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    Video: KX3 makes 9250 mile QRP QSO

    Good Day All, I was out with the local radio club on Saturday for the Lighthouse Weekend and took my new KX3 out for a play. The antenna I used is a homebrew magloop (40-10m) made from LMR-400 coax. The design is a direct replica of the ALEXLOOP WALKHAM. Anyway a fellow club member...
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    VSWR problem

    Rf ground for the switch box is via the mount to the tower. The control box has a lug, for both dc and rf ground. I'll see how it goes post shack grounding. Then see if it is an interaction issue, I chose the bands as they should be relatively invisible to each other (maybe too close?)...
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    VSWR problem

    M42, At present I have no grounding stake. This will be resolved in a fortnight. The earth stake will be placed outside the shack total wire length to the stake 8 ft. All understood it could be an rf issue. However I am not getting any other symptoms. Tadge
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    VSWR problem

    Good Day All, I have a VSWR problem. My antenna setup consists of an 80m a 40m a 20m and a 10m dipole with the feed points separated by about 12 inches on a boom on top of a 30ft tower. An Ameritron rcs-8 remote switch is mounted 18 inces below the boom. Ok, so I tune all the dipoles...