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Just throwing this out there, I use a shorty 80/40 meter dipole for hf. When I first bought the dipole, I had it mounted 5 feet off the ground on my back fence. Using 100 watts and a tuner, I worked a guy on 20 meters, who was in Bosnia :) Not bad Eh?and a quick Howdy to CK,^^ Hope you guys are...

399, Thanks for your help Sir ! I'm getting a nice 139XLR soon and looking forward to making it shine. Also, very good work on your 858 Chassis Page. I'm not very good at the electronics but I look forward to reading more about them. 73 , Tuner

Lol too funny Space Cowboy :) very good Gents! Thanks !

Thanks guys, I have seen some antique table Bakelite radios that have been restored , cleaned and polished. They look incredible ! Thanks for the replies :)

Hi guys, Please share your ideas on how you make your older and newer rigs shine :) inside and out. Thanks for the look

Ok enough of this winter! bring on the Spring, so we can get out and work on our antennas :P

Hello , I'm using 3 , 10 foot sections of electrical conduit 1.5 to 1.25 to 1". Telescoped at 8" on each. Guyed with dacron rope at 25' ,the imax is attached at about 27 '. I have 3 guys on it with 3 , 9' ground plane wires attached to the guys. I have it about a foot in the ground attached to...

Thanks for the kind words , a mighty fine looking shack you have ! God Bless you and yours as well :)

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I see , Eddie , thanks for the heads up.

a wet SOS pad should be alright in keeping the dust to a minimum right ?

Actually my dipole is called a shorty 80/40. It is only 70 feet long made by Maple Leaf Communications. It is made for just 80 and 40 without a tuner, but I have had very good luck with it on 20 with a tuner.

I understand that you want the dipole in the attic, I've heard of guys just laying them on the shingles. Also, I have an i max 2000 on a 27 foot telescoped mast. It is guyed at about 25 feet with Dacron rope. I have my dipole in a inverted v with a pulley and rope to raise it up and down if...

Very good ideas , thank you very much

Hello, I'm currently in the process of restoring an aluminum antenna. I have read about different methods of cleaning them. The one method I'm curious about is using an SOS pad. I read that it is not recommended as the particles can get imbedded in the aluminum. What problem does this cause...

Looking to buy an Avanti Astro Plane Antenna, Or Clone, Very Good condition is preferred, Although may consider lesser condition as well.>>>>>Must be willing to ship to Canada<<<<< If you have parts? let me know . :) If you could, please send me a Private Message Thanks Tuner

My maddie has a rotary switch in place of the the rf gain knob which works well, also, I had an old Grant that had the same channel mod using the same kind of switches as the Maddie. Hope that helps.

Dear Santa, I have been very good this year and would love a nice new Astro Plane Antenna please :)

Way to go Marconi !!!!:)

I hope you guys don't mind I think ill share this info on my Astro Plane FB group :)