Recent content by Shasta69

After using fine steel wool to knock off loose fiberglass, I used one 10oz. can of Minwax clear stain spray lacquer. Was able to get three healthy coats from one can with an hour drying time in between. The antenna sections smoothed out very well and now sealed. Mars is right about the...

Thanks folks! 73's

Good morning, Searched the Forums and did not find an answer to the following question. During maintenance I have removed an IMAX 2000 from my tower. Noticed irritations upon my hands when handling the antenna and appears the fiberglass is delaminating. The antenna is in real good shape and...

Thanks Folks, We'll be looking at the 811H. 73!

Asking about amplifiers. This antenna is just an interim.

Thanks Audio. Run a G5RV Multiband (102') flat @ 40' from W8AMZ . Have had some great QSO's to nearly 8K miles and most folks can't believe I'm on a wire. Thanks again!

Thanks so far Folks. Budget is less than a grand. Thanks again!

Good Morning, Have a ICOM 718 and looking into amplifiers. ICOM has their IC-PW1 but for $5K new, I won't be able to swing that. So what is out there that can get me anywhere from 500-1.5K watts, pretty much plug and play, and works with a variety of antennas (from omni's, beams, to...

and / or make available a modification kit for current Gain Master owners so it can be modified in the field... thanks for keeping us updated!

Try using this... VOACAP Online - professional-grade high-frequency (3-30 MHz) point-to-point propagation predictions Your welcome!

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As always... nice work Larry! :thumbup1:

I had a 4' Firestik with 5" magnet on my single cab F250. It sang. I now run a Wilson 1K magnetic on my F350 Crew. Can't hear it over my RCI.

1.21 jigawatts!

SSB mode? Yes Do you have the SSB (yellow) button depressed? Yes, this yellow button (Delay) also provides me with the most whiskeys. If it is doing this on AM, Yes, what do you have the un modulated dead key set at? Dead key on AM is 1w and swings to 28w when modulating. SSB is 0...