Thanks for saying so. I'm excited to put it to the test. Wife is threatening to to wrap it and stick it under the tree. Fingers crossed she don't.
It came in today. . .
It came in today. . .
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Now that's a threat can really make an impact, you best behave or looks like you might be waiting a little longer to put it to the test
Sweetheart, honey, and darlin' flowin' like molasses over cornbread in the Great Smokies...
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Shadetree Mechanic
Delaware Base Station 808
Grab the box without the radio and wrap it up real quick. Then tell her you did it to be able to put something under the tree. Make sure you tell her there is no radio in it. Unless you want to be in the dog house on Christmas day. Haha!
It's still unwrapped. I think I'm winning the psych tug of war. Learning how from our new puppy (her Christmas gift).
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Tell her if she wraps the radio then it's only fair to wrap up the pup. It's a won discussion
Hustler 1C-56 102 inch CB whip on a SSM-3 pot-belly spring and a MFJ-945E mobile tuner. The whip is resonant at 27.2 MHz, but the tuner can take it up to 29 MHz no problem, as a full-size quarter wave whip is fairly broadband. See the SWR plot above from a RigExpert analyzer, which shows the whip is about 2:1 SWR at 29.6 MHz without a tuner. Hustler also makes the 1C-56A "adjustable ferrule" whip, which you can cut to 29 MHz and then run a tuner when you want to go to 27 MHz.
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Yes this will "work" but remember the tuner is only fooling the radio and not the antenna. You will still have a very out of band antenna. I did something similar before I got the screwdrive, I used a 17 meter hamstick and used a LDG tuner to load it up on other bands. It worked but the screwdriver worked so much better both TX and RX
Hey Homer,
Maybe if you keep hitting the newspaper she'll let you keep it out of the box
73
BJ radionut
Supporting Member and 6m addict
Two questions, Gary.
Is that a garage door your truck is parked in front of? Looks kinda small.
And what’s atop the the tower?
Yep one of my garage doors. Truck fits nicely after I drop the antenna on my custom made Tilt-Over mount.
The tower has several antennas. 6 elements on 25 ft boom for 6 meters @45ft.
A Diamond F23H @48ft. : Diamond® Antenna ~ F23H Monoband Base Station Antenna
Both feed with LM400MAX coax.
Support ropes for various antennas: My Homebrew W8JK 80-15 meter "Phased" dipole array@45ft. (124ft wide 34ft spacing)
Second rope for my 40/20/15m Half Square @35ft...that favors Africa/Europe.
That's tower #1 ...
Hey Homer,
Maybe if you keep hitting the newspaper she'll let you keep it out of the box
73
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