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Recent content by Grant Aldrich

  1. Grant Aldrich

    Off Center End Fed Dipole for Apartment Dwellers or Mobile

    I built this antenna and just wanted to share it. As long as you get it 1/4 wavelength off the ground it works very very well. A friend and club member designed it and he really knows antennas. He should, he has a doctorate in electronic engineering and worked for Motorola as lead designer for...
  2. Grant Aldrich

    Icom IC-7300 HF Transceiver Review

    Thanks for an awesome review. I own an IC-7100 but this has so many other necessities.
  3. Grant Aldrich

    what to use to clean your equipment?

    Simple Green will not attack plastics and if you're careful and dilute it 1/2 and 1/2 with distilled or even clean tap water your silk screens areas will be fine. Been using it for years. Tons of useful Ham resources here http://www.w4wta.com
  4. Grant Aldrich

    10m twin lead j pole questions... Problems

    I thought j poles needed to be a minimum of 1/4 wave lenght off the ground to get good performance. ?