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    Grant XL FC-347 help

    Hello every one. Just put this counter on my radio. But it seems to be getting stray RF from somewhere. When I TX counter goes wacky all over freq. Recieve is fine. I usually shut it off once i find out where I am, but id like to know if anybody else ran into this problem? or if there is a fix...
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    penetrator 500 cap. hat help

    think my antenna fell then was retired... bent up, all plastics good...... BUT i just found out that the top hat radials are 9.5-9.875" long! so i used "fat" coat hangers and bent a loop with 2 screws in a vise, trim to fit, and turned out sturdy... one more GP, it will be in the air! :lol:
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    penetrator 500 cap. hat help

    glad to help! im about 30 miles east of buffalo..... i just got back into radio after 17 yrs... so i got my nose in books and internet, trying to refresh and learn some new stuff... im not big on antenna therery yet... but id like to try a 11m Jpole someday... by chance do you know where i can...
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    penetrator 500 cap. hat help

    anytime sir! need any more lemme know, it wont be going up for a bit.. got a little more work to do.... 73'S:thumbup:
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    penetrator 500 cap. hat help

    here ya go, if anymore lemme know, ill double check
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    penetrator 500 cap. hat help

    i can maybe scetch a 2d drawing, ill use centers no o.d. gimme a bit see what i can do 73's
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    penetrator 500 cap. hat help

    ah, forgive me for my non correct vocabulary lol, b ut you are talking about the aluminum wire coming out of base insulator, makes a big loop back downto the main element? the the wire from the same feed point to the ground plane base? I am unsure of model year, it was very rough and bent up...
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    penetrator 500 cap. hat help

    ah, i seen some straight some bent... idk..... I heard 8.5"L but cant confirm it. I also read to take it off and add 8-10" to existing top piece... Id like back to factory though. But thanks. 73's:thumbup1:
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    penetrator 500 cap. hat help

    :headbang can anybody tell me the length of the cap hat radials? Ive looked everywhere and came up with nothing, also if they are supposed to be straight or at a 45 deg bent down.. almoste done resurecting this thing :biggrin: Thanks 73's
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    best sounding "stock" mic

    I am not sure, looked around, vr isnt cranked, no cut diodes, I guessing somone was changing resistors, A fellow radio friend sold it to me which he used to talk on.... He said he never touched it. And this thing sounded beautiful with just reg. mic... I just want a little smaller mic more comfy...
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    best sounding "stock" mic

    Hello folks, Just lookin for some thoughts on a mic, I have a grant xl with the audio circut is changed drasticly.... Puttin this radio in my pickup.... Its super sensitive with this cheese ball mic wired to it, Im lookin for a good sounding "stock" mic, no power or noise canceling, as this...