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  1. Road Squawker

    VP8PJ - Signy, South Orkney Islands

    Got them on 30 and 17 on Thursday.. both bands verified in the logger
  2. Road Squawker

    Making a 80 to 10 endfed

    dunno about a "10 meter coil", but,........from the manual................. "All MFJ-1982 models come with 132 feet of antenna wire and cover 80, 40, 30, 20, 17, 15, 12, and 10 meters. The only difference between the LP, MP, and HP version is the power rating of the matching network. The...
  3. Road Squawker

    CQ WW 160 meter SSB

    you have a pileup now on 1.815.7.. 0144 utc
  4. Road Squawker

    Yaesu FT1000MP or Icom 7300

    Bearing in mind the age difference and repair parts availability ......... all other things being equal. the 1000MP is by far a superior radio. The rx on the 7300 is wide as a "barn door" and easily overloaded
  5. Road Squawker

    How to use a dummy load

    Just what length of coax were you thinking about using,.... and why?
  6. Road Squawker

    SB220

    Hey, you want another 4-400?................... cheap
  7. Road Squawker

    antenna height?

    the standard "as high as possible" applies,............. 1/2 wl or higher if possible. depends on what you want to hear and what band,.... you may want to mount the loop even lower than the 30 feet,............. the signal strength will fall, but so will the noise, its all about SNR. Welcome...
  8. Road Squawker

    Neighbors pool pump adds 3 s units of noise

    Do not ever,... never!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!, make any "repairs" to your neighbors equipment!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Just tell them to have it repaired and to not operate it until it is. As an Amateur licensee, you have certain protections under the law and are protected from...
  9. Road Squawker

    MIKE OF MIKE'S RADIO REPAIR

    First question,... does the power wire have a fuse holder in it?, and what is the amperage of the fuse?
  10. Road Squawker

    Icom IC-7300 HF Transceiver Review

    The Rx in the 891 is superior to the 7300s. The 891 has Built in DSP and a roofing filter resulting in a better S/N ratio.
  11. Road Squawker

    Yaesu ft 891 portable on 12v

    yeah,... I fumble fingered it
  12. Road Squawker

    Yaesu ft 891 portable on 12v

    13.8vdc +/- 10 %
  13. Road Squawker

    New Amateur Extra Question Pool Released

    The arrl band plan has no legal standing, FCC sub bands are a different matter
  14. Road Squawker

    11 meter is very quiet?

    I hear them almost every afternoon on 28.080 am:(
  15. Road Squawker

    Satellite dishes are protected by federal law but not amateur antennas?

    How about a "collection" of the family jewels?
  16. Road Squawker

    Satellite dishes are protected by federal law but not amateur antennas?

    Many "radio type" people support the HOA regs.