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    Stroke AG

    Thank you everyone. It is a very rewarding feeling and gives me even more motivation to learn everything I need to know to get my Extra. I hope you are able to get your old callsign back Harold. That would be awesome!
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    Stroke AG

    I just got home from taking my General Upgrade test and I'm happy to say, I passed. I'm now KB3VQT/AG :w00t: Time to hit the books and hopefully by end of June be ready for the Extra Upgrade.
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    QSL MAKER

    I just made my own in GIMP and then you can convert it into whatever format you want.
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    Announcing the worldwidedx.com 2011 Spring Contest with GREAT Prizes!

    Here is my entry for Amateur (Ham) Radio Photo's are posted in my photo album. PDF file available in the above posting
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    2 Meter - 70cm Super J-Pole

    I originally thought about painting it with grey primer paint but instead sprayed it with Lacquer clear coat. I'm going to have to rethink how I'm going to mount it. That is the main issue right now. I think what I'm going to have to do is extend the bottom mounting stub some way and then water...
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    2 Meter - 70cm Super J-Pole

    I'm afraid I'm at a standstill at the moment. Unfortunately I'm having problems figuring out where and how I'm going to mount the antenna. Its too tall for my attic, I put it on a temporary mast on my back deck and it just seemed very unstable the way I had it mounted. I'm going to have to...
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    2 Meter - 70cm Super J-Pole

    I am making some final checks on the antenna that I built and according to my multimeter I'm only measuring 000.4 ohms resistance across the antenna. Is that a good thing or bad thing? :confused:
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    Cactus Super J-Pole Project

    I would like to submit the following as my contest entry. For now I have created a pdf file with notes and some instruction on what I did to make the Cactus Super J-Pole. As soon as I get it all completed and operating I will add more pictures. Below is two pictures of the main antenna ready for...
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    How to weatherproof a coax connection?

    Many thanks for all the responses. I think I'm going to go with the 3M Tape suggestions as I would like a more "temporary" solution.
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    How to weatherproof a coax connection?

    I am putting the final touches on the Cactus Super J-Pole Antenna I'm making and now need to weatherproof the coax connection. What is the best way of doing this? I have seen people use electrical tape and some use heat shrink tubing. What is really the best way to weatherproof the connection?
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    Coax question

    How do you mean "overdoing it"?
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    Coax question

    The main Antenna is an Antron 99 which I will be using for 10 Meter to 40 Meter and the 2nd Antenna will be the Cactus Super J-Pole I'm in the process of building. It will be 2 Meter and 70cm. Given what everyone has posted and with a bit of further confusion, I think what I may wind up doing is...
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    Coax question

    Thanks for the replies. Reason I was asking is because I was looking to mount the J-Pole I'm building up on the roof near my other antenna and the coaxes for both would run beside each other at some point. What is the minimum distance I can put two antenna's next to each other? They are both...
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    Coax question

    What affect do two coax lines running beside each other have on the other or does it really matter?
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    2 Meter - 70cm Super J-Pole

    The one I'm constructing is not like the Arrow Antenna. The one I'm making is what the call a Zeppelin Antenna because its the same design the Germans used during WWII. It can be found Here and Here. I cut out the parts last night and fit it all and I was really surprised at how really easy it...
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    KDØNSC's Shack...

    I have shack envy. Very nice job! :thumbup:
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    Today I was given an antenna...

    I'm hoping in the next month or so to be able to purchase an Antenna Analyzer and that should tell me what frequency at least that it might be resonant on.
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    2 Meter - 70cm Super J-Pole

    When is the contest deadline? I hope to have it finished by Sunday morning, Tuesday afternoon at the latest.
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    2 Meter - 70cm Super J-Pole

    After researching and looking at all the possible solutions for a antenna that I either wanted to build or buy for 2 meter and 70cm use, I decided to attempt building a Super J-Pole. I figured the cost of me building on was more economically sound and the experience gained in the process would...
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    Today I was given an antenna...

    The overall length of the Driven Element is 6 1/4".