I terminate my ladder line with banana plugs. I have a basement window pane made with plexiglass and banana jacks spaced 3" in it with a foot of ladderline from them to my tuner. Outside when I'm not
I looked at the survey and gave up. the only people they will hear from are hams who are retired as those are the only ones with enough free time to fill it out. 73 rob / k5uj _______________________
The Icom IC718 is just a bit over $500. Take a look at one and the price on, for example the gigaparts website: http://www.gigaparts.com/store.php?action=profile&sku=zic-718 this is a 100 w. rig with
<<<THIS is why antennas fed by open wire line tend to be noisier than those fed with coax. It isn't the line, it's the fact that you can't effectively choke it. >>> Hmmm, when I switch between my coa
I think this is getting a lot more complicated than it needs to be. I have a Centurion and RF Parts 3-500ZG in two pairs. RF parts advises running the tubes with hot cathodes for several hours when t
Used Yaesu FT1000Ds are on the market now for $1900. The Kenwood TS850 is much less (get a later serial number). These are both excellent contest rigs for ssb and have very robust PAs for 100% duty c
I used to have a Corsair II and I thought there was an arrangement (which I wish all rigs had) with a rear panel jack, either UHF or phono, can't remember which, and a little slide switch that determ
Well now. Weeeeelllll now. Seems to me that some of you, and you know who you are, owe Mr. Douglas Shock an a p o l o g y. Don't you? rob / k5uj On August 12 we read that.... <<<I talked to the sales
<<<I think it would be easier to steal wire above ground rather than in the ground?>>> Maybe, but there are a few factors that make this arrangement less appealing to the crack heads (the thing that
I heard the 4cx800s are available again but at twice the price they used to sell for. I think the 3cx800 is a better tube--the typical amp design with the triode seems to produce a slightly cleaner o
Anyone interested in the model 715 might enjoy studying these kits: http://www.qsl.net/df4zs/index2.htm 73, rob / k5uj _______________________________________________ TenTec mailing list TenTec@conte
There must be something wrong with me because my rigs aren't firmware upgradable and I like them that way. I walk into the shack, turn one on and have a qso with someone, just like I did when they we
Hmmm interesting Scott; don't hold me to this but your loop may be just a wee bit too small. If you could add another 70 feet to it and get it up to 0.8 wave for 160 then maybe the palstar could hand
Before you tweak any little trim pots etc. in the rig, take careful notice of the position of each one before you do anything. The reason is that in one of the rigs (might be the omni VI but not sure
I also had this problem. I had a pretty big spike on keying the mic and also a smaller one on release. Nulling the carrier was the solution (actually it didn't make the spikes go away completely but
I use the Sennheiser HD280s which I purchased from BSW (www.bswusa.com) for $80, but I note that they have gone up to $100 now. They are ear enclosing and have great isolation and a flat frequency re
Dear Rick, With all due respect, I'm interested in finding out why you are using the Ten Tec RF processor with a 1000D when the 1000D has one of the best RF speech processors ever to be included with
Hi Walt, it's good to hear from you! I hope everything gg okay in Hernando. Jerry, I disagree with you but having said my piece I'll leave it at that. I would like to see this study from Ten Tec that
Depends on what you want to do. Speaking for myself, if I were given a choice between an Orion and a complete functioning BC610, it would be a no-brainer, I'd take the BC610 in a second. 73 Rob K5UJ
First, thanks Bill for helping a new ham. But why not let him post his question here and get our answers himself? We do not know how much money he has to spend and we do not know where is interests l