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He's back, heard him a couple of days ago. 40 meters is a great band if you catch the right people to ragchew with. Time of the day or evening makes a difference as to who is on.

Turner +2 has more base than the aforementioned ones if you can find one. also a Shure 444 has more low end response.

Surprised no one mentioned a Half Square antenna. Not hard to build and very good for DX contacts.

Before you buy one of three you mentioned be sure your antenna(s) and feed lines are up to handling it. Any of them will make legal limit and then some; twice that if you drive it hard enough which is only 3db difference. Coax power ratings are lower on higher frequencies at 80 meters it may be...

Knowledgeable guy but no conceit in his family, he got it all.

I hope they enjoy their retirement; will be missed by many myself included.

Personally I think that modifications that will improve the receiver in a piece of equipment are more important. You can buy or build better antennas with gain or a small amp to boost the tx.

We used to use that to patch holes in trailers.

Lowes sells different width aluminum strips they are about 1/16th" thick. They come in 3,4,6 foot lengths. They also have perforated aluminum if you want to replace that. Home Depot has it also.

The only way you can be positive that it is not some device in the house is to hook a battery to the radio and shut off the main breaker in the service panel. If the noise is still there it's coming from an out side source.

Congrats on a great score! Like finding buried treasure.;)

Never buy anything when first released: radio, automobile, etc. Wait until they have been in use for a while and read the reviews from actual users. Also the price usually drops considerably after the first year or so. Every one of the big 3 Icom, Kenwood & Yaesu have had great radios and they...

"Buy cheap,buy twice" they used to say. You don't need to buy the biggest most expensive one but get one that will at least handle legal limit or a touch more in case you add an amplifier later

Dentron,Nye-Viking, Drake, Murch are all good tuners. The Heathkit 2040 does not handle 160 the model 2060 will. Ten-Tech made some good tuners also. If you can find a used one that you are confident it is good working order then any of the above will serve you well. the reason I suggested...

Buy or better build a good sturdy ladderline fed doublet. invest in a quality manual tuner, I recommend Palstar. Add a Balun Designs or other quality 1-1 current balun. I operated a 520S for many years with this setup and it worked fine. You stated you have a large property. Hopefully there are...

Some of the older HF radios used them for finals also.

Nice classic radio BJ. I had a Tram Titan many years ago & it was a great radio. Trams, Brownings, & Sonars were the best radios around when I was a youngster.

That photo was from a long time ago before the drunks and assholes started hanging out there. There was a good group that used to be in there but they moved on.

Never had knee replacement and it is not something I would want. A friend of mine had it done & the recovery took a while. Now that I am older I can't climb any more. Fortunately when I put mine up 20 years ago I bought a Hazer for it. Appreciate it more now than ever. Hope all goes well with...

Leave the ends uncut this way you have 36' one wavelength.Reinforce the center with some flat ABS.