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Very Helpful! Thanks guys

I got the yaesu 857D Although im kicking my self in the rear wishing i bought a 950 :( I thought i really wanted to have vhf/uhf so i bought the 857 Turns out i use my old icom dual bander more then anything and rarley ever use vhf/uhf on the 857 Live and learn i guess I might end up...

Thanks packrat To say my RX is poor, would be a slight exageration Its just not as good as i would like. But, a Ham antenna Is NEVER good enough and can always be better right? I am also listening to bands that the current antenna is not resonant on so could that also be a reason why...

Thanks for the idea. Wish i was able to do that here However, i live in an apartment What is the effect of not having the 3rd Ground Prong though? Im curious what the resulting effect is. For example i have equally poor receive on most bands

What is the effect, or disadvantage of having a house that has the old 2 prong plugs in the wall and having to use the stupid 2 to 3 prong plug adapter You have no ground right? That cant be good for a ham shack lol Would that have any thing to do with poor RX?

Update So i took the verticle idea given here and was speaking with another old time ham about this He told me back in the day on 10 everyone used an antron 99 and it was "sexy" lol I started thinking and looked up the thing. Seems its about 16 feet tall. I then started thinking well...

So your talking about making two verticle antennas for 6 and 10 out of copper pipe? How does one solder a pl259 to a copper pipe? What do you do for the ground side? are you saying solder or connect somehow the shiled of the coax to the fire escape and the core only to the pipe?

Well here is a quick technical update. I had an extreamly brillant ham freind of mine ( a different one then previous) test this with me again He blasted a 200 watt beam directly at me Clear as day S9 contact no issue and i was able to get him turning my radio all the way down to 5...

I infact only mentioned once that the Fire Escape was the issue after seeing notable improvments when i was no where near it! Is it not safe to assume when i move away and have an improvment that, it is atleast PART of the ISSUE You act as if i did not try your suggestions. Which in fact if...

Beetle Thank you for your ideas and teaching me about END fed antennas I apparently am putting to much faith in the manufacturer.

So your trying to tell me that this was constuctive criticism? Wow and FYI YOU never gave me any insturctions. All you have done this entire thread is tell me what wont work!! AWESOME I GET IT!! THANKS FOR "SOUNDING LIKE A BROKEN RECORD" as you directly put it N3JDK Even said, "dont be so...

"Let me ask a few questions so I might understand? Do you have a vhf/uhf antenna hooked up? Have you made any contacts at all or have you just heard other stations? What are you using to check swr? is it the built in meter on the radio? Who assembled the coax? Is shield soldered to...

Could you please explain that remark? I have heard and read reveiws of people having great success with END fed antennas and it fit my particular prediciment better. Im following the manufactures recomendation, so could you please explain how you are being a freindly ham with sarcastic...

Many people do not understand END fed antennas including me All i know is when i called radio wavz they said "it needes no counter poise" It is built into the balaun" Hence the term END FED If it have a counter poise coming out one side it would no longer be END fed

Well after 3 days of making antenna configurations and taking them apart and making my apartment look like WW111 I think we are ok on the receive side for the lower bands However, i still can not get in our out on 10 meter :( I had my buddy call me again on the new configuration and...

Well we will agree to disagree It was not set up as a verticle previously it was set up as a sloper as shown in my diagram When i stuck it out the window without a fire escape on the other side of the apartment and just let it hang out i was able to receive. Which lead me to want to keep...

I reconfigured the antenna in a different format to get more free air as indicated by are freind above with the bazooka which is almost the same thing I am now able to hear all kinds of stations on 40 Not perfectly but was able to listen to a few convos mostly from eastern US But that...

Thanks for the info However that is the bazooka model I have an end fed My configuration is almost the same although i made a sloper and i have this stupid fire escape which i have a feeling is the cause of most of my issues No matter how high or how far i get it away from the stupid thing...

For 10 meters im using USB 28.3 28.5 Not useing FM For listening of course USB above 10 MhZ LSB for UNDER 10MHZ

I did try a center fed The one i made. Which tunes out just fine with the same results An END fed has a counter poise. Its just configured differently End Fed H/W