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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?

This entire mess started because I wanted to get on HF So I run out to the store and buy myself a nice Yaesu 857 A bran new LDG 100 pro Auto Tuner Bran new coax and a nice diamond quad band The reason for the quad band is because I live in an apartment and the only thing suitable for an...

Hi guys Im a very new ham and im just starting to explore 10 meters Could someone please explain the easiest way to tell if the band is open or not I have not had much luck understanding the propagation maps I know you can try to transmit along the grey line And ive also been told...

So i got a Diamond Quad band to use as a base antenna for the house. I made a mount for it andhave it on a UHF Barrel The antenna has several slide out sections for tuning I just got an LDG Auto Tuner. How do you adjust the sections of antenna length wise if you are not doing it with a...

Please help me decide I cant figure out if i want an icom 706G or an icom 7000 I am new to Ham Here is what i will be doing It is going to be used in home only My main reason for picking these two are the following 1 i like icom 2 i am only a tech/ currently studying for general...

Hi guys So i scored at the swapmeat today or what i thought was a score. I got an old Icom IC3200A for 50$ Dual bander single receive Nice little unit Hooked it up and all seemed well Made a contact on 2 meters and everything seemed well. However a freind of mine stuck it on...

Hello and greetings to all my fellow HAMS out there. I am very new to HAM radio, so new infact my license was just granted this past week and i found myself in the ULS database! Upon entry into this fantastic service and hobby i bought a Yaesu VX-7r Im sure many of you have many...