Recent content by richie

it will work better than the dipole, i have the same here but my imax is at 45 degree's making use of the hight of my attic. I tried a dipole in there but the imax works much better. Make sure to use good quality screened coax. Factors such as how far away will your rig be? what power you will...

thank you for the informative reply crusher the amplifiers in question are a dentron clipperton l and a zetagi bv2001 mk4 many thanks 73

hi, can anyone tell me the correct/safe proceedure to discharge (caps etc), a tube amplifier before working on it, changing tubes etc.? many thanks

hi mate, firstly, on the RSGB website, find out what is going on near your location. you will find out where you can sit your "foundation" exam. I strongly suggest that you purchase the foundation course study book, its only a few quid. with regards to equipment, something like an icom 706...

the method you are suggesting is the best way to keep rf out of the shack. terminate the sheild to an outside ground and run the wire as long, high and clear of any obstacles as possible

you guys over the water are on my waterfall (psk-31 and olivia), everyday on 14.070 grey-line times de 2w0bpj sk

ive been using the rig blaster plus for about 3 years, it does a great job, easy to setup and use ...........another plus is that it is easy to re-set the jumpers inside for almost any radio from a simple cb to an old valver

nothing on mods dk, anyone have any other sugestions? the set seems to be working fine, i just need to put it on frequencey correctly. trying to find information on this se is like looking for rocking horse sh*t any information will be greatfully recieved

anyone have information on these sets? schematics etc, im looking to do a tune up thanks

i also think "hell" is a interesting mode. over here we use it often on 27.500 usb. listen out for us one day when the skip is in. regards, richie

yes..........you can connect it to any radio regards, richie

27.500 usb...........international frequencey for digital modes on 11m

sounds as if you have a chip on your shoulder.......................

ive now worked with this antenna in the 45 degrees angle in my loft............10m low loss 50ohm coax............furthest contact was 150 miles (approx.), groundwave ssb.................reports were 4/4................switched to dipole and the contact was completley lost..........switched to...

psk................phase shift keying..........this mode is very narrow in bandwidth therfor you can have many stations operating on one channel or frequencey, FM and AM take up much more bandwidth but it still works the same..........A station transmitting psk will just sound like high pitched...