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Received the amp today. Nothing seems broken but the tubes were unplugged. I plugged them back into what seems the obvious spot.
Just wanting to make sure everything looks right to more educated eyes before I power it up.
I snipped the green wire that is accessed through the panel on the back.
I just bought a Ameritron AL811 on eBay. I realize this will not work 11 meters but wanted one of these as I plan on taking my Ham test at some time in the future.
What dk and swing is needed to drive this? My base is a rci2995dxcf.
Is the conversion as simple as snipping the green wire...
I have experienced similar results with the Wilson 5000. I ran a straight 6 pill with a Galaxy 95T2 driving it and never had a problem.
Currently using the W5000 mag mount with a Rci-69ffb4 and having good results.
Your correct about the clamps. I plan on getting more pipe clamps. The rotor (according to a search here) made me think it was fine for a 3 element beam. I will upgrade that.
The base is on a tilt with another piece of pipe that is well cemented in the ground. I cut a notch in the pipe and raise...
Yes I was on occasion. At times I could talk fairly well, other times I could not. I could tell the Y quad was quite an improvement upon the first try.
My Maco M103C will be here tomorrow so I am going to get everything ready to try this again.
The brown pipe will be well gyed.
The last time the Rohn mast pipe snapped but I had 4 pieces above the brown pipe to the rotor.
This time I will have the rotor as pictured and either one or two pieces...
Thank you all for the help and the pdf file. I ended up breaking the antenna but not beyond repair. I had a 30' joint of 2-3/8" oilfield pipe on a tilt base with a couple of pieces of Rohn 5' mast. About 40' total. Swrs were 2.0+ but made good skip contacts and talked to several base stations 45...
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