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I want to build an off-center fed dipole for 80 meters and up. I will be using an LDG AT100Pro II automatic tuner. Possibilities I have thought about are: a) feed with coax with a 4/1 balun at the feedpoint. b) use coax just to get outside the shack and place a 4/1 balun there and go the...

Since getting my FT-847 back repaired, I am trying to get SSTV working again. I am using MMSSTV 1.13A (latest), and a Tini-Cat-847 interface which seems to be functioning properly. TX freq is 14.230 into my wire antenna. Running 50 watts. I had this same setup working a few years ago, and...

I am looking for an affordable place where I can order wire and insulators and stuff to make a couple of wire antennas. I am familiar with The Wireman, but their prices seem a little on the high side, but maybe that's just because it has been a few years since I was looking at that kind of stuff.

Hi everyone. I've been away from the forum for quite a while. I have a Yaesu Ft-847 that I have just discovered is no longer transmitting on the HF bands. I would like to get it repaired, and I am seeking recommendations. I am in Illinois, and would love to find somewhere to get it...

Anyone know where I can order the little lamps that illuminate the meters in an Astatic 600? I want to get maybe a half dozen.

I am having trouble getting rid of HRD from my computer. I am running XP. I ran the add/remove programs and it went fine. Then got rid of the program folder in Program Files/HRD software LLC folder. Then got rid of the Simon Brown folder in USERS/ME/Application Data. There is some vestigial...

I finally got around to re-doing my office/shack/computer room. What an ordeal! I had put things together in a real hodge-podge way when we moved out here. I had only one outlet to work with, so I had this daisy-chain of outlet strips and surge suppressors. Also, odd, mis-matched desks...

My Ham shack computer runs Windows XP. I have a radio that sends audio into my sound card and then I play the audio through the computer speakers. In other words the audio feeds through. I want to replace this machine with a newer one, and would like to keep running Vista on the new machine...

I just pulled the trigger on a new Sirio Gainmaster-500 antenna to replace the Imax-2000 that broke in a wind storm last year. Fair bit of change, but I wanted to try something different. The Imax did a decent enough job, but I did get some RFI in a couple sets of speakers. It may have just...

What is the point of trying to compare omnidirectional CB antennas using testing that has too many variables to be meaningful? Different mounts, heights, feedlines, times of day, conditions (yes, groundwave conditions vary a great deal on 10 and 11 meters) . RX stations with a possible agenda...

So I went to my local Radio Shack to get a 4-pin mic connector to rewire a desk mic, and they and all my local stores are out and don't seem too motivated to get any in. They offered to order ME one and ship it to a local store of my choice, but I'd rather not reward their sloppy and careless...

Let's see if we can't get a little digi today if 10 opens a little. 28.120. See you on the Waterfall!

I'm hearing a few signals coming up on 10 this morning---maybe we'll have a little opening today. I'll be listening on 28.400 and in and out of the chatroom if anyone wants to try to make contact, either on 10 or somewhere else. If I don't respond in chat, I probably stepped away and forgot...

1995 Subaru Legacy Wagon. Overheating. Replaced thermostat and gasket. Still overheating. Water Pump? Heater Core? There seems to be a film of some sort accumulating on the inside of the windshield. Related perhaps?

Ham Radio Deluxe version 4.1 (latest build) using the logbook function in the add log entry window, when I try to enter a new callsign and hit the QRZ button, it is not working -- "not found". This used to work as it should, but won't even work with my callsign. Going directly to QRZ or using...

So I blew up my Galaxy DX2517 a week or two ago, probably running SSTV on 10 meters at too high of a level. Normally, I would have sent the rig to SS8541 Electronics, but shipping has gotten so damn high, I figured I'd drive the 40 miles to Sparky's CB Shack here in central IL, and see if...

My Galaxy DX2517 has developed a problem on TX. I can get the radio to key on AM, FM, and SSB modes, but only a very, very tiny amount of power results. Not even the slightest indication on a 5 watt scale meter. The radio indicates that it is modulating, and it can be monitored on another...

A cool video about my home-town, Champaign-Urbana, IL. YouTube - CHAMPAIGN-URBANA smart. innovative. micro-urban.

Anyone done anything to update/upgrade their setup recently? I made a couple of modest changes that really paid off big operating dividends, and added some really cool functionality to my Galaxy. I have been running PSK-31 and SSTV quite a lot with my Yaesu FT-847 and a homebrew simple...

I have been using my Yaesu FT-847 to do digital modes SSTV and PSK-31 for some time, using a homebrew sound card interface. I recently upgraded to a TiniCat-847 interface, which has the additional benefit of a CAT connection between radio and computer. This is really nice, because now the...