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That would be cool. I wonder if it will be a "sleeper" like the Midland 79-290 was.

It is mounted exactly where the Imax was. It is on a 3 foot roof mounted tripod on my 2 story house with a 10 foot section of antenna mast. The feedpoint is probably right around 30 foot AGL.

I was just testing with an Astatic 600 power/swr meter. Just some quick and dirty tests, I did not have time to mess with it much.

Well my friend came over yesterday and helped me install the GM. That went without a hitch. As long and ungainly as this stick is, it is very light and was not a problem for me to walk it up vertically and steady it while Rich got it to slide down into the tripod. I did not to an extensive...

20 watts is far too much for that amp. I'd go no more than 10-12 watts pep whether that is SSB or AM at 100 percent modulation. So a 2-3 watt deadkey ought to work ok as long as the radio doesn't have some kind of "swing kit" in it.

I would like to get it up higher, but when using a roof mounted tripod with a big antenna like this, I just don't feel comfortable going with more than the 10 foot mast that I am using. You are right about local range with it being this low---it ain't going to be great. With the Imax at...

My understanding is that the people to whom it was erroneously delivered put it in their garage to get it out of the elements, but delayed contacting UPS for some unknown reason. I believe our driver (who is clearly an honest, conscientious person) actually went to the door and asked them about...

I got it. Our regular driver found it and brought it to my house yesterday. Not sure if I'll get it installed today---kind of windy.

Nope. I tracked down our regular driver on Wednesday, and he said there was a sub that day. The supervisor from our terminal has called a couple of times. At first they said the guy had left it on my neighbors' porch and even had the right street address and described it correctly as a horse...

...and I had help lined up Saturday to help mount it. Bastards.:thumbdown:

WTF UPS tracking indicated my antenna was delivered yesterday and left on my porch. Uhhh---nope. No antenna here. Yay.:headbang

Haha, probably not. I may have arbitrarily given it that moniker given it's power rating.

I am expecting it to cover at least the SSB portion of 10 meters as well as 11. As a matter of fact, it will probably get used on 10 more than 11, but I posted in this section because it is marketed more as a CB antenna. I haven't told the wife yet, but she just ordered a new set of custom...

I just pulled the trigger on a new Sirio Gainmaster-500 antenna to replace the Imax-2000 that broke in a wind storm last year. Fair bit of change, but I wanted to try something different. The Imax did a decent enough job, but I did get some RFI in a couple sets of speakers. It may have just...

"We have lost something that we won't get back." ---Steve Wozniak :sad:

Excellent idea. I love my 847, but I know it won't last forever. An FT-947 maybe?:biggrin:

I have a pretty good collection of base mics. I have the TUP9D104SP black and chrome, a black and chrome 10DA-l Super Sidebander, a Shure 526T, a Cobra CA-72, an Astatic 1104c, and a Fentone 500c mounted on a Silver Eagle base. I also have a couple of Astatic 575s and two Superstar DM-452s...

Nice job!:thumbup1:

I had Richard Byrd do this for my DX2517. He did do a full alignment. Power on 10 meters is a little lower than 11. More like 25-30 watts instead of 35-45 on 11. That is just a limitation of the chassis. No problems with the VCO on this unit. I have it connected to a sound card IX and...

I use a Workman UVS-300, which is a knockoff of the Diamond/Comet dual band collinears. Excellent antenna, been up at 30 feet for 8 years now, works very well. It sells for about $90. Gain is claimed to be 7dbi for 2M, 11 dbi for 440. It is about 17 feet tall.