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That is an excellent article ! That should be mandatory reading for every ham and every 11 meter op as well. My setup is on the ground floor of a shop building. 2 six foot ground rods, 4 foot ground cable through the wall to a single point bus bar. I ground my rig, amp, and an antenna tuner...

Not sure how that relates to the subject at hand. There are dozens of decently priced radios out there that are perfect for truck drivers and can be had for under $300. Ranger radios have a spotty track record. Why spend three times more than you need to for a less reliable radio ?!?! It's...

We can thank China and Japan for that. When they really started ramping up the import of consumer goods to North America in the 1980's it forced competition in a lot of industries (like electronics) that didn't really exist prior to that. The 60's - 70's electronics industry here was more like...

Bang on Nomad ! The more stages of amplification and processing before the radio, the higher the chance of squeal, hum and hiss getting into the transmitted audio. As well, more devices = more patch cables, and those are also huge generators of squeal hum and hiss. The best sounding stations...

I had to sneak a look at that price. Mark me fully gob-smacked !! Anybody that spends that kind of money on a Ranger radio is certifiably insane. I'm speechless..........

I agree ! You have a fantastic sounding station Rod !

You must not know very many radio operators then....... Belden is one of the worlds largest makers of coax cable and their products are everywhere........

Sitting on channel 37 and heard 399 Colombia talking to 178 DXMan just south of me in Washington state, and now there's a pileup of about twenty guys all trying to call 399 LOL! Mayhem on there right now........ Hopefully I'll be able to sneak a call in there eventually!

What chance? The chance of anyone having a problem using brand new Belden 9913 cable is no more than the chance of having a problem with LMR-400 or anything else!

I wouldn't be caught dead running echo. But that's just me......... Quickest and easiest way to get 8 volts would be to run a 7808 regulator off one of the 12 volt rails. Don't forget to put a cap on the input and output of the reg. 7.5 volt zener would work just as well.

No thanks. I work as a tech in the community FM broadcast industry, and that is what we use in the 88-108 MHz band.......1/2 inch hardline with N connectors. On 11 meters I run good 'ole Belden 9913 RG-8 with 239/259 connectors. Unless you are running hundreds of feet of line, there is...

Excellent news ! That was an unusual problem, that's for sure !

Not just crystals ! It is also famous for eating the legs off RF transformers, and various other components. Even if the legs haven't been eaten, the conductivity can cause problems including component failure. If the radio is working as is, I wouldn't mess with it. If it isn't working, I'm...

Hey JJ I heard you calling around that time yesterday but couldn't get back to you. Also heard several stations out of the midwest hollering at you around the same time. So you were definately getting out! Really amazing conditions here again yesterday....... and today it's totally dead...

Missouri, just a heads up that this is a zombie thread from 2012 !

Check the wirewound 150 ohm resistor hasn't shorted to 0 ohms. A 0 ohm condition would enable excessive current to go straight to ground through the cap, which would certainly make it heat up like that !

That should be an easy sell. Lots of people looking for those CPI radios. You will want to make sure it works properly on both rx and tx before putting it up for sale. Also helps to give a ballpark price that you hope to get, just so people have some idea of what you want for it...... Good...

Horrible things! It's basically like putting a dummy load on the roof. Not good for much else..... A basic wire dipole that costs nothing to make will outperform it massively.

And those bullshit watts are almost as bad as Dosy watts........

That's all well and good, but I had three of my longest 11 meter contacts ever this last spring. East to the Poland/Ukraine border, and West to Thailand and Western Australia (I'm in Western Canada). So I'm not convinced the F2 layer is dropping. Is that something like the sky falling LOL!