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Recent content by whiteastro

  1. whiteastro

    11 meter is very quiet?

    I didn't try AM in my travels but SSB wasn't worth a hoot so the CB stayed off and the music FM was on.
  2. whiteastro

    11 meter is very quiet?

    Yeah I finally got the winter tires off my car, ATV, & my Kubota today. Now have to get 2 push mowers ready then I can set in the shack on a rainy day and work on my radios. Life is Good for a Poor Boy ! LOL
  3. whiteastro

    11 meter is very quiet?

    That's a Big 10-4 Good Buddy !!
  4. whiteastro

    11 meter is very quiet?

    Yesterday I was in the listening mode with my Cobra 2000 & West Mountain Radio CLRdsp ClearSpeech Signal Processor and could hardly believe I was listening to 11 Meter radio. Further Exploration is in order. LOL
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    My other money pit

    I should post a picture of my house because this is my Money Pit & Pain in My Butt. LOL
  6. whiteastro

    12 element GMRS Yagi-Uda

    So where do we get the recipe for making this, and does it handle all the GMRS channels well ?
  7. whiteastro

    11 meter is very quiet?

    Did find 11 meter more active and clear today which was refreshing but not much time to play.
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    11 meter is very quiet?

    Or if you go to the top of this page on the left you will see DXforums if you click on that it will give you a choice of different catagories to post in
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    11 meter is very quiet?

    Good to hear some are having luck. As I showered today I listened and had high noise floor not much DX broke thru and even turned on my Pre-amp, West Mountain device to quite the noise and turned my amp on and couldn't break thru. Seeing this week is Old Man Winters slap in the face decided to...
  10. whiteastro

    11 meter is very quiet?

    I've never tried it on mower decks but it works on snow blower chutes so nothing ventured nothing gained. Plus using the garden hose more often helps. Maintenance !
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    11 meter is very quiet?

    I also sprayed it with silicone before I remounted it because I don't know if I could get a new deck from Sears anymore and I don't want to start welding patches on yet.
  12. whiteastro

    11 meter is very quiet?

    I have the same going on here, while we had a spring break I finally got a drive belt put on my riding mower that I bought 2 years ago. Also took the mower deck off and cleaned, treated, primed, & painted the under side of the deck. Gotta Git-er Done & be ready. And like has been said DX has...
  13. whiteastro

    11 meter is very quiet?

    Had my mobile out for a short trip today and heard activity but haven't had time yet to figure out to run power to my KL-200 P in my New to Me Ford Expedition. Maybe in a couple weeks when the weather starts breaking more steady on the + side i can crawl under the hood & underside to explore...
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    11 meter is very quiet?

    Condition rather spotty today when they didn't disappear. Some sounded Off Frequency. Hope we aren't back sliding because lately DX has changed. One day as I was getting ready for the day and many sounded off frequency and I thought it must be my area but then someone come on and mentioned...
  15. whiteastro

    Base Workman M400 Starduster

    Yes I almost mentioned condensation in my last post but didn't bother editing the post. When I repaired my original Star Duster I did add weep holes like the Sirio had. The reason I stuck with the Star Duster was because another old time operator from another forum told me the way the Star...