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Here's one you may want to try. Take 450 ohm ladder line & cut a piece 18 feet long. Next exactly in the middle cut one side only, leave the other side solid. Next take some ladder line and solder one side of it to each side of the 18 foot piece in the middle where where you cut it. This will...

Yeah senior moment. 3750-3800. The DX window runs to 3810 but outside the US they are restricted no higher than 3800 The only traffic I hear on 3801 to 3809 are Florida & Puerto Rico.

I agree with you completely. The General portion on 75m is already overcrowded. Many a night you will hear groups of 4-5 all with 1by2 or 2 by one calls that could move down & relieve the crowded conditions. If the Advanced & Extra operators don't want to use it how about giving Generals...

Don't claim to be an expert can only post my personal experiences with the 718. After many long sessions with some of my locals helping these are the results. On Am carrier set to 10-15 watts no higher allows plenty of headroom for the audio I repeat audio not SWING. Mic gain at 10-15 with...

I use a Milwaukee impact drill.Start them by hand with a 3lb. hammer & use the drill for the last 4-5 feet. .There is a bit you can buy made for this purpose. With all the roots & Carolina clay to go through it's the best way have found.

It means your receive audio eq is turned on

If that antenna got hit by lightning you would be picking up pieces in your yard. Looks like corrosion from water intrusion.

Build a Rocket-you won't be sorry.

When it comes to tools when you buy cheap you buy twice

Some ham rigs are hard to get decent am audio and some are not. Kenwood TS-570 or TS-480 are fairly good on am. I had both and with 35% mic gain & 10db compression using the stock hand mic I got very good audio reports on am. As long as you don't eat the mic or yell into it you will sound good...

You stated radio was peaked & you did not want a power mic. A lot of people I talk with locally use a Superstar stock mic available on Flea Bay for a good price. They come pre-wired for different radios. Sound pretty good on RCI, Cobra,& Uniden radios.

Tenma Test Equipment has some decent multi-meters at reasonable prices. Most of them are full featured.

Well if you include the cost of the feedline,any hardware you use(pulleys), strong uv resistant cord to pull it up at $50 you have an antenna that will also be usable on odd harmonics. Yes a wave length on the primary freq, steering it is not that much of a problem if you have multilple tie off...

Possibly tom was referring to the old Starduster or Telrex Rocket

Ken suffered most of His life with bouts of severe headaches & other maladies yet became the Guru of repair on the old Kenwood Hybrids. Sorry He has passed but at least he is not suffering any more.

It takes me all night to do what i used to do all night long :LOL:

Most of the worst offenders are the old guard, hold extra class ticket,always let you know they been a ham for 40years.

A real sleeper, 100% duty cycle often overlooked by many. Great Beacon radio if you are into that. Ham version of the ic-78 which was built for use by Governments at embassy post & some limited military use. Put the Inrad 2.1 SSB filter in & you have a great ssb radio. Had one years ago & at...

Good for you on building your own antennas. Your "design" is actually a full wave loop for 11mtrs, just not in a square or delta pattern

thumbs up on this. I have an old Brother P-touch that did a decent job, lots of font options & size of tape. Going to look into this computer version.