Recent content by Cold War Vet

completeted this saturday

my wifes ipad charger is a noisy wall wart when she plugs it in i know it

well its the new year and after all the lights have been taken down my noise level has dropped 3 db I know that there are several million noise sources that cause rfi but those i can account for so the christmas lights in my area were causing some of my rfi and trust me almost every house in my...

yeah im running a Kenwood TS-120S HF rig with a 80-10 multifan dipole 30' up i use head sets so ext speaker isnt the issue

actually it has not as much as thought it would but at least by 3 db

yeah no fun at all but the 5oh might not think to highly of me pulling power meters from my neighbors houses :LOL:

i can deal with it for a few more days thats the least of my problems:D

ok so for the past few weeks we have all been complaining about the band conditions Admit it you have whether you said it or thought it so tonight as i was on my usual net and the noise was s-8 s-9 and im just livid :mad: my xyl decides she needs a sweet tea so as the good husband ;) i am...

i have worked in the telcom industry for years cell towers microvave comms never been bit and never wish to

thanks bj

hi all i have an idea for xmas eve for my grandson Chase and was wondering if i could get some help from the guys in AK, WA ,OR and Ca i was thinking on getting a Santa Clause report that he could hear at like 9 pm AZ time we would have to decide on a frequency and hope the band co-operates...

338 not sure yet but more than likely a ground plane

well when i get my antenna set up ill find out

received my new addition to my shack today Kenwood TR-7850 2 meter fm rig cant wait to play with it on the top of my tuner

hey all i have a couple of questions i have a chance to get a yaesu fl2100 b my question is this i know its designed to work with yaesu radios using the interconnect cables since i run a Kenwood TS-120S how can i make them mesh and work correctly ? is it worth my trouble or should i look at...