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    sticky threads gone but have idea

    yes "index" the the word
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    Help me identify this old 3-element yagi?

    the rubber boot looks like its from a spark plug lead........good idea i will remember that
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    sticky threads gone but have idea

    Hi i see some time back all the stickys had gone and when some 1 asked it was to tidy things up ..well i find it a pain in the butt finding my most looked at threads now. So can we have one sticky thread that has links to all the other threads in it that was sticky ........so all is tidy and...
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    4nec2 Antenna simulation tutorial youtube

    Hi all when i first started to look at 4nec2 i find a guy on YouTube( dx2hunt) doing a overview and i asked him if he can do a vid starting from scratch well he has, i only had time look at the 1st one (at work) but looks fantastic. many thanks dx2hunt ‪Antenna simulation tutorial 1 - 4nec2...
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    Everhardt C28 series antenna

    Hi The 5' firestick will work much better than a base load, but as you can shift quickly from forwards to revise on a cat you need a very good mount as the firestick is a heaver antenna than most Dave
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    Vortex antennas

    i have not seen them before .....it just make it fair ....as i got quoted $334 shipping for a mako shooting star to the UK
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    4nec2 I have a idea

    Hi what i was saying and not put over very well is when you modelled it and you say >>> showing gain @ 4.31 dbi at 18* degrees which is not bad<<< That will be a marked improvement over the original antenna that i modified. that was a basic very cheap silver rod type that was 18 inch...
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    4nec2 I have a idea

    Thanks Marconi So i did make a step up from the original antenna that was 18 inch shorter and no radials then What id like to do is get a sirio 827 try it stranded then with the long radials and then compare it with the new vector 4000 which is the antenna i will end up with...
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    Who knows about the Conjugate Match?

    conjugate..................... i think you can get pills for that at the chemist
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    4nec2 I have a idea

    now its over 35 feet but will be 60 feet when my mast is finished
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    4nec2 I have a idea

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    4nec2 I have a idea

    i don't know the length of the radials as the antenna was made in less than 1 hour befor it got dark and as i remember reading sumplace that a wire will need to be longer than a pole say 1 inch across to be electrically the same (or was it the other way round ) i told my son to lay the wire...
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    4nec2 I have a idea

    Hi i have had go at using this antenna Design software and i just cannot get my head around it:headbang What i need to know is how you get a idea of a antenna thats in my head and model it in 4nec2 The antenna i want to model 1st is a 5/8 wave vertical (@27.555 mhz) with the radiator made...
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    New To Cb's Help me out

    just checking this bug it is 12 volts not 6v like some very old ones thanks dave
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    CTE 757 amp info wanted

    hi i am trying to find info on this amp, id like to know its alleged out put And to know what's the 2 trannys in it will be nice, no info on the net and this is not the later HF 757 amp it the one with the alleged class ab/c switch thanks dave
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    best length for ground radials on 5/8 wave

    Well that interesting the resan am asking is long time ago i had a bog stranded 1/2 wave silver rod type approx 20 feet up, i decided push it up to over 45 feet up (may be more it was a long time ago) and it needed some guys, so i think i can have the first part wire and have them as ground...
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    CTE INTERNATIONAL 757 amp

    hi i am trying to find info on this amp, id like to know its alleged out put and to know what the 2 trannys in it will be nice, no info on the net and this is not the later HF 757 amp it the one with the alleged class ab/c switch thanks dave
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    antennae modelling software

    sound like a very good program so will have to find time to laern how to use Dave PS you may have noted i cannot spell ......... i can do most words with 3 letters
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    antennae modelling software

    well i had i look at it last night and i can see how some of it works i can see i can import a file with a existing antennae but i cannot at the mo make my own, will have another look tonight
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    antennae modelling software

    let me know how you get on with it .... i am asking as i dont want to spend the time learning to use some software that is useless. thanks dave