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I am installing a new L2quad , I only want to put it up onceand want everything to be hunky dorey ...gonna use a couple of rf chokes for vertical and horizontal feeds ..do I install near feed on boom ..or would be better off a few inches down the mast ..? thanks ..KP160

I recently bought a cd44 rotor and control box ..it was new in box ..I wired it up and rotor woudnt turn ..looking inside a detected that motor driving cogs wasn't moving even though its getting power ...I live in canada 110v ..got it from u s ....? don't want to send it to norms to find its...

am just a bit ham fisted ..new radio ..eye sight not good , will have a look tomorrow and gauge my chances of not messing this nice new rado up ..thanks for your help sir ..

binrat ...you are a great help ..that's exactly what im looking for ..many thanks .. removing these smt components can be fiddly , would just clipping the legs do the same [carefully] ?

looking for info for the 11mtr mod for my kenwood ts 480hx please ..tried mod dk bt not getting much there thanks

looking to buy used .[must be in v good condition ] ..706 m2 g preferably with separation kit ..or icom 700o .. regards KP 160

gentlemen ..thanks for good solid advice ..am gonna go with whole new maco parts for boom n pl conection ..looking forward to getting this old twig on the go ..she s a beast of a size ...any advice on the Wilson shooting star is always welcome ..

I recently bought an antenna described as a maco shooting star ..the seller told me 1 of the gammas where missing and everything else was there ..well..bought the new /spare gamma from maco antenna parts but when I looked at the gamma that came with antenns its completely different gamma...

thanks for your help on this sir ..now looking at link .. regards billy ...

thanks for quick reply sir ...I have owned this radio for a long time but .. , don't have the know how ..how do I go about reset of cpu ?? regards billy

I have a 757 , recently I was just using radio when output went ..when I turn processor off power back to normal ..any ideas please ..? regards billy

...thanks for your input sir ..these wee radios are few n far between so .just want to mother them .. regards billy

I have recently acquired 2 brand new in box radios ..president Jackson [black face ] and president grant [silver face ] both radios are export [U S ]..and say 10 mtrs on box ...now these radios are gold dust and don't want to be inside them any more than I have to ... President Grant...

thanks brett ...am really pissed off about that , but am still livin and still learning ..its no biggie ..I will be more gentle with the 897 ...but i do love that wee yaesu ..like a brother .! she will be back ..stronger , better , like new !! regards sir ..

mr squawker ...thanks for being gentle with me ..am gonna try the radio again tomorrow ..and have a wee look at what you have said .. thanks sir for your input also .. am learning ..albeit the costly way ..!! regards ...billy

mr kilowatt ...I like your style sir ..say it how it is , and that is exactly how I feel ..daft , stupid ..and well more stupid ...! this bulb your talkin about ..is it inside the radio amd where do I locate the said bulb ..? you know am lookin for a way out of this mess ...[say it how it...

it was on ssb ...am afraid you might be right sir ...someone else said it might just a have been the 11mtr filter that's gone ..because the rx went down v low to ..I can still receive signal and sound just lower signal ..!! any ideas ?? dumbo the dude ..

don't laugh ...I done the switch ..all good , then was txing on her ..and blew something ..no smoke or smell ..realised I was txing with high swr ..and power was maxed out [100 w] ...after all these yrs ..some people will never learn ...!!!?? is it possible it may just be a diode blown ...

m42duster ...thank a million for your help sir ..that reset done the business for me ... one happy guy here :)

hey there mr squawker...to access that switch ..do I have to take bottom or top cover to access it ..? thanks