CQ Amateur Radio

MAGIC IN THE SKY

It’s been quite some time since we’ve called upon that revered dispenser of (mostly worthless –ed.) advice, so get ready for another installment from “Dear Hammy.” The warning to “get ready” isn’t so much for you as it is for the CQ legal department. So anyway, let’s see what’s been accumulating in Hammy’s April mailbox:

Dear Hammy, I need some financial advice. I have a rather perplexing question pertaining to attenuating the re-circulating leading and lagging currents that I suspect may be present in the 40-year old coax that runs between my new 1.5-kilowatt amplifier and a scaled down 160-meter Sterba Curtain which is located on my apartment balcony. But before I pose this question to a doctor who writes for another publication, how can I be sure my medical insurance will cover his services?

– Louis in Lexington

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