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    Mobile Ham operations banned?

    Don’t take your eyes off the road. Except to read all the billboards, ads on trucks and cars. The flashing hwy road signs. Other than that don’t do it
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    Storm got it

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    Adding more ground elements to a ground plane

    I see he talks about a metal roof. Since my ground plane is stuck at the moment pointing at the ground on top of the tower, it has me thinking about things like lower is better. Hahaha. But seriously I have a peaked metal roof that with a small mast I could hit a wavelength easy enough. I...
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    ASTROPLANE best vertical antenna ever?

    So after all those posts, is it the best? I like mine but with all the good and not so good arguments made in this thread, I feel there was no consensus. Each his own.
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    Ground mounted cb vertical antenna

    Thanks Mike.
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    Ground mounted cb vertical antenna

    Two questions. Is there a ground mounted. 10/11 meter vertical? I have a btv5 that I can’t stand for various reasons. And 2, if there is, how’s it preform
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    Adding more ground elements to a ground plane

    I guess I never considered the difference between the radials below a ground plane and a ground radial system
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    Adding more ground elements to a ground plane

    based on how much ground radials are pounded into us i would have assumed that there would be a continuing gain to them. interesting thanks
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    Adding more ground elements to a ground plane

    If you took a ground plane such as a clr2 that has 3 ground radials and strung bare thin copper wire between them spaced out say every 5 inches,making a web what would that do? Would it increase preformance at all?
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    Storm got it

    Storm got my ground plane. It’s not damaged it’s just lying over limp. Anyway, I’ve been thinking about fixing it. Then about replacing it. Then about just redoing everything antenna wise. So here’s my question. All things equal, some ground, same tip height on and on, all the same, is there...
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    Anyone tried these 27.5m bpf filters on ebay?

    Here's what they claim
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    Anyone tried these 27.5m bpf filters on ebay?

    I'll set it up and see.
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    Anyone tried these 27.5m bpf filters on ebay?

    Only test equipment I have anymore are an swr meter and a nanovna. Claims a .5db loss
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    Anyone tried these 27.5m bpf filters on ebay?

    I'm not trying to use it as a noise filter circuit. I'm trying to block out radiated rf interference coming in from the antenna path before it gets to the transceiver.
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    Anyone tried these 27.5m bpf filters on ebay?

    Honestly trying to knock out some mobile noise. Seems like a game.
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    Anyone tried these 27.5m bpf filters on ebay?

    Well anyway I ordered one off of aliexpress for less. It should be here this week. My first order from that site as a test. Hopefully this week's it comes in as it's supposed to and also work like it's supposed to as well.
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    Anyone tried these 27.5m bpf filters on ebay?

    https://www.ebay.com/itm/265838319194?mkcid=1&mkrid=711-53200-19255-0&siteid=0&campid=5336136228&customid=&toolid=10001&mkevt=1
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    Why does ssb not utilize an anl circuit?

    I am neither silly nor an engineer
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    Why does ssb not utilize an anl circuit?

    Silly engineers outta fix that