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  1. Oatmeal

    Eddie Marconi ?

    Hello Eddie, still keeping u in our prayers for a speedy but safe recovery...
  2. Oatmeal

    Predator 10k competition any good?

    I used to run a ss whip on my trucks for years, until I bought the Predator 10k single coil 27" shaft, and mounted it on the back side of the tool box in my F-150, had the coil 8" above the cab, never looked back after that lol...
  3. Oatmeal

    Beads, Ferrities ?..

    As you all know, I run 2 EF's here, one is a 4010 and the other one is a 8010..... The 4010, ended up using the CMC choke on this wire and also have 3 beads on the coax behind the radio, and no RFI in the shack or pc anymore..... The 8010, getting ready to put it back up and see what happens...
  4. Oatmeal

    Ameritron AL-80B amplifier ?

    Have a question about antenna tuners..... If you was going to buy this amp, which antenna tuner would you buy and why ?....
  5. Oatmeal

    Inverted L EFHW 8010 ?..

    I had went to a EF 4010, and hung one end at about 65ft and the other end is about 40ft or so, does well like this for Dx....
  6. Oatmeal

    Inverted L EFHW 8010 ?..

    You guys who is running a EFHW 8010 wire antenna, as a inverted L shape, what did u use to protect the wire as it goes up from the transformer side to make the turn at the top and runs horizontal cross the rest of the way?...... Also, what length did you end up going with on your EF ?....
  7. Oatmeal

    The new model Kenwood TS 590sg ?

    Just bought one of these new a few months back and like to ask how do I go about putting a D-104 desk mic on it, mic I have just has a side bar u key, looks like a Tug 8 stand too, the one I have is wired for a 4 pin Cobra cb radio, can I get a adapter or should the mic be wired to this radio...
  8. Oatmeal

    are new A99's all a pos?

    My Imax, I took it down a few weeks ago to move it and noticed the fiberglass had cracks in it its seen a rough life here but has lasted 10 years or so....replaced it with a dipole...
  9. Oatmeal

    are new A99's all a pos?

    A friend of mine he runs a A99, and says it works well 10-17m bands without using a tuner on it..... I have one of the old Imax 2000 fiberglass antennas, and it does about the samething as the A99, but I had cut 6" off the top trying to use it on 20m band, but that didn't happen, so swr on 11m...
  10. Oatmeal

    Eddie Marconi ?

    Prayers for Eddie, get well soon
  11. Oatmeal

    Frequency counter ?

    I have a nephew, who is learning how to work on cb radios, and at the present he is running a Cobra 139XLR for his base setup, ok, is there a frequency counter that he can leave inline and use with this radio all the time, or are they just something has to stay on the bench ?....
  12. Oatmeal

    Where are Megawatts power supplies?

    http://www.megawattpowersupplies.com/................... Just went to there website it is still up and running... I run one of those Megawatt Power supplies here its been going for 5 years now have the 30 amp, using it for a Yaesu Ft 450d ...
  13. Oatmeal

    Wire antennas ?

    Thanks, I have 2 of these EFHW-8010hp model wire antennas have both up as of today, the 2nd one is on the other side of the house hung horizontal between 2 trees about 30ft off the ground just testing it over there for now, but yeah have a friend he told me to try the samething u did HomerBB...
  14. Oatmeal

    Wire antennas ?

    Since I started this thread, I have moved that EF and it is in the lower end of the yard, still between 2 tree's and have the transformer end at 55ft and the tail at 65ft, and I do have a ground wire on it, and feeding it with a 160ft of RG 213 coax, had a little RFI, but took care of that and...
  15. Oatmeal

    Does this anntenna really work on all bands?

    I run a EF 8010hp model here myself, one end is 55ft and the other end is 65ft and as u no it is 130ft long, seems to do well where it is..had some RFI in the shack alter I put it up but have that all under control now...but I'm like everyone else if I can better my antenna system, I'm all for...
  16. Oatmeal

    What do you do, or did you do, for a living?

    Well lets see, after I got out of school, had a lot of deadend jobs, until I got my CDL's, worked here for awhile but wasn't making any more so I went out of state looking for work, 1st time ended up in Ga, where I drove a truck for Shaw Industries for a few years, then our son was born and...
  17. Oatmeal

    Wire antennas ?

    At the present I do use a EFHW 8010hp model antenna, it does ok on all the bands tunes nicely on them using the internal tuner, but seems to lack on the 20m band, don't seem to do as well as the old 102ft G5RV I used to run...I have the EF up about 50ft high on both ends, between 2 tree's here...
  18. Oatmeal

    Dipole antennas ?..

    I don't no, never tried that..... Only way I see I can hang it to support the middle is not bring it cross the yard.....these 2 tree's are like a 100ft tall I been told.. I was told a G5RV would work better on 20m, than just building a 20m dipole, is this correct ?.... Just looking to get a...
  19. Oatmeal

    Dipole antennas ?..

    Have a question for you guys.... How do you hang your G5RV/ZS6BKW dipole and support the center, I have tree's in the back yard, but there against the bottom of a mountain, and have a couple out front, and would like to string mine across the yard using a tree on each end of the property...
  20. Oatmeal

    Dipole antennas ?..

    The end fed antennas, seems to favor the direction the tail is in, I no at the old place we lived at it worked really well up there, since we moved, haven't had a lot of time to fool with it much.......but here have a lot of room for antennas...