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Always a pleasure, my friend :) I will be hanging on 20 today, as well. Hope we still have some conditions. Trainman steppin, with my chin in the wind....CHOO CHOO....

I'm not quite sure, Murdog. But if I were to guess, I would say about 85X at least with that 45 foot long boom. -73's

Beam update..... I am just tickled pink. I hooked my analyzer up to "Locomotive Breath" this morning. Without even adjusting the antenna gamma... this is the SWR after the build. I couldn't believe it!!!! I know the SWR will come down even more once I mount it up top my 20 foot tower. I hooked...

Murdog.... Element Spacing From reflector to driven is 78.7" From driven to 1st dir is 43.3" From 1st dir to 2nd dir is 61.4" From 2nd dir to 3rd dir is 114.9" From 3rd dir to 4th dir is 142.5" Now, after the 5th element you need a minimum of 9 feet. My 5th is mounted at the end of the boom...

I finally finished assembling my custom built 45 foot long boom 6 element beam today. I have named it "Locomotive Breath"...lol. An appropriate name for the Trainman's beam. All I need to do is install it on my 20 foot tower. I am not going to use a rotor with this antenna. It will be pointed...

I love talkin' to all y'all. I was up on 38 LSB this morning and nothing much was happening. Just a little local chit chat. Then I went back down to channel 20 Am and made some good contacts up north and along the east coast. Y'all were sounding good in my radio :) 73's Choo Choo....

Seeing the radio is in excellent shape, cosmetically, I would recommend that you re-cap the radio before your alignment. It definitely looks like a keeper but those electrolytics will need to be replaced due to age of the radio. As far as using simple things for your alignment, as suggested by...

I talked to a few guys in Windsor, Ontario and a bunch in Michigan this morning before 8AM on 38 LSB. It wasn't too busy at that time so I switched to channel 20 Am. The guys in Chicago got a little upset at the fact I was doing 30+ and walking the locals up there.....but that's Mother...

Man, it looks like he is really moving lol....

Sounds like a Cheech and Chong mobile.

uh huh...I see the ground plane but I'm still checking out the asymmetrical modulation, c'mon.

Skip has been so good on channel 27.2050 that I have forgot about 27.385 LSB. lol. I guess I should go back up and check it out. 73's y'all.

Spoke with Venezuela, Trinidad, Bahamas, Florida and Bermuda on channel 20 AM today :)

Talked everywhere on 38 LSB today. All day long. It was a blast..... Trainman just got down.......

Dang it boys! Looks like I keep missing y'all when I'm on. This morning, on 38 LSB, I spoke with half a dozen contacts in Texas, Later in the morning I spoke to the Carolinas, West Virginia, Maine, Iowa, Michigan, Penn, New York. In the afternoon, I dropped down to ch 20 AM and spoke to Kansas...

75 just got down :)

I talked up north to everyone today on 38LSB around 6pm Central.

I would like to know what he is using in the RF section for a driver and final.

Sounds like you found a problem :)

75....Trainman in the big Bam...getting down :)