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Recent content by Alain Theriault

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    distance from tower to vhf/uhf vertical antenna?

    hello everyone.. I'm a fairly new amateur radio operator and I've purchased a Comet GP15. I have a tower here at my QTH and I've side mounted the antenna. I'm at about 5 or so feet away from the tower. I've read that it needs to be a certain distance from the tower so it doesn't affect the...
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    RFI getting into switching power supply when transmitting

    Hello everyone.. I'm currently running into a small problem.. When I'm transmitting with my radio, there is RFI getting into my switching power supply. I can pretty much hear everything i'm saying and eventually, the power supply turns itself off and I have to turn it off and turn it back on to...
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    RCI 2970N2 RF Power

    Hi everyone. I got a question about where RF output power should be approx on the 2970n2. On am, I've got it at 10 watts low power and about 80 watts on high. On SSB however, the low power and high power are pretty much the same except for 50 watts difference on low then on high power. On SSB...
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    RCI-2950dx or Lincoln II v3/+ for first 10m??

    It is my first post.. I don't know who OLT is.. I was agreeing with him.. That's all.. IT's not accusing anyone.. It's stating a fact of what actually happens on HF bands. I don't need to justify myself because it's a fact. The same ones who bitch and complain that no one gets a ticket anymore...
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    RCI-2950dx or Lincoln II v3/+ for first 10m??

    I recently bought a 2970n2 a few months ago. It's a fantastic radio for what is it. I will agree with some that, yes, the band is dead for the most part but there's still skip here and there.. Just not as often. I've been using Ranger radios for years and I can say from experience, they don't...