Finally got my Base Station up and Running!!

[AmericanEagle575]

Well good afternoon Friends, as you might remember in my last post,I was slowly starting to put together my base station,well there's been a change in radios,went from the Ranger 2950 to the brand New Uniden 980 and the receive is night and day from the Ranger , it's so much better on the Uniden!!

Finally got everything hooked up to the Antron 99 and I checked the Swr on 1 and 40 and they were 1.1 on channel 1 and 40 was 1.3, didn't have to adjust anything!! I spent 2 hours on the roof getting everything ready ( my dad was my spotter just in case) and everything is going well!! I usually hang out on 38 LSB listening and my numbers are 575!!! Hope all of my radio friends have a great day and God Bless you all!!!

Steve
AE # 575

 

[L2]

Nice station 575. Good dx today. Hope to catch you on the band.

527 Meadowlands New Jersey

 

[Shadetree Mechanic]

View attachment 39651 Well good afternoon Friends, as you might remember in my last post,I was slowly starting to put together my base station,well there's been a change in radios,went from the Ranger 2950 to the brand New Uniden 980 and the receive is night and day from the Ranger , it's so much better on the Uniden!! Finally got everything hooked up to the Antron 99 and I checked the Swr on 1 and 40 and they were 1.1 on channel 1 and 40 was 1.3, didn't have to adjust anything!! I spent 2 hours on the roof getting everything ready ( my dad was my spotter just in case) and everything is going well!! I usually hang out on 38 LSB listening and my numbers are 575!!! Hope all of my radio friends have a great day and God Bless you all!!!

Steve
AE # 575

Looking good, those unidens are a great value that's for sure. I have the wireless MIC for mine and can sit at the bonfire out back and never miss out on the action. No backyard BBQ would be complete without one. I am usually on CH 20am, but I get up to 38lsb often, hope to talk to you.
808 Central Delaware
Chris

 

[S&W357]

556 North Carolina will be listening for AE-575 Pennsylvania.

 

[Eldorado828]

Nice work, glad you finally got it in the air. Conditions were good today, hope to hear on there as I'm also a 38lsb guy. 828 in the Lone star state and I'm standin by!

 

[357magnum]

Looking Good ! AE 1183 in RI will be looking to make contact .But only chatted with another AE member since I joined almost 2 years ago . Good Luck ! Stay healthy & Safe ! 73 & God Bless ! Leo

 

[G GOLLY WAlly]

Glad you're up and running, hope to have mine up and running next days off, barring any honey do projects. I already know I've got to paint the house and fill in and smooth the backyard where my above ground pool once stood.

 

[zamboni]

74 central Colorado wavin a hand

 

[dave457]

Add a dsp unit for a extension speaker and your Rx will be even better

 

[G GOLLY WAlly]

Well, it's up and running. But nothing but dead air my antenna system is just temporary for the moment, but it's up and running.

 

[HomerBB]

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Well, it's up and running. But nothing but dead air my antenna system is just temporary for the moment, but it's up and running.

What are you using for the antenna system?

 

[G GOLLY WAlly]

My 102 whip at the moment

 

[HomerBB]

My 102 whip at the moment

What's the long term plan?

 

[G GOLLY WAlly]

What's the long term plan?

I think I'm gonna try and get a 5 element Gizmotchi for the house and put the V quad on the shop radio. Haven't decided if I'm gonna keep the 102 as my ground plane or go with a commercial ground plane. I'm still tossing around ideas in my head, I've got to get something stout enough for a 5 element beam, and a stout rotor. I've noticed a few flag poles around this little town not being used, their the old school wielded steel pipe, not aluminum.

 

[HomerBB]

Lotsa big antennas.