license you had to send in your old license to be canceled before they issued the new one. Wow - Take a look at this fine receiver http://www.prismnet.com/~nielw/nat_list/nc100xa.htm
--------------------------------------BF Johnny John--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------John Gary Johnny Three generations of 20-wpm Extra Class. My dad and I passed our Extra Class together at the Dallas FCC office in 1967. My Son Johnny passed his extra class in 1991 (KI5SZ) and received his Grandfather's call W5GZU under the vanity call sign program. The first photo was made the year my dad died when Johnny was 5-years old. The second photo is me with grandson Gary and son Johnny. Little Gary is already a computer guru.
When I received my license in May, 1952 (age 11) my dad's rig was a Collins 310B1 driving a pair of 812's (250 Watts) on 80 through 20 meters and a National NC-183 receiver. He was CW only until I received my license, then he added an 811 modulator so I could work phone. His antenna was a 135 foot center fed dipole between two 50 foot power poles fed with homemade open wire transmission line with 6-inch spacing. My dad W5GZU was a commercial telegraph operator with Western Union and the Railroad in the 1920's. Most months he was at the top of the Brass Pounders League Honor Roll for passing the most Amateur radio traffic. QST BPL Nov 1948.
-------------------------------------------------------W5VYY 1954 Age-14----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Age-11 My first QSL card
_ From 1959 to 1961 I operated F7HC from a US Army transmitter site in Orleans, France----------------------------------------------70 foot Rhombic towers Ran the Collins S-Line into a large three curtain rhombic antenna beamed on Washington DC. With the 14dB gain from the Rhombic antenna the Effective Radiated Power was over 25,000 watts. That is when I discovered how important a good antenna is. I talked to my dad everyday on 20-meter CW and SSB. I also had a BC-610 crystal controled on 14.180 mHz AM phone. Receivers were Collins R-388, 51J4 and 75S1. Our Rhombic antenna tuner used BC-610 plug in coils. We had 10 Rhombics (3 beamed on Washington DC) and a total of 40 Rhombic 70 foot towers on 100 acres of land. The Collins 30S1 4CX1000 1kW amplifier was also used to drive our 50kW Collins transmitter for an additional 17dB of gain.
Howie Hodge the F7HC QSL Manager talking back to "The States" in 1960----------------------------------------------------------Howie Hodge in 2011
_ 1960 Age-20 F7HC Orleans, France - The best equipment money could buy belonged to my Uncle Sam
We wore the same shoulder patch that General Eisenhower wore in WWII. We were told General Eisenhower designed this patch, a flaming sword symbolizes the use of armed forces to restore freedom. The rainbow colors represent the allied forces which, together, bring peace (symbolized by blue sky) to Europe. French Flag and US Army Signal Corps insignia.
Here is a 1960 photo of our US Army NATO transmitter site in Orleans, France. My Army MOS was Fixed Transmitter Operations and Maintenance which included waxing and buffing the floor. We had a total of four (3-operational plus 1-spare) Collins AN/FRT-22 40kW output DSB transmitters into rhombic antennas. One sideband was 16 channels of multiplexed RTTY and the other sideband was voice. Photo of our microwave tower and one end of our Washington DC ham radio Rhombic.
The operational 40kW circuits were to Washington DC, Tripoli, Libya and Asmeria, Turkey. The spare transmitter was used as a replacement when we took an operational transmitter off line for routine maintenace and testing by John and Howie on 20 meters SSB. Notice the size of the open wire transmission line on the top of the left transmitter. The top dish was our microwave link to NATO headquarters in Paris. The bottom dish was our link to the receiver site about 30 miles away. The receiver site had two rhombics for each circuit for space diversity reception. The Rhombics had so much directivity there were times we had two transmitters on the same 10.925mHz frequency. One beamed on Washington DC and the other on Tripoli, North Africa. Rhombic antenna: http://www.tpub.com/neets/book10/42o.htm
This is me standing in front of the Washington DC Pentagon 40kW Collins Transmitter. Under my hand is the controls that tunes the10kW driver on 10 pre-set frequencies. Behind me are the controls for the final. All the tuning was servo motor driven. We could change frequency in 30 seconds or less. Photo of Rhombic open wire transmission lines. Our ham radio transmission line was separate and away from this mess. YES - we put the spare Big Dog Collins transmitter on 20 meter SSB. The transmitter was rated 40kW for continuous operation, but It would run 50+ kW intermittent SSB. With the 14dB gain from the Rhombic antenna the Effective Radiated Power was about 1.5 million watts with a take off angle of less than 10 degrees. We could not get anyone in the United States to believe we were in France. Normally a pair of 4-400's were used to drive a pair of 3CX2500s to 10kW. We used the Collins S-line and 30S1 1kW amplifier to drive the 10kW driver. The 10kW was used to drive six 3CX2500's in grounded grid for 50kW out. The S-Line receiver and 50kW transmitter were on separate Washington DC Rhombics. Only the guys at the VOA and Radio Free Europe had more power. The VOA had a 13dB power advantage on us with a 1-million watt AM transmitter in Germany. They also had better antennas, but they were beamed on Russia. When they would fire up about 20 Russian jammers would try to take them out. Remember Radio Moscow the Russian jammers and the cold war in the 60's? The Russians spent a lot of money trying to jam the VOA, Photos of old Russian jammer station: Click on thumbnail photos to enlarge: http://urban3p.ru/object9901/gallery/
This is Howie Hodge the F7HC QSL manager. We worked together at the transmitter site and spent a lot of time on 20 meters. Howie and I are still good friends and keep in touch via email. These Army photos are 50 years old. Wow Howie that was a long time ago. We were just skinney kids. Collins 40kW transmitter http://www.transmitter.be/col-anfrt22.html The driver 6000 Volts @ 3 Amps. The final 7500 Volts @ 9 Amps.
F7HC checking the 50kW 14.180mHz transmitter with a florescent bulb.----This is the transmitter control desk where the frequency was selected for each transmitter. In 1960 the American phone band started at 14.200. We transmitted on 14.180 and called frequencies above 14.200. I don't think our Army transmitter site would have meet FCC rules for human exposure! The phones were to our Communication Center where the "Secret" guys worked. They would call us and tell us what frequency they wanted a transmitter on.
1 KW RTTY transmitter and driver. Pair of 833's in the final._---_10KW water cooled final. This transmitter was used with a vertical antenna for communications with Air Force One.
President Eisenhower's Columbine III and 1959 Boeing 707 Air Force One.----- Air Force One Video http://www.wimp.com/airforce In 1958, the Air Force added three Boeing 707 jets (as VC-137s designated SAM 970, 971, and 972), into the fleet. Eisenhower became the first president to use the VC-137 during his "Flight to Peace" Goodwill tour, from 3 December through 22 December 1959. He visited 11 Asian nations, flying 22,000 miles (35,000 km) in 19 days, about twice as fast as he would have on Columbine.
We put this 10kW transmitter on 7.001 and 14.001mHz during one of the big CW DX contest. A ham who worked for the French PTT (FCC) operated it and had the highest score for Europe in the contest. We offered him Rhombics, but he perfered the low angle non-directional Vertical. Our Collins Vertical was 68' tall and had a frequency range of 3 to 30 mHz. I guess President Eisenhower and Air Force One were not flying that weekend.
This is my first photo of Sweetpea. We worked together at International Crystal in Oklahoma City where she made Crystals for the two way radio industry and I maintained the electronic equipment. We were married on July 2, 1964. She is my Oklahoma Cowgirl.
This was my station in July 1964 when Donna and I got married. The power supply was from a BC-610 and the final was a pair of grid driven Eimac WWII surplus 304TLs. The exciter was a rack mounted Eldico SSB-100 and the Rx was a Drake 2B. The plates ran cherry red with an input of 2000 watts PEP (2500 Volts @ 800ma). This was the legal limit and lots of watts in the 60's.
W5GZU my dad's station in 1965. All of this was replaced with a Heathkit station that Donna built for him. I sure miss talking to BF everyday. My son John KI5SZ now has his Granddad's call W5GZU.
Donna built two Heathkit SB-100 tranceivers and two SB-200 amplifiers for my dad and me.--------------------- 1967 Photo of Donna when she worked at Collins Radio
_ --------May 72 Diane age-3 Johnny age-1mo-----------------------W5VYY Heathkit equipment built by my wife Donna who worked at Collins Radio
April 1972 Sweetpea is 9-months pregnant with our son Johnny (Dob 4-29-72). She is on the floor barefooted and pregnant building a 21 inch Heathkit color TV. The second picture is Donna and our daughter Diane age-3 with the completed TV. Donna also built the Heathkit Stereo that Diane is sitting on. Notice the rotator box. Back in the 70's the Dallas Cowboys blacked out the games that were not sold out. I had high gain TV Yagi's with low noise pre-amps mounted at the antenna on top of my tower to bring in the games from Sherman and Tyler. Our house would be packed on game days.
In 1980 Donna started Sweetpea Electronics, later it was renamed Lucas labs. She was very successful and made enough money to put both our kids through college. She built electronic circuit boards and cables for several Dallas electronic companies. I tested the boards and repaired customer returns. She was able to work at home and be there for the kids who also helped with the business by installing parts on the boards. Diane and Johnny formed a union and charged Donna more for "smart parts" (diodes, transistors, LED's, polarized capacitors etc) that had to go on the boards a certain way.
In 1984 I had a dream of being a shipboard telegraph operator and traveling the world after I retired. Satellite technology eliminated the requirement of a telegraph operator on ships. A Second Class Radiotelegraph license required copy of 25 wpm plain text and 20 wpm code groups. It included knowing ( ) $ ; : & " symbols and being able to maintain and operate shipboard radio and radar equipment. I thought the theory part of the test was harder than the First Class Phone. You had to have six months as a telegraph operator at sea signed by the ship's captain to obtain the first class telegraph license.
W5VYY 1985 Age-45 Henry 3KA amplifier into a Johnson KW matchbox_______-----____Antenna 270 foot 75 meter delta loop 90 feet per side 50 feet high.
My current antenna is a 140' per side 560' square loop (19,600-Sq-Ft) between four 70 foot power company high-line poles. It is fed with 275 feet of low loss open wire transmission line. The poles are 18-inches in diameter at the base, weigh 2000 pounds each and are 8-feet in the ground. Three inch angle steel stingers at the top of the poles bring the height back to 70-feet, the maximum allowed by the City of Lucas. The size of the antenna poles can be compared with the standard REA power pole in the right back of the photo. The City of Lucas gave me a construction permit for the power poles in exchange for letting them run a large water main 1000 feet down my property for a new housing addition. I have 5+ acres for antennas. My lot is 250' wide X 1000' long. Photo album of the loop project at http://www.jlgammon.com/main.php?g2_view=core.ShowItem&g2_itemId=11045click on the upper right album Thanks to George KC5HS long time friend and power line foreman for getting the poles installed in a perfect 140' X 140' square. Thanks to the local REA power lineman and their big dog bucket trucks for maintaining my antenna. 5-cases of Lone Star Beer for the 4-man crew and their bosswill GiT~R~DiD. Antenna patterns for a 560 foot square loop at 70 feet - Non directional on 160m -Cloverleaf pattern witn major lobes NE NW SE SW on 80 and 40m - Multi lobes 20 thru 10m
Loop articles http://mysite.verizon.net/ka1fsb/loopants.html http://www.johngammon.com/LoopSkywire.pdf
http://atanasoff.rf.org/pipermail/tacos/1998/000447.html
Installing one of the 70 foot power poles. Compare the size of the pole with the installer. In the background is a 75 meter delta loop (90 feet per side) at 50 feet
----------------------------Loop feed point --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Giant spark plugs for lightning protection
My red tail hawk. He does his hunting from 70 feet up. The hawk has wing tips like the new Boeing jets. I wonder where Boeing got their idea? Notice the Power company high voltage insulator. The insulator has enough weight to bring the cable down should the antenna wire break.Thanks George
------------------------------------QRO HF-2500DX Bad Boy 16dB gain Amplifier---------------------------------------------------------------http://www.qrotec.com/HF2500Rev.htm
Heavy Iron -QRO HF-2500DX 3000 VDC @ 1.5 Amp Power Supply-------------QRO HF-2500DX RF Deck - 2X 4CX800's -"Generates the fire for the wire"
----------------------------------------------------Palstar AT5K antenna tuner "Puts the fire in the wire"
My 1500 watt dedicated 160 meter station is a Kenwood TS-850S driving a 16dB gain grid driven pair of 4CX800's (QRO HF-2500DX) into Palstar AT5K antenna tuner. 40 watts of drive = 1500 watts out. "Coast to coast and border to border W5VYY the mighty 1990" My 1000 watt 160 thru 10 meter SSB station is a Yaesu FT1000MP Mark-V driving a 10dB gain single Eimac 3-500Z grounded grid amplifier (Heathkit SB-1000) into an Ameritron ATR-30 antenna tuner for 160 and 30 meters and a 1950's link coupled small Johnson matchbox on 80 thru10 meters. My QRP CW rig is the Yaesu FT1000MP running 100 watts with a MFJ electronic keyer. On the left is an electronic picture frame with over 3000 photos of the Little Darlings. Listen to 1990KHz live at 5:30am and 8:00pm CST http://www.3819khz.net/listen.htm
My antenna is 250 feet from our house and 1000 feet from the closest neighbor's house. No problems with high power causing RFI.
Televisions, Satellite, sound and computer to the right of my radio desk. I replaced the 13 inch SD Sony (left photo) with a Toshiba 26 inch HDTV. The bottom TV is a Sharp 26" HD. Both receive 225+ Directv or 90+ over the air digital channels.
This is Sweetpea's command center. A Vizio 47 inch 1080P HDTV and Dell 30 inch computer monitor. Her hobby is playing World of Warcraft with friends all over the world. Her room shaking sound system is a Sony 500 watt (5 X 100 watt outputs) and a Sony 250 watt 15 inch subwoofer. Donna and Johnny (The Guild Master) run a 600 member World of Warcraft Guild. I have a Level-85 Hunter named Ben Bernanke who runs the Guild bank. In the second picture three guests are playing World of Warcraft with Donna in her game room. The other side of this sound absorption wall is my ham radio room.
Over the air "double clutching signal sucking" log periodic TV antenna at 50 feet.---------------------------------How they stop rain attenuation in Oklahoma. I receive over 90 DFW digital television stations. The top antenna is a non-directional Turnstile FM antenna that receives 45+ North Texas FM broadcast stations.
TV DX KSLA Shreveport, La (175 miles) and KVUE Austin, TX (200 miles) off the double clutching signal sucking TV antenna
The "Little Darlings" love to put the top down and go shopping with their Nana. Texas tag SPBENZ = Sweet Pea's BENZ--------------------Donna Elizabeth Sarah William
We took a cruise to Honduras, Belize and Mexico. Donna and John arriving in Cozumel.----------------------------------------Donna (Lower Left) at the Mayan Ruins in Belize http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MS_Mariner_of_the_Seas-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------http://www.duplooys.com/mayansites/xunantunich.php
Commodore Gammon W5VYY/XE coming up for air after the Cozumel AtlantisSubmarine ride---------------------------------------Donna enjoying shopping in Belize. http://www.cozumelmycozumel.com/Pages/CozumelAtlantisSubmarine.html
My Oklahoma wife Donna mowing the front yard with her zero turn John Deere
100+ degree hot Texas summer - Donna loves the hot weather and her John Deere tractors. See a short video of Donna. www.johngammon.com Click on "Donna on the John Deere" at the top of the page.
W5VYY Quotes Page: (-SK after a call = Silent Key) "Never ask a man where he is from. If he is from Texas he will tell you, if not, there is no need to embarrass him." Udell Brown W5RJM-SK "You can bring a pig in the house, give it a bubble bath, put perfume on it, tie a ribbon around it's neck and you still have a pig. Same thing with a Damn Yankee" W5RJM-SK "When she was pregnant she looked like a bale of cotton with the middle tie busted." W5RJM-SK "He is so cheap, he would not pay a dime to see a piss ant eat a bale of hay." W5RJM-SK "Never take on anyone who buys printing press ink in 55-gallon drums" W5RJM-SK Watch videos of Udell telling stories at the top of http://www,johngammon.com
Jim Miles K5CX-SK and Jim Welch W5KWN-SK standing in front of the K5CX radio laboratory. On old age: "Never look over your shoulder, something may be gaining on you." K5CX-SK On old age and health: "It goes with the bloody territory" K5CX-SK On rubber ducky commandos and appliance operators: "Their numbers are legion." K5CX-SK "No matter how good looking she is, someone is tired of listening to her crap" K5CX-SK "I have never met a woman that didn't need a little counseling." K5CX-SK "I am too old to suffer fools" K5CX-SK
On boring checkins: “He is like Brylcreem, a little dab'll do ya” K5CX-SK On living in the city: "Too many Homo Sapiens in the Mega Mess" K5CX-SK On living in the city: "You can only graze so many cattle on an acre of land" K5CX-SK On living in the city: "If you can put your back to the wall of your house and pee on the neighbor's wall, you are in the ghetto." K5CX-SK
On his home built radio equipment "It is first class, downtown, USDA choice, grade 'A' prime" K5CX-SK "OM, your audio sounds like a bumble bee in a gourd blossom" K5CX-SK "The weather here is CAFB" (Clear as a Freaking Bell) K5CX-SK
" "A mobile antenna on 160M and 75M is an air cooled dummy load. You can't fool Mother Nature." K5CX-SK "A true hobbyist tries to fool mother nature" W5PDB "You can not fix a radio over the radio" W5JDZ-SK "You shouldn't discuss politics or religion on the radio" W5JDZ-SK "It's none of your damn business" W5XJ-SK "This is what's left of W5XJ" W5XJ-SK Just before his death: "I am going on ahead and will be waiting on you guys" W5XJ-SK "Those little slant eyed bastards tried to kill me" WWII Vet Charlie W5IBF-SK
"The second amendment should have been the first." The Commander K0ZPN "Contests belong in the Olympics" The Commander K0ZPN "Yankee's are trouble" The Commander K0ZPN "The more I know about yankees, the more I wonder how we lost the war" KD5SRW "That makes me madder than a Jap" Wes KI5LZ "Once you get to the 10KW level put your money in the antenna system" KK5O
"I have a lot of radio's and I ain't married to none of them" Hoss Trader Brent KK5O What determines top band performance? "Fire and Wire" KD5MEX "Curiosity killed the cat, but for a while I was a suspect" KD5MEX
"I can see a train wreck coming" KD5MEX "P.T. Barnum was right - There's a sucker born every minute" KD5MEX "Sometimes you are the bug and sometimes you are the windshield" KD5MEX
On George KC5HS working on his computer: "The gates are down, the lights are flashing, but the train isn't coming" KD5MEX "It's not surprising that he shoots himself in the foot, it's surprising how quickly he can reload and shoot himself in the other foot" KD5MEX
"When his Ox cart goes into the ditch, he jumps out and pushes it across the highway into the other ditch" KD5MEX "Cry with someone. It's more healing than crying alone" KA5HET "If a relationship has to be a secret, you shouldn't be in it" KA5HET "Frame every so-called disaster with these words ''In five years, will this matter?" KA5HET "Your children get only one childhood" KA5HET "You cannot unsay a cruel word" KA5HET "Two things are infinite: The Universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the Universe" K5WGA "A word to the wise ain't necessary it's the stupid ones who need the advice" K5WGA "You can't cure stupid" K5WGA "Life's tough, it's tougher if you're stupid" K5WGA "Everyone is entitled to be stupid, but some abuse the privilege." K5WGA "You are depriving a village somewhere of an idiot" K5WGA
"Life is like a roll of toilet paper. The closer to the end, the faster it goes" K5WGA "It doesn't matter how big a Ranch ya own, how many cows you brand or how much money ya make -- the size of yer Funeral is still gonna depend on the weather" K5WGA
Bill what do you want people to say when they pass your casket? "Hey, I thought I saw him move" K5WGA "If he were any more stupid, he'd have to be watered twice a week" AE5PL "The wheel is turning but the hamster is definitely dead" AE5PL "It's impossible to believe the sperm that created him beat out 1,000,000 others" AE5PL "Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great" W5RLM "Democracy fails when the have nots out vote the haves" K5AHT
"In our town we have tons of women. Just not very many" N0VHN "QRP awards shoud go to the poor SOB that has to pull them out of the noise." W5VJ "One thing I have learned in life: People do not change" W5VJ On the use of a concealed weapon: "I would rather be tried by 12 than carried by 6" W5VJ "I don't know how you can be a fan and watch the Dallas Cowboy games when all they do is let you down year after year." W5VJ OU fan "I don't know how you can be a fan and watch the Oklahoma Sooner games when all they do is let you down year after year." W5VYY after five straight Oklahoma BCS bowl losses. "What does Oklahoma football and marijuana have in common? They both get smoked in a bowl." W5VYY "If your antenna stays up through the winter, it was not big enough." K5PY
- --------WWVA before the storm------------------Three tower array of 50,000 watt WWVA 1170kHz in Wheeling, WV destroyed by high winds.
K5PY 4-element 20 thru 10 meter quad and 3-element 40 meter yagi on a common 40 foot boom mounted on an 80 foot tower -"The thrill of victory" K5PY antenna after an Oklahoma toronado - "The agony of defete"
-----------------------------------K5QEA Steppir wind----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------K5QEA Steppir ice
NU5D 180 foot free standing Rohn SSV tower destroyed by high wind on 4-22-11
---------------------------"My antennas were big enough" KK5O - Marlow, Oklahoma 2010 ice storm
Buster the Latimer County Sheriff's Bloodhound : "No way man I ain't smelling those" --------------------Latimer County Sheriff: "Get your hand off me Joe Boy or I will kick your yankee ass"
'If you take your hands off the car, I'll make your birth certificate a worthless document.' Deputy Billy Brown K5PY
I didn't think y'all gave pretty women tickets in Latimer county" 'You didn't think we give pretty women tickets? You're right, we don't. Sign here.' Deputy Billy Brown K5PY 'No sir, we don't have quotas anymore. We used to, but now we're allowed to write as many tickets as we can.' Deputy Billy Brown K5PY "Yeah, we have a quota. Two more tickets and my wife will get a toaster oven" Deputy Billy Brown K5PY "In God we trust, all others we run through NCIC" Deputy Billy Brown K5PY
"I'm glad to hear the Sheriff is a good personal friend of yours. At least you know someone who can post your bail." Deputy Billy Brown K5PY
'The answer to this last question will determine whether you are drunk or not. Was Mickey Mouse a cat or a dog?' Deputy Billy Brown K5PY Reading the rights to a DWI driver with New York plates "You are in a heap of trouble boy" Deputy Billy Brown K5PY "Just how big were those two beers? Deputy Billy Brown K5PY
“When I see the Ten Most Wanted Lists, I always have this thought. If we’d make them feel wanted earlier, they wouldn’t be wanted now.” Deputy Billy Brown K5PY 'Warning! You want a warning? O.K, I'm warning you not to do that again or I'll give you another ticket.' Deputy Billy Brown K5PY 'Yes, sir, you can talk to the shift supervisor, but I don't think it will help. Oh, did I mention that I'm the shift supervisor?' Deputy Billy Brown K5PY 'You don't know how fast you were going? I guess that means I can write anything I want to on the ticket, huh?' Deputy Billy Brown K5PY 'Can you run faster than 1200 feet per second? Because that's the speed of the bullet that'll be chasing you.' Deputy Billy Brown K5PY "Fair? You want me to be fair? Listen, fair is a place where you go to ride on rides, eat cotton candy and step in monkey do-do" Deputy Billy Brown
You know, traffic lights don't come any redder than the one you went through" Deputy Billy Brown K5PY "Good lawyers know the law; great lawyers know the judge." Deputy Billy Brown K5PY "I arrested two kids yesterday, one was drinking battery acid, the other was eating fireworks. I charged one and let the other one off." Deputy Billy Brown K5PY Old Latimer County saying: "Corn cannot get justice from a jury of Chickens" Deputy Billy Brown K5PY
-------------------------------------------------Deputy Billy Brown K5PY with his AR-15---------------------------------------------------------Billy received this belt buckle from the Sheriff for his outstanding service.
Inside Billy's Squad car and his Latimer County Badge. He can get you coming or going with his Stalker Radar.
VOA Delano, CA Curtain antennas-----------------------------------------VOA Greenville, NC Sterba Curtain Antenna
Dallas/Ft Worth FM and TV antennas on 1800' towers_----------__KAAM 770kHz Antenna site in Lucas, Texas blasting DFW "The three most important things for a good signal, Antenna, Antenna, Antenna." W5VYY When a know it all Yankee checks in: "I bet when you were a kid your mother tied a pork chop around your neck to get the dog to play with you" W5VYY When a know it all Yankee checks in: "You ain't from around here are you boy" K5KJX "Those who think they know it all are very annoying to those of who really do" K5PW "There is always one more imbecile than you counted on." W5VYY "If you hooked him up to an IQ machine, you would need a low noise high gain pre-amp" W5VYY "No good deed goes unpunished" W5VYY "It is easier to get forgiveness than permission" W5VYY "The squeaking wheel gets oiled, but if it squeaks again it gets replaced." W5VYY "He is like a 10,000 horse power engine with no transmission" W5VYY "He is like a blast furnace with no pilot light" W5VYY "Be careful what you wish for, you just might get it" W5VYY "Mosquitoes remind us that we are not as high up on the food chain as we think" W5VYY "I would never die for my beliefs because I might be wrong" W5VYY "Jealousy is such a terrible thing." W5VYY
"Do unto others as they would do unto you, only do it first" W5VYY "A computer lets you make more mistakes faster than any invention in human history - with the possible exceptions of handguns and tequila" W5VYY "The best you can hope for when using a ferrite core balun or a trap antenna is a little loss and a little RFI." W5VYY "The guy with the weakest signal does 90% of the talking." W5VYY "If you talk long enough to take a breath, you have talked too long." W5VYY "If you are in a 20-station roundtable, don't try to make every other transmission." W5VYY "If you want to make 10-minute transmissions, go to the AM window and wait your turn." W5VYY "Verticals radiate equally poor in all directions." W5VYY "For every $1 spent above ground, you should spend $10 underground to make a vertical work." W5VYY "Traps should be spelled with a 'C'." W5VYY "Coax is for city folks" W5VYY "Papa, I think your radio room is the nastiest room I have ever been in." 6-year old Grandson Gary "I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones." -Albert Einstein "I feel a great disturbance in the Force. As if millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror, and were suddenly silenced." -Obi Wan Kenobi
I was in a long hard fight with AT&T trying to get 6-Mbps DSL service. I sent my son John an email telling him I had whooped AT&T and was on the new 6-meg service. Here is his reply: Alexander the Great once climbed to the top of a mountain to survey his kingdom. Standing on the peak of the mountain, he realized that his kingdom extended in every direction, as far as the eye could see. When he realized this, he broke down in tears. “He wept with sorrow,” Plutarch said, “Because there were no more worlds to conquer.” Want to see a feel good story? Watch my daughter-in-law Lorrie www.johngammon.comclick on Lorrie on Fox4 or Lorrie on CNN at the top of the page. My son W5GZU QRZ.com web page: http://www.qrz.com/callsign/w5gzu My daughter Diane's web page: http://ericanddiane.blogspot.com/ See 1990 / 3819 and Hamcom photo albums http://www.jlgammon.com/main.php?g2_view=core.ShowItem&g2_itemId=11045 Listen to 1990kHz live at 5:30am and 7:30pm CST http://www.3819khz.net/listen.htm Rules for all the damn Yankee drugstore Cowboys "All hat and no cattle"http://www.cowboyway.com/CowboyQuotes.htm
Kilgore Rangerettes - only in Texas - click on "What I like about Texas" link above and crank up the sound-----Dallas Cowgirl
University of TexasTower--------------Lone Star Beer Armadillo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvZeYDBY4fw "Let's go to Luckenbach Texas with Willie and Waylon and the boys"
The Lone Star State of Texas.
Papa John W5VYY and granddaughter Catherine enjoying ice cream in 110 degree weather
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Quotes from Albert Einstein 
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