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trashed that one. tried a 60/40. didnt care for that too much. i decided to go back to the 70/30 split. to gain 15meters i went up on 20 meters and i have not been a big 15m fan for the most part. however i can use a tuner if i really want to.

blue line is no calibration for the vna. sees all from end to end green line is a calibration that sees only the balun and the antenna. not concerned for 15m all that much. 80-20 split caused too much rfi here at the house.

oscillator warming up? sounds like its out of alignment and as it warms up it starts to pull up

Anf is off. As is nr. And when running the nr I keep it lower than 4

yeah im a pest. i know. my wife reminds me daily. ive always been a yaesu fan but i picked up an icom 718 that has the dsp filter installed. its alright. it aint no yaesu hahah. alright anyway, some signals are crystal clear but some have an almost digital sound quality to them. ive turned the...

I have my choke right below the balun. And I’m about convinced my mfj balun is goofy. I’ll have new cores tomorrow and just wind my own.

So ladder line. Uh shielded ladder line. It’s a mystery! Hahahaha. Not a bad idea though.

Unfortunately I have no ladder line. Been playing with coax and chokes and baluns.

primary 3.55mhz 468/3.55=131.83 131.83x19.5%=25.71 131.83x80.5%=106.12 4:1 current balun 1:1 choke balun Harmonic Frequency Wavelength 2nd harmonic 7.1 hertz 42224289.85915 meters 3rd harmonic 10.65 hertz 28149526.57277 meters 4th harmonic 14.2 hertz 21112144.92958...

Has anyone got any input on using a 260’ long dipole cut for 1.8mhz as an all band antenna?

I talk to a local group on 11. But I usually use a separate radio on a ground plane for that.

Ok I got it for $200. Did the 11 mod because who dont and why not. Anyway seems to be ok. Rx quality is different from my yaesu I’m used to. Already had the dsp filter installed. Now, how to get away from the electronic mic and back into my cartridge Motorola mic

No no. Flip like damn. Worth a damn/flip. Since my 847 lost some of its front end on the higher bands I was thinking about getting the icom.

I’ve not seen or heard it yet. Other than pics.

I can get one for $250.00. I’ve never had one of these. Are they worth a flip?

So what’s your opinion on it now

well its fall. finally. ive been running an ocfd with a 4:1 current balun for a couple years. good matching. easy install. running north to south in a more or less inverted vee. 45ft at the feed point. its all fine and dandy. but ive been wondering a few things. and yeah its the same old thing...

I remember coil spreading. Pretty sure cb tricks back in the day had us doing that. Watching a power meter you could eek out a little more movement, but most of us didn’t have scopes where we could see what was going on.

I keep getting drug back into cb. Too many local friends on there. So now it’s hf, vhf, gmrs, cb, cell phone.

Here’s my mobile setup. Not shown is the mobile jpole and tarheel antennas