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  1. Alan Blackmon

    Newbie with vertical install of HF antenna

    Today I will work on the corner in the garage I am going to install radio on. Recently installed a 20 amp circuit for power in this corner. Breaker box was just a few feet away. Ground rod is just through the wall. Built a desk in the corner. Recently added a shelf under desk. Had my CB...
  2. Alan Blackmon

    I have taken and passed for my license.

    Today I did the lookup on the for my call sign. I am now official. Feels pretty good. Thanks everyone for the encouragement and support. Now to just have some snow melt and a warm up and get my antenna installed.
  3. Alan Blackmon

    Newbie with vertical install of HF antenna

    Looked up my callsign on the FCC web site. I am now official. I have not received an email but I am on the FCC look up site. Thanks everyone for the encouragement and support. Now I just have to have some snow melt and get back to the antenna project.
  4. Alan Blackmon

    11 meter dipole vs A99 for base

    Yikes. Good luck.
  5. Alan Blackmon

    11 meter dipole vs A99 for base

    Hey. Where are the pictures? Didn't happen until they are on here.
  6. Alan Blackmon

    Newbie with vertical install of HF antenna

    This 10 meter news sounds promising. I have a Moxon I built for 11 meters that I can redo and run 10 meters easy.
  7. Alan Blackmon

    Routing Coax Through Wall

    This is how I have been able to get many of my satellite installs done on brick homes. Older brick homes and no coax to where TV was going to be. Easy peasy. I could also put a coax feed through grommet into the hole and seal it up with some silicone. A plate with F-connector inside and I was...
  8. Alan Blackmon

    Newbie with vertical install of HF antenna

    Bundled up and went out today to bury some radials. I had bought a spool of some surplus wire at a local Restore. The spool had enough 14 ga insulated wire to bury 8 radials. Lengths were anywhere from 18-25ish feet. I was able to bury each of them pretty easily. The sod was pretty soft so...
  9. Alan Blackmon

    Newbie with vertical install of HF antenna

    Some great suggestions here. I really like the friendliness of this group. It is pretty cold outside now and being retired I get antsy and want to get moving. So out I go and do something. Many of my CB friends keep asking me what projects I am doing today because they know I just don't sit...