Recent content by FlatlandBusa

This is interesting. I have a predator short whip antenna that tunes awesome on 15 with a 65" whip instead of the factory one. Wonder what it would take to get my 8 pill 10 meter amp on 15 meters and if it would be clean .

An update to this, currently running legal limit+++ to this setup with zero issues.

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The power of a good visual observation!

I have had good luck with a my antennas 7510 2KW+. The SWR is below 1.5-1 across the voice portion of the bands and I have run legal limit+ into it without issues.

Lol, great minds think alike, or at least a semi functional mind here. Lock this thread if you like, I didn't realize this was a dupe.

MFJ will be stopping all production in Starkville MS May 17. This is a huge bummer! A mountain of radio products are no longer going to be available.

I have seen many engines go 300,000+ with just regular oil changes and cheap oil that I don't think additives are ever needed with the exception of older cars that have flat tappet cams, then a zinc additive MAY help cam life. The undercoating spray is a good idea in the rust belt, I use...

It will not boil a battery dry, my F150, Explorer, Fusion all charge at 14.5 - 14.9 volts. The F150 just had a 12 year old battery changed, the last battery in the explorer was 7 years old when changed.

Look into disabling the battery management system. On my fords, this will drop the charging voltage it 12.9 on long trips, with it disabled the charging voltage stays at 14.8 all the time.

2 HP server supplies modded and it parallel will make 150+ amps for less than $100.

I run legal limit+ to a non resonant ladder line fed doublet on 10 - 160 and have had zero issues with RF in the shack on any of the bands. An ATR-30 tuner keeps the linear happy. This antenna hears good and gets out really good. The only band I need to be cautious on is 160 as the feed line...

I initially put up an IMAX 2000 without the ground plane kit and I was getting into the neighbors garage stereo. This is on a 10ft mast, (about 23 feet to the base of the antenna) on top of the garage with a good ground system under the entire area. After installing the ground plane kit, I am...

The input and passthrough tune will be different so that's probably why you are seeing different readings. Like undertaker said, anything under 2.0-1 is fine. If you are driving your amps within an inch of their life you'll want to have lower SWR, otherwise up to 2.0-1 doesn't affect your...

You get it. I run ham, CB, murs, gmrs, radio is radio period. I simply chose not to be tied to one frequency or service.