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Recent content by nfsus

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    Poor ft847 receive 10m repair

    I’ve been fooling with a yaesu that’s been giving me fits over the receive sensitivity. It only affected the 10, 12, 17 bands. It still had rx but unless I ran the preamp it was super low. Figured I had blown it. Instead of looking into it I felt super lazy because I figured it was all smd...
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    Improving receive

    My guess is he’s after a fix for the narrow receiver. Makes it sound like crap
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    Building a Capacitor Discharge Stick…Chicken Stick…Jesus Stick

    ok seriously, i dont know if its heavy enough. the amount of discharge energy from a resistor blowing apart can be immense. you have potential arc flash at the point of separation and shrapnel from the insulated rod.
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    Building a Capacitor Discharge Stick…Chicken Stick…Jesus Stick

    or, and just hear me out, you just toss it to the neighbor and yell catch................oh wait nevermind. oh thatd be terrible
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    anytone 5555 and lincolon2 audio quality

    we have both fo these radios. both work well, however, no matter if you use the built in speaker or an external speaker they dont sound all that great on ssb. it almost sounds like theres a dsp running or the filter isnt wide enough. anyone else notice this? is there a cure? biggest downfall of...
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    Anyone tried this screwdriver?

    I use a baby tar heel on my car. Works very well. Had it on my truck and it didn’t work as well.
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    Anyone tried this screwdriver?

    https://buyantenna.com/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=671&search=Screwdriver
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    260’ dipole for all bands

    love the disclaimer! im abandoning the 160 for the moment. not forever, just for today. and maybe today for the next couple months.
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    260’ dipole for all bands

    if theres no connection to the feed point then its a parasitic element and thatd be through induction then?
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    Jpole radials

    I had a jpole mounted on the hood of my car. Works great.
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    Jpole radials

    good point
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    mfj 913

    i know yall have read and gotten tired of reading me talk about the antenna. but here goes, after i took the mfj913 current balun down i went ahead and cut it apart. here it is. would it have cost all the much more to use insulated wire or just anything to keep it from shorting out? depending on...
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    atu100ext death

    i bought a chinese amazon autotuner. worked great till it didnt. replaced it and its all good. but back to the one that dont work. powers up, self tests, 9.99 swr in bypass, auto will not tune. it goes into tune and just locks up. will reset. checked diodes under swr bridge and they seem ok...
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    final off center fed dipole results.

    131.5' antenna cut at 70/30. 4:1 ruthroth balun at feed point 100uf 3k volt disk cap fed through between balun and long leg 1:1 Guanella coax choke below balun 106' rg8x coax 40' kinda sag flat top.
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    260’ dipole for all bands

    would that be considered a capacitance or inductance antenna? how well did it work?
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