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Don't start bro... Really I come in, I post the facts, I get nerd-gickles in reply Those are the facts

Anyways, thanks to those that left objective criticism. Middle finger to the immature twats leaving hidden-punch line non-empirical quips.

something tells me the trolls will continue to be surprised

I guess I'll let y'all know when it goes out in this thread ... I'm interested myself.. price point isn't too bad though, so ain't going to hurt too bad. Its becoming obvious this was more of a first project than a methodically planned setup. But as long as I keep getting loud sig reports from...

good call. I think I'll run the amp only in AM mode & turn the sucker off in SSB to preserve its life. It does do a great job on AM though. Thanks for the feedback

lol I thought that as soon as I reread my post. Sorry All on AM. 150-200W AM At least 20 dx 'qsl's' West Virgina mostly, Indiana, Ohio, Georgia, Florida, SC & NC. All from ridge above Lake Tahoe CA/NV Had one WV dx I got to move over to USB today after hailing & connecting with him on AM...

the QSL 2 days ago with Indiana from my perch on the passes of the Sierra Nevada (which likely has a lot to do with it, although local stations report great audio as well) said that I was metering 9 "pounds" which I assumed meant dB's mid day on the D band 26.805 I think. And the RadioShack...

it's a crappy RadioShack power/SWR $70 model meter. Everything's running through rg8x coax, antenna is 4' Wilson Silverload vertical well grounded by mount and ground strap tap-drilled into the steel frame of the explorer. I've got both the amp ('palomar 250fet High Drive) (its still listed at...

well I've tested the variable power to get a 10w dead key & right at 50W swing which is the rated inputs for the High Drive 250fet amp.. seems to be holding up fine through two week at least ... get quite a few crystal clear "sittin right next to me" sound/signal reports from the people I've hit...

I actually JUST finally made a very tenuous/sketchy contact with West Virginia on the USB on 27.305MHz & then again on .300 .. But there was so much traffic it was nearly impossible to actually get tuned in and talking. The "fix" seems to be literally running the SSB modes with the variable...

John thanks for the reply! I actually realized that one night about sideband being a suppressed or no carrier mode & thus there would be no "dead key" TX on the meter since no carrier... But it's still really strange how on full power and the mic right up to my mouth with full mic gain I...

Hey Guys, Happy to be a new member to this forum, and have a quick question to throw out there. Got a Magnum 257 HP (80W) a few weeks back and have it nicely installed in my Explorer wired directly to the + - of my 12V car batt. AM is AMAZING! on this unit, I've been making contacts...