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    Blackcat630 reacted to AmericanEagle575's post in the thread Reclaim LSB 16 with Like Like.
    Well I thought today's WWDX Net was pretty good,I was able to make contact with 898(Doffo) from Kansas and from what I have read,others...
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    Blackcat630 reacted to dave457's post in the thread Reclaim LSB 16 with Like Like.
    Heard you q5 till it dropped out
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    Blackcat630 reacted to YardDog's post in the thread Reclaim LSB 16 with Like Like.
    I heard @Blackcat630 and @doffo talking with you, but couldn't pull them in enough to have a qso. The band is like a slinky right now...
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    Blackcat630 replied to the thread Reclaim LSB 16.
    Talked to 3820 Smokin1 on 16 lsb. Then rolled up to 40 usb worked 22 Nova Scotia. Also good to talk with BC coyote. Lots of QSB on Sean...
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    Blackcat630 reacted to BC Coyote's post in the thread Reclaim LSB 16 with Like Like.
    Made a third contact for today with 226 and also made the connection with 128 Nebraska. So that's three WWDX members today...... 128...
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    Blackcat630 replied to the thread Reclaim LSB 16.
    Heard a English speaking Mexico station on 16 LSB about an hour ago calling... I tried but no luck. I will be calling on 16 throughout...
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    I was given a robyn sb520d along with a 30 ft tower and a radio shack ground plane when I was about 15 in 1993. I have loved it ever since.
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    The dimensions of the antenna are in the public domain thanks to Justin G0KSC, the owner/designer of InnovAntennas @...
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    Blackcat630 replied to the thread 2 Meter Sideband.
    My 13B2 is currently at 60 ft fed with 1/2 inch hardline. It has truly surpassed my expectations on performance. I do live in the middle...
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    Blackcat630 reacted to Nick Gans's post in the thread 2 Meter Sideband with Like Like.
    Blackcat, At 28 feet, even with equal number of elements, that lfa will have about 3dB on the 13B2.. Unless there is a drastic...
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    Blackcat630 replied to the thread 2 Meter Sideband.
    Come spring I plan to make some changes to the tower...finally! For about 2 years I've had a Innovantennas 13 el LFA in the box. With...
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    Blackcat630 reacted to w9cll's post in the thread 2 Meter Sideband with Like Like.
    Back in the early ’90s, I was running 2m SSB with a stacked pair of Cushcraft 17B2s at 80 feet. My rig was an ICOM 275A, and I even...
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    Blackcat630 reacted to Nick Gans's post in the thread 2 Meter Sideband with Like Like.
    For the same amount of money, this is a much better choice.. M2 has been in the VHF/UHF antenna business a very long time...
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    Blackcat630 reacted to Nick Gans's post in the thread 2 Meter Sideband with Like Like.
    Crawdad, I'm a step or 2 ahead of you.. About 25 years ago, I built my first home brew 2M SSB antenna from parts and pieces of an old TV...
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    Blackcat630 replied to the thread 2 Meter Sideband.
    https://www.swotrc.net/ActiveSWOTNets.htm Propagation in real time on vhf... https://vhf.dxview.org/ Propagation forecasts...