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Initially I did have the antenna and mast it is mounted on going to its own ground rod right at the base of the mast but then my understanding became that this was possibly causing a ground loop or some other issue/concern and that I needed to have this second ground rod bonded to the main house...

If you mean the antenna I am using for the Carl Built, it's a Maco V58 up about 35 feet on a mast that is grounded and bonded to the main house ground rod. I have a 50 foot length of RG-213 connected to the antenna at the feed on one end and running to where the coax enters the house. I then...

And I am glad. I now have one where it wasn't the box and one where it was. At least it was the less expensive one where it was the box.

I ended up ordering the Tekpower TP3005T Variable Linear DC Power Supply to help me become more self-sufficient when fixing my damage. It's arriving tomorrow. Then it's time to use the Stryker bias video as my guide and see what happens to the radio. Make some popcorn and place your bets. It...

The dummy load arrived and I was able to start some testing with it. The full configuration is radio to amp to RM Italy 27/586 500 watt low pass filter (LPF) to a Daiwa CN-901HP meter to antenna. The antenna showed a starting SWR of flat on channel 1 and 20 and maybe 1.2:1 on channel 40. I used...

I think an assumption I made may be suspect. I assumed I would be able to use the Megawatt S-400-12 I have coming as the 10 volt source for the bias adjustment since it goes as low as 9.5 volts. The radio itself will be powered by my Powermax PM4-120 PSU. Is it safe to use the S-400-12 as the...

:) I'm originally from Canada and apparently I don't know how to spell Yooper! Oops. That'd be like someone calling me a Canook instead of a Canuck or a hoosier instead of a hoser. The only bridges I can think of in the UP are Mackinac (we go to St. Ignace for a week every summer) and Sault Ste...

My second smaller power supply is due any day now so it will be useful in this bias adjustment process. I did just have to order the 8 ohm 25K ballast resistor. I think I already have the rest of the stuff I need. Knowing the radio is already a bit ill takes a bit of pressure off this surgeon.

Yes, please do. Yupers are always ready to help someone in need. :) And thank you.

Thank you kind sir. I mainly want to try to ensure I don't electrocute myself. This is much more interesting than taking care of all the snow we got over the past few days.

I have been contacting a bunch of different folks that repair radios. So far I have only found two that will even talk to me about the SSB modulation issue I am having on my Q5N2 but it's a start. Note that the radio did not come with this issue. I believe it's a self-inflicted byproduct of most...

I need to get the SSB looked at on my Q5N2. It's fuzzy and choppy like it'd be running it through a class C amp. AM is fine. I've been searching online for a reputable service shop to send it to for professional repairs but so far the ones I have tried to contact have either not answered the...

I have a MFJ-264 dummy load due to arrive on Saturday. I'm not doing any more testing until it arrives.

Which is exactly why I did and continue to do what I have been doing. I have been going through this again from mic to antenna and at the same time communicating with the builder for his advice. I have previously fully implemented all of the grounding and bonding advice given to me by members...

Very good advice. I am still waiting for the one I ordered to arrive. I don't think our ongoing blizzard is going to speed things alone. Man it's ugly outside right now in NE Wisconsin.

You sound like my therapist. ;)

I may have spoken too soon with the Lincoln II+. At lunchtime I was using it on SSB with the amp on high and when I un-keyed the mic, it did the same thing as the Anytone was doing i.e. nearly pegged the S-meter and only stopped doing it when I turned the amp off. This radio only puts out about...

When I run the Q5N2 just by itself and listen to the output on my monitor radio, the AM part is still nice and clear but now SSB is fuzzy and crackly. SSB used to be as clear as AM. This problem seems to have started after experiencing the odd behavior of the amp on high with the radio on SSB...

I have a two month old Powermax PM4-120 amp PSU. I have a Carl Built 200HDC amp that can draw up to 46 or so amps. I also have several radios I use with it and each radio draws less than 15 amps. They are never used concurrently. Right now everything is connected to the PM4-120 via a...

So far I think you are 100 percent right to disagree. It definitely did not work well with the amp.