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Well I had some good contacts today on lsb 37 and up on 430 lots of Ireland coming in early morning actually they were booming in but too many qso’s so I didn’t bother to call cq. I could’ve easily reached anybody in Ireland this morning though the way the conditions were. Mostly just eastern...

Hello there So I have been using RG213 UF for my base station setup and was previously using real times microwave LMR 400 not uf . It’s good coax for sure but I needed to upgrade my coax at the temp QTH so today I bit the bullet and purchased some Messi and paoloni ultraflex 10 with Messi and...

I know this is an older thread but my vote is for the SERIO antennas , I have right now a monsoon 5/8 vertical and the sy27-4 4 element yagi. The monsoon is one of the best 5/8 wave antennas I have used since getting back into the hobby and for the nay sayers out there who think this antenna...

Thanks 9c1driver Yep I don’t know why I thought that I would need a “T” . Well after you and others pointed it out to me.lol. With this amp yeah just 10m . If I go to the 11m band I just run the yaesu at half throttle , I’ve been talking all over the world with 50w . Well on the yagi anyway...

Hello everyone, I just recently acquired a Texas star dx500v amp and I have some questions regarding hooking it up properly. I have a good understanding of a basic setup using one antenna. but I run two antennas, 1 5/8 wave vertical and a 4 element yagi . What it perplexing to me is how do I...

The skip is going to be what it is , it’s been spotty for awhile now and you just have to make contact when the opportunity presents itself. This is nothing new what most people complain about is they had great dx contacts when we were in the peak of the solar cycle (myself included) now we’re...

Yes I guess I should have said I was hoping for lower lol , but yeah I . well the Yagi is up Ive turned to get some real strong signals but as of yet I get absolutely no replies . Hmmm ? That is interesting , I still get WWV booming in when I'm pointed in that direction however I have made...

Hello everyone, This is the final chapter in the Sirio saga , lol The new coax cable came in today while I was taking down the 5/8 wave Sirio antenna . So with the Yagi set up I unpacked the new coax and connected it to the yagi put it up on the poll halfway because that’s as high as my ladder...

Ok a new day and some new tests Got up this morning with the intent of getting this antenna tuned and the results were better than I expected so I don’t know what went on yesterday afternoon. The only thing that I changed besides using the 1 foot LMR 400 jumper for the test at the antenna as...

Thank you Henry. Well I don't think ill be cutting any of the radials regardless of what's happening just might consider sliding them in and re- drilling some new holes if I have to shorten the elements for some reason . but for now I think ill do the following 1) Wait for the new coax to...

Well sad news . Went to re check everything as the new coax didn’t come in today. Using the exact same equipment from yesterday the swr jumped up to 2.3 across the entire portion of the band I had set yesterday. I fooled around with the gama match and could only get the swr down to 1.3-1...

Thank you Henry , You are correct. The numbers you have are pretty much what I had . I set the middle freq @ 27.385mhz . My SWR only started to climb up to 1.2-1 at the higher freq;s . I’m sure there will be some more “tweaking “ and I’ve already resolved to the fact I’ll be bringing the yagi...

Yep , she;s going up tomorrow as soon as the new LMR 400u gets here and I do a re check on the numbers . I was really surprised by the low SWR from 26.975 to 27.700 with only the swr changing from 1.1-1 to 1.2-1 nothing else changed . Guess I still have a lot to learn. Anyway I’m going to...

Thanks Brandon 7861 , I’m going to recheck everything when the new coax gets here tomorrow, if everything goes well I’ll hoist it up and check it again. If I have to bring it down I’ll certainly give your suggestions a try . I have to admit that everyone telling me to just get it up and talk...