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I love mine but might be a little much for a beginner...

Received 2950 yesterday. Well packed. Took it out today. Just as described. Never unboxed til me. Hooked up... all good! Thanks again.

Sounds like you're off to a good start. I have run a couple of Diamond offerings through the years (x50,x200) with good results. Always wanted to try out the big 17ft Diamond 510 to compare its performance to my smaller dual/tri banders.

I would probably look for a duel bander. 2m 440 mobile. Something offered by the big 3. Icom/Kenwood/Yaesu. Decent power supply with a little extra current than the mobile pulls...for cushioning. A run of LMR 400 to a fiberglass vertical mounted as high as possible. Comet and Diamond make some...

A properly installed permanent roof mount will work better than a mag mount. In my experience the direct metal contact of a through hole mount provides a better counterpoise than the capacitive coupling of a mag mount antenna. Perm mount antennas also tend to play better if running an amplifier...

Never had a Motorola cb but I can attest to the build quality. My first cell phone was a Motorola and it withstood some serious abuse without issue. When I was a teen a budy had Radius P50 handheld. We joked about the fact it was indestructible. We parked his 83 Ford Thunderbird on top of it on...

Correct me if I'm wrong but isn't an Eagle 5000 the same as a Galaxy Saturn Turbo?

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Sent you a message

Wonder what shipping from Sri Lanka costs?

Good info and good write up. I run 5 elements.. (not wide spaced) at 48 ft and 100 watts. Been having fun on 6 ssb. No DX yet but I'm just getting going on 6. No digital for me either. Already planning for next summer projects. Another tower.. This may include a 6 element lfa at 70 ft and a...

Happy 4th to all and always remember to never let kids set off fireworks, let the adults that have been drinking all day handle it!

Dudes collection is mind blowing

I always liked "Y" why did I die dah dit dah dah

I climb mine with an old school double D ring leather belt. Not osha approved nowadays but it works fine for me. Find a gin pole if possible or make your own.. look it up online... not real complicated. For old stubborn towers.. penetrating oil the day before is always a good move. I've used a...

Friday morning we had a front push through with recorded 75mph winds.. I was out of town working but my wife called at 5am freaking out. Said it was intense. No damage to my home... antennas rode it out as well no problem. Many trees and poles broke. It's been a mess all weekend cleaning up.

Nice work Gary. You working toward dxcc on 6? Analog only?

Worked ZZ last year on 2m. Had a good 24 hr long tropo pass into the Carolinas. At times he was S9 off the back of my beam. Aimed at him and worked him QRP first call on ssb. Pretty much used him as a ssb beacon to my east.

Finally got the antennas up and had some fun. 6 meter ssb wore me out! I did strictly phone and managed 32,828 points. Not too shabby I guess.. I have always dabbled in contests for grids I needed but never submitted a log until this year. 2 was up and down but managed to work NE, MN, MO, AR...

It was sure open last night. Tons of contacts on 6 ssb. Fun stuff