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<div>To all,</div><div><br></div><div>If it's just going to be a social get together, maybe a restaurant in the Brighton area would be good. Easy access to I-96 and US-23. </div><div><br></div><div>73,</div><div>Mark WB8TGY </div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div>
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On Thursday, December 6, 2018, 3:04:23 PM EST, David DeVos via MiVUS <mivus@mivus.org> wrote:
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<div><div id="ydp87e06911yiv4647621942"><div><div style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><div id="ydp87e06911yiv4647621942yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1544125304367_20334"><span>Patrick,</span></div><div id="ydp87e06911yiv4647621942yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1544125304367_20334"><span><br clear="none"></span></div><div dir="ltr" id="ydp87e06911yiv4647621942yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1544125304367_20334"><span id="ydp87e06911yiv4647621942yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1544125304367_20405">I agree that we should have an East Side meeting. Since I missed the last meeting when they elected officers to the MIVUS, I got elected president. I'd love to have another meeting to talk about what we want the club to do for the coming year.</span></div><div dir="ltr" id="ydp87e06911yiv4647621942yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1544125304367_20334"><span><br clear="none"></span></div><div dir="ltr" id="ydp87e06911yiv4647621942yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1544125304367_20334"><span id="ydp87e06911yiv4647621942yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1544125304367_20415">Any Ideas for a venue? We were talking last year about meeting at the big swap at the race car track, until that didn't happen. What are your thoughts?</span></div><div></div><div id="ydp87e06911yiv4647621942yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1544125304367_20335"> </div><div class="ydp87e06911yiv4647621942signature" id="ydp87e06911yiv4647621942yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1544125304367_20407"><div id="ydp87e06911yiv4647621942yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1544125304367_20414"><br clear="none"></div><div id="ydp87e06911yiv4647621942yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1544125304367_20413">Dave DeVos</div><div id="ydp87e06911yiv4647621942yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1544125304367_20406">KF8QL</div></div><div class="ydp87e06911yiv4647621942qtdSeparateBR" id="ydp87e06911yiv4647621942yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1544125304367_20408"><br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div><div class="ydp87e06911yiv4647621942yqt6823468912" id="ydp87e06911yiv4647621942yqt18722"><div class="ydp87e06911yiv4647621942yahoo_quoted" id="ydp87e06911yiv4647621942yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1544125304367_20412" style="display:block;"> <div id="ydp87e06911yiv4647621942yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1544125304367_20411" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"> <div id="ydp87e06911yiv4647621942yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1544125304367_20410" style="font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"> <div dir="ltr" id="ydp87e06911yiv4647621942yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1544125304367_20409"> <font id="ydp87e06911yiv4647621942yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1544125304367_20417" size="2" face="Arial"> </font><hr id="ydp87e06911yiv4647621942yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1544125304367_20416" size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Patrick Thomas <p-thomas@mindspring.com><br clear="none"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">To:</span></b> MIVUS <mivus@mivus.org> <br clear="none"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">Sent:</span></b> Thursday, December 6, 2018 4:24 AM<br clear="none"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">Subject:</span></b> [Mich VHF UHF Society] East-siders?<br clear="none"> </div> <div class="ydp87e06911yiv4647621942y_msg_container" id="ydp87e06911yiv4647621942yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1544125304367_20418"><br clear="none"><div dir="ltr" id="ydp87e06911yiv4647621942yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1544125304367_20419">Hi all,<br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr" id="ydp87e06911yiv4647621942yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1544125304367_20420"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr">A couple questions... first, I've been looking around for some SPDT ("A/B") remote coax relays that would be suitable up to low microwave frequencies, and able to handle "decent" power. Any suggestions... other than ebay, or buying one new for $400+? :)<br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr">Secondly, has there been any consideration in periodically holding MIVUS events somewhere around the east side? Or if I want to see something like that, should I just "build it" and advertise here, and they will come? Not sure how officially-sanctioned such things typically are.<br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr">Last but not least, I am in a bit of a hole here geographically; I have yet to get a VHF signal anywhere west of about Howell with rooftop-level antennas. Is this typical? Antenna height is limited to 40ft here - at least when the code enforcement guys come to check it, ha ha - and due to the sort of "forest" conditions around here, I cannot use guy wires, and I really need to get up about 70ft before I'm well above the treeline. A 70ft telescopic would be ideal but not much luck so far. Any ideas on a stop gap solution? Short of moving/roving.... :)<br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr">Or remote stations, heh.<br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr">Thanks,<br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr">Patrick<br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr">KB8DGC<br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr"><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr">_______________________________________________<br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr">MiVUS mailing list<br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr"><a shape="rect" href="mailto:MiVUS@mivus.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">MiVUS@mivus.org</a><br clear="none"></div><div dir="ltr">subscribe/unsubscribe <a shape="rect" href="http://mail.mivus.org/mailman/listinfo/mivus_mivus.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://mail.mivus.org/mailman/listinfo/mivus_mivus.org</a><br clear="none"></div><br clear="none"><br clear="none"></div> </div> </div> </div></div></div></div></div><div class="ydp87e06911yqt6823468912" id="ydp87e06911yqt12915">_______________________________________________<br clear="none">MiVUS mailing list<br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="mailto:MiVUS@mivus.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">MiVUS@mivus.org</a><br clear="none">subscribe/unsubscribe <a shape="rect" href="http://mail.mivus.org/mailman/listinfo/mivus_mivus.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://mail.mivus.org/mailman/listinfo/mivus_mivus.org</a><br clear="none"></div></div>
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