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Well I solved the problem! I took the antenna down from the tower and decided to open up the balun. Lo and behold there was a direct short across the Pl-259 connector! This balun was well designed but poorly constructed. The ground strap was resting on the center pin solder joint! What the heck...

Wow, ok, well that makes sense. Ill have to listen at 4am and see if I can hear anything. Thanks for the link.

We had clear skys yesterday so I had a chance to get some photos of the radio station from the air. I thought I would share with you. You can clearly see the tower and the station building. Also notice the smaller building running feed lines to the tower, thats the cell phone transmitter...

I dont know. I cant tune outside the band with this radio. I should mention, Ive also got an Icom 706 here which Ive also tested this antenna with. I cant hear anything on the 706 either. I can try that. The guy wires are not parallel. We have had some high winds and rain yesterday, today, and...

I cut my dipole to 32.75 ft = 2x 16'5" legs. I did notice that the SWR lowers as I raise the frequency, I imagine it would be close to resonance around 16Mhz, meaning my antenna is short. If you look at the photo, 50 ft is right where the red transition to the white, the antenna is hung...

Sorry I wrote that wrong. A 3.0 SWR. Its a balun i purchased. An MFJ-918 1:1 current balun. MFJ-918, Balun 1:1, 1.8-30MHZ It was recommended to me by a ham friend in Minneapolis. I havent been able to talk to any locals. I dont know of any other hams near me. Maybe in Anchorage, but I havent...

Hello, I am having trouble picking up any dx stations, or any stations at all. I am located in Naknek, Alaska and am attempting to operate on 20 meters. I am working at an FM radio station where I have setup the ham radio. I am running an old Kenwood 520s tube style transceiver that is in great...