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  1. TruckerKevin

    Base A moxon mounting question

    This is eventually going to be a moxon for 11 meter. Once the rain quits. I am making it out of a repurposed Maco V58 that met its tragic end in a recent storm. I currently have no 11 meter antenna at all due to this said storm, which begs the question would it be feasible to mount this moxon...
  2. TruckerKevin

    Aligning Cobra 29, stuck on the TX part

    This old beater cobra 29 Ltd classic is just a radio I use for experiments that I’ve had around forever. It’s not about fixing it so much as it is learning what I’m doing. I have spend the last 2 mornings practicing how to do alignments, and I figured out a couple tough problems without asking...
  3. TruckerKevin

    INRAD DMS-1 Desk mic base stand (this things da bomb)

    Hello all radio lovers united, and everyone else in between :). First of all the mighty disclaimer, I’ve never left a product review before. And I am not associated with this company, nor any company for all that matter. There is nothing in this for me. I’m just a lowly ham. Second...
  4. TruckerKevin

    My caged dipole, success, but,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

    I successfully made an 80 meter cage dipole using #14 THHN wire, and cut several pieces of 4" sewer pipe as spreaders. The feedpoint is a Jetstream 1:1 balun, and it is only at 37 feet because I actually want it for NVIS work. NOW, the feedpoint balun only had a so-259 connector coming out of...
  5. TruckerKevin

    My home built ham shack

    I built this from standard shelving planks found at Menards. The picture doesn't show it, but continuing to the right is my flat screen TV, which goes about another 6 feet. Nothing on the market that quite fit my needs, or was ridiculously expensive, so I toiled at this instead. I am not a fan...
  6. TruckerKevin

    Hustler B-5TV tuning problems

    Hello there. I wanted to get some advice. I purchased this antenna and I have it on a good radial system, properly grounded on a DX Engineering hinge. About 50 radials in all, each going about 50 feet out. I AM however very close to my metal mobile home,,,,, about 13 feet which I know is not...
  7. TruckerKevin

    Hooking up a sweet 16 help please

    I am not sure how to correctly hook this all up. The more I try to think it out, the more confused I am making it. I have a Bearcat CB, an RM Italy 100 watt kicker mounted on top of it, an MFJ versa tuner, and a Texas Star sweet 16 (I think thats a dx 1600?). I wanted the rm italy kicker in...
  8. TruckerKevin

    What keeps the ladder line from becoming part of the antenna?

    I know this probably seems like a silly question, but what keeps the ladder line from becoming part of the dipole at the center/feedpoint? I can see that IF a balun was used at the feedpoint, how this would/could make it the balanced feedline to the shack, and separate it from become part of...
  9. TruckerKevin

    Very confused over this manual tuner

    Very confused over this manual tuner the MFJ 989D The literature boasts of a built in 1:1 balun consisting of two large toroids. And on the back it accepts a balanced feed line . And the documentation says to hook up your balanced feed line. OK, call me dimwitted, but I thought that the...
  10. TruckerKevin

    Base V verses inverted V dipole

    this is just a quick but curious question that I’ve been unable to find a solid answer for, whenever I research a V dipole almost all the information I pull up is an inverted V. What would be the plus, or the negative of an upright V verses it being inverted? Why does everyone seem to favor it...
  11. TruckerKevin

    Base My homemade dipole, success, but,,,,,,,,,

    hi, this is my second time of making a dipole antenna and this one is a success. It’s made out of some spare RG8U. I had it 18 feet in length and then I trimmed off 1 inch at a time on each end until I got to 1.5 on channel one, and 1.5 on channel 40. I was afraid to go further. Is this...
  12. TruckerKevin

    Texas Star sweet 16 and higher SWR

    When I put my Maco v58 up I tried tuning it on the ground to the best of my ability, got it 1.1 on 1 but it was 1.7 on 40. No matter what I did I couldn’t seem to get it to drop any further. Everything I did made it worse. Now it’s 60 feet up, it has pretty much stayed the same. Is this too...
  13. TruckerKevin

    Cobra 89XLR mic wiring is driving me ape

    i was gifted this radio without a mic plug. The person I got it from says the plug he put in there is good, but he took it apart a long time ago and said he couldn’t figure out how to get it wired back together and guess what, neither can I. After messing with this all morning I have gotten...
  14. TruckerKevin

    RM Italy stinger on a variable pot

    can this be achieved? Put my 100 watt stinger board on a variable pot to adjust the rf power? Just a curious project
  15. TruckerKevin

    Oscilloscope help please

    hey guys, be forewarned this is a real noob question if there ever was one. I picked up this old hitachi scope from some people that don’t know anything about it and obviously neither do I lol. I only wanted it to monitor my modulation, and to learn on. I have no probes for it. All I have is a...
  16. TruckerKevin

    Texas Star DX500V how much drive?

    Hello fellow radio chaps I have acquired a Texas Star 500 (does NOT have the variable dial on it.) It is old, but clean. I currently have it hooked to my Galaxy Saturn on a 60 amp power supply. I do NOT want to burn this thing up. My radio dead keys at 3 watts and swings to 8 watts on rf...
  17. TruckerKevin

    Jumper cables, buying advice needed

    I’m looking for good quality jumpers to go between my meter, amp and radio. Preferably something you users here have had good success with I’ve bought a few over the last couple of years off amazon and, well,,,,,,,, junk. All of them bad. Even the pricier ones it seems. I used a good lmr400...
  18. TruckerKevin

    Maco v58 going up, please look this over

    Can you experienced guys please have a look at my video I made of my v58 before I put it up? I have a gang of people that’s coming over to help hoist it up and I want to get things right the first time. My swr is over 2, and I just want some opinions my buddy thinks that they’re going to drop...
  19. TruckerKevin

    Connex 3400HP, no tx after replacing finals

    I have a barely used 3400HP that started blowing the inline fuse whenever I keyed up on the mic. I suspected the finals were blown. I removed them. They didn’t have any markings on them. I have a small bag of finals labeled c2078 in my parts bin. They looked identical to the ones I removed as...
  20. TruckerKevin

    Is this cable bad?

    I just bought this LMR-400 equivalent and got my antenna permanently raised. My cable was too long going into the house, so I cut the access feet to solder a new PL259 connector on it. Before I do anything I checked the resistance on the center electrode to the outer sheath to make sure I don’t...