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Texas Star DX500 works a treat with the Optima.

USPS Jargon. You will have it shortly!

The one that came with it sounds perfect to me.

I don't re I don't really know of any antenna other than a Log periodic that will suitably cover the 5.5mhz 24.5 thru 29.995 mhz range of the Optima. Best work on something for 10 and 11 and a separate antenna for the 12m band.

Good luck with Qixiang! ha ha ha

Thank-you Yeti and Magnuman. :) I may be wrong but I believe all of these radios are capable of several modes / Ham only/expanded mode/ CB 40ch only with a modification that involves soldering or de-soldering a couple of pads under the PTT pad. If you use the internal battery pack then you will...

They are gearing up for another production run before Christmas. They may not be branded magnum but will be same as before. I will post when I hear more.

Alot of features seam to be the same. I'm going to review the eHam reviews some more. The Icom was purchased new in 2005, are the caps starting to dry out by now?? Kenwood released the ts-990 in 2013 so is there any remarkable engineering differences between the icom design in 2004 vs a later...

I have the TC300 and it is worse than the worst RM amp. It is class C sounds terrible on air and does just over 100w and gets very hot. The 300 has no relation to the output at all. Not worth the little they charge for it.

Are you using the proper cable. YOu usually have to install the drivers for the cable and windows will not install the correct ones. Make sure you install them before connecting the cable for the first time.

For sensitivity probably the lincoln, thats why the receive so noisy! For signal to noise the optima.

I just put up a Sirio tornado. It works well but don't expect more than a 1mhz bandwidth under 1.5, so your wish for one antenna for 10-11 in the Tornado will not be met without a tuner. The gainmaster is another animal. it does have a wide bandwidth.

I think you are right. I like symmetry so will go with the 40m dipole sloping off the tower fed with 450 ohm ribbon @ 90 degrees and back to a balanced tuner in the tower. Cheapest and easiest without hanging an more iron on to of the tower. thanks, Dave

Was thinking of the log but it will be big...I might just try a couple of the dipoles on a small boom feed them together and see what happens. Looking at remote balanced tuners but they don't come cheap and results are mixed from what I can read.

I wish to make an antenna for the following frequencies on one boom using dipole elements and one feed line. 7.150mhz, 8.1 mhz, 10,1 mhz, 12.4mhz. Would it be feasible to mount them in a line on a 6m boom and feed them together (not crossing over like a log periodic) Could/would something like...