Sputnik went up in October, 1957, and lasted something like 3 months One evening as we sat eating supper, the telephone rang. My dad got up and answered. He recognized the caller, the Superintendent
I've never heard of an "Omni VI Pro" but I have had the Omni VI (563) and the Omni VI+ (564) both at the sane time. The 563 had what is called Option 3, which is factory installed and turns the 563 i
It's not all of them. I had a 706MKIIG for ten years or so, just sold it earlier this year, which never had any issues. I took the top off to put a CW filter in. That's all. The AH-4 that went with i
It's not all bad. When my Omni Vi opt. 3 had a transceive problem, I sent it in. I had a few chats with the head tech describing the exact symptoms and eventually was told that there was no problem a
What is "a low-loss matching and feed system into an efficient antenna?" This is the "Holy Grail" of amateur radio, if we can find it. 73 de W6OGC Jim Allen Sent from my iPad
I had one of those, not at 60', about half that. CC&Rs and all that. What is a "well designed truly balanced antenna tuner?" From what I've read, there aren't many. I have an MFJ 974HB. There is the
Indeed you did, and I quoted your exact terms, fishing for some practical suggestions. One sure doesn't want to have to rely on QST ads or eHam reviews! Since I run only QRP, every decibel is preciou
With the hints you provided, it looks to me like it would be March, 2010, pp. 64 and 46-52. There are references to articles in May, 2004 and August, 2006 also dealing with remote autotuners. Thanks.
When I was doing the plotting and scheming on such a loop, I described it in a thread in the Antenna forum at QRZ.com. There are several antenna geniuses that hang out there who love to model stuff,
Maybe we should arrange a vat of this stuff and arrange to have our radios dipped in it, as that seems to be the cause of a large number, maybe a majority, of the problems we see discussed. Every now