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I’ve been looking at a loop. I made one and tempaid it on my hhr car. Fed it with my tar heel screwdriver. No way I could’ve drove with it. Just yard playing. It tuned. It talked. How well I couldn’t say really but it did. It was a rectangle made out of old 1/2” tv cable coax that has the solid...

Instead of lights, does the lcd have an available line to use as a band indicator?

Anyone have any idea on max usable length of cat 5 for remote mounting the face? The separation kit is 16’ but I need more. I had a roll 100’ long and tried it. Rx was fine. Tx was picking up all sorts of crap and making the wattage out like it had a tone. Works fine with the 16 that was in the...

O m g you did not just suggest cell phones? That’s so 2010s.

I’m really wanting to ditch 11 meter. I’ve got a alinco hf and a tarheel. But I dunno that’s a whole thing. I had it set up before but didn’t use it much. Not enough to really see before the car broke down. In central Arkansas what would my local coverage look like in a mobile on 40 if I was...

Thanks yall

I can’t draw it where it looks right according to his description. But you hang a new triangle and cut the original long side in the middle where you cross them. Basically making a top and bottom sorta. About 5’ apart

At the rate it came apart in the air I sent it back so I can’t check.

I didn’t ohm it but if it’s shunted I’ll be whipped where

I use a 80m delta horizontal loop. Works great. A guy i talk to has given me some info to change it to a 160-6 instead of a 80-6 loop. Claims it improves range and extends frequency by adding a loop under the existing loop and tying it together. In the same footprint. Same balun. Same choke...

Vertical. No choke. No balun. Good match. Bad noise

Dipole 7s units. Astro 2s units. It’s substantial. The Sirio tornado and the 1/4 wave was just as bad. All I can think of is the Astro is higher and the Astro is grounded where the other 3 are open

I built a dipole for kicks. So much static. It’s vertical. Anyway, someone explain the whole dc grounded shunting at the elements to me like I’m 5. I assume that might be part of the issue.

I think it’s a great thread. Full of mostly friendly polite theorizing. I enjoyed it. Thank yall