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I'm sure it does, but it DOES still get out! Again, it made it to the Czech Republic from Nebraska, not well, but it did do it. Two days later a larger antenna still low and under the eaves made it from Nebraska to Puerto Rico well enough. It's worth doing if you have no other option, and...

I started a thread called "Antenna tuners in series?", but the focus has wandered a bit to low, non-optimum installs so I thought I would start a new thread that reflects what I've discovered is what I feel a prevelant antenna attitude that's doing a big disservice by keeping people off of HF...

Oh, I agree. And such as your handle infers, there's no replacement for displacement either, so of course, high power, tall antennas and the best equipment will greatly increase one's odds. However, plenty is worked on qrp, plenty is worked on less than ideal antenna conditions and plenty is...

Hi BettysNephew, We don't have a local club, though a few months ago I started a Facebook page for the local amateurs. We have about a dozen local active, though only one in HF that I'm aware of. Several of them are quite helpful, one who runs the repeater lives just a block down is...

Hi Tallman, I'm finding you don't NEED a better an antenna, you just may WANT a better antenna! A low dipole works better than no dipole! And the 10 meter on 20 made a shaky contact in the Czech Republic and has allowed me 20 meter contactsin Texas and Arizona, so it IS getting out. In my...

Well, I haven't played much, but a little and had some success. I have a 10 meter dipole up on the eaves, only about 12' high. The Kenwood's tuner could not match the dipole to 20 meter, I have a Dentron Super Tuner and a friend loaned me an MFJ swr analyzer and with those two I could match...

Hi Guys, My world is a bit turned upside down, due to an eye disease called Non-Arteritic Ischemic Optic Neuropathy I've been left with very low vision. I had it in one eye and it was only a 15% chance it would hit the other, but my luck didn't hold out, it struck and devastated the other eye...

I agree on the lightening switch, and from what I've read it wasn't real popular in the day and that's why it didn't appear on any other of their models. Dentron did make a one cap/coil unit so I wondered if that's not how they reconfigured it, but why would you do that? I'm thinking the other...

Got a note back from the seller...wow, is he embarassed! He's taking care of it hassle free, so I can't complain. Now to hunt down another tuner...

Thanks BJ! I got time tonight so I dug into this - if you take the bottom off there's an access hole to the this screw, so it's a simple fix. Unfortunately once I had the lid off i dug into it further....someone has done something funky to this thing! The operate/ground switch is gone. The...

Hi Guys, I picked up a Dentron MT-2000A antenna tuner. It's a nice enough unit for a piece of 1978 equipment, but the tuning caps seemed loosed and could be moved left and right. I lifted the lid and found that it looks like it's missing a couple mounting nuts. The caps mount to plexiglass...

My issue with a dipole is that I don't have as much room in the front as in the back and I don't have room for half an 80 meter dipole in the front <- that's why the offset feed is looking attractive.

QSO-King by it's self or QSO-King with a line isolator installed? From what I've read, the line radiating on these and ocf antennas is a problem and a line isolator helps deal with it.

I was looking at the reviews on e-ham not his feedback. Most of the reviews were from guys who had hard locations to get an antenna on so this is basically the only one they tried and it worked, so of course they're happy. Several others though did some comparisons, one was to a doublet and he...

Interesting, the QSO-King seems to enjoy good reviews!

Thanks guys! More options to look at... I was looking at the ocf because it seems it doesn't work a tuner too hard, many can use them tunerless, though most do touch up with a tuner. The off set split fits my yard like a glove too. However...hmmm, I DO have room for a 67' square loop. The...

Hi Guys, I just upgraded to General class and since I've been working so hard to get that license and the privileges it conveys, I'd like to be able to use as many of the bands as possible. I have a small lot in town though, and a small budget. I'm thinking of an offset feed antenna such as a...

I found there's a Yahoo Group dedicated to this radio and it still appears active. My membership hasn't been approved yet so I don't know how useful it is yet, but I'm sure there'll be something there I can use.

Thanks fourstringburn! I was actually looking for something like a Kenwood TS-430S as they have tons of info on them. I just got the Icom and power supply really cheap and couldn't turn it down. It seems my Icom is a solid unit with few problems. The few it has are pretty easily solved. It...

Hi Guys, I got my Tech license last month and just passed my General test this month. A club member made me a good deal on an Icom IC-730. It's not in the best of shape, but not the worst either. Basically it's just dirty and it's been sitting for a while. It belonged to his father-inlaw...