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    wilson 1000 swr issues

    Anyone wishing to verify my contacts with this mobile setup can do so on QRZ and LOTW. Craig - KC1ELZ
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    wilson 1000 swr issues

    Wow! How many months since my last post?! I've been very busy. Tested successfully for both Technician and General ham tickets the Fall of 2015, got the General license in October 2015, and finally got my SUV ready and a Yaesu FT100D installed and operational, as of two weeks ago. 14 on the air...
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    Recently passed ham tests and got General Class license. Now looking for reliable and affordable...

    Recently passed ham tests and got General Class license. Now looking for reliable and affordable HF/VHF/UHF for mobile use.
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    Anybody Used A New Uniden Mic??

    Sounds as if PGH is recovering from the horrendous steel mill crash from the 60s-2000. I went through there when the mills were dying. Mr. Rogers country. My second wife had friends in PGH, and either the husband or the wife knew Rogers from working with him at the tv station.
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    wilson 1000 swr issues

    Howdy! :) I finally got around to putting my replacement Wilson 1000 on my new MFJ-259C analyzer and adjusted it without cutting/grinding. It's all the way to the bottom of the hole! and could use a fraction more to perfect it, if I decide to do that later. For now I have the following test...
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    Anybody Used A New Uniden Mic??

    Still wrestling with the solar activity and skip up here in the NE CT hills. Not much happening here besides that. Even the truckers are pretty quiet. Everyone who does respond says my tweaked stock mic is doing fine, on this new 980. Can't run much mic gain or talkback with an external speaker...
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    Anybody Used A New Uniden Mic??

    Well, running my 980 barefoot, and with the way the skip has been stomping all local traffic around here, I can't even get out on SSB unless I'm sitting on top of someone. Besides that there's hardly anyone on CB/SSB any more. When the cell towers fall, CB will be popular again.
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    Anybody Used A New Uniden Mic??

    How's that 636 working out for you? With the way that Snake Radio Customs (http://www.snakeradiocustoms.com/) tweaked my mic, my gain and clarity are all one could ask for without really needing a power mic. I like the way that he fixes and upgrades the factory stuff, even if it does void...
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    Anybody Used A New Uniden Mic??

    One thing that bothers me a lot about this new 980 is that the daytime lighting is no way bright enough if you're in a sunny area. It'll be interesting to see how the lighting is at night. I set daytime color on the brightest blue-white they had, then set brightness and contrast to 15. I still...
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    Anybody Used A New Uniden Mic??

    My new Uniden BC 980 SSB arrived today and I tried the mic. respondent said all clear and plenty of talk. the guy from whom I bought it yanked the noise silencer circuit to allow mic max gain. Modulation has also been tweaked and peaked on this 980. matched with a wilson 1000 magnet base coil...
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    wilson 1000 swr issues

    Well! I'm back in the saddle again... not only did the Wilson 1000 arrive and pass testing with flying colors, yesterday, but today the Uniden BC 980 SSB arrived and is now loosely installed for some upcoming road testing. Snake Custom Radios has done a very good job setting this 980 up. My beef...
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    wilson 1000 swr issues

    very interesting and good warning! Thanks for the tip. I'm verrrry 5W barefoot on 11M, with a new 20-24" Valor mag base antenna, and an old Cobra 19 DX III that I salvaged from a flea market. Funny that the antenna cost 6x the price of the $5 radio. pretty cool to be able to pick up old stuff...
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    wilson 1000 swr issues

    how much wattage are you talking about causing the burns? 50? 100? 500?
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    wilson 1000 swr issues

    Update. Shipped the bad 1000 antenna back to Wilson. Waiting for them to replace it.
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    wilson 1000 swr issues

    You'll enjoy this teaching cartoon from: http://www.sengpielaudio.com/calculator-ohmslaw.htm