Maybe we should start a support group for radio hobbyist wives....
My wife only puts up with my antics for so long. "Sometimes Lar, what you call a hobby, I call a symptom" she once told me. She'll let me drive her car around to check my signal only if I fill up her gas tank (and run a list of errands) first.
> We probably all drive around checking our signals. I make
> my spouse crazy when I run around testing coverage!
>
> > > Variety AM1630 playlist consists of the Top 40 hits from
>
> > > 1970-1979. We have relocated to Marlborough
> Massachusetts
> >
> > > and are almost finished with our studio setup. We are
> > using
> > > the SStran with the load coil antenna design and
> currently
> >
> > > achieve a very impressive 1 mile solid coverage in all
> > > directions, night and day. Believe me, I have spent
> many,
> >
> > > many hours driving ground rods, burying radials, tuning
> > the
> > > antenna and transmitter, and of course racking up the
> > > mileage on the family truckster driving around like an
> > idiot
> > > checking my coverage each time I made a modification!
> > >
> > I thought I was the only Idiot that kept trying to
> squeeze
> > out more coverage, and drive around in circles, buring up
> > all my gas. I get strange looks from the neighbors, like,
>
> > Why the heck is this guy jumping in his car every 10
> > minutes, and driving around the neighborhood and coming
> > right back.
> >
>
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