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Better to use the excess coil to wind a RF choke to stave off common mode currents. This is typically done with 5 coax turns around a 2 liter coke bottle for diameter size and mounted close to the antenna feed point as possible. A dipole or multi dipole beam antenna is a balanced antenna and...

Interesting concept however, I wonder if they know a cross-needle type SWR meter gives the same information in one glance.

Here's an simple analogy, Think of your coax as a garden hose, your radio is the faucet, and your antenna is the end of the garden hose. A high SWR would be like putting your thumb over the water flow creating a backflow and the excess water spraying out all directions yet still much of the...

Please, no more "needle bender" and "world radio" prefixes, too many of them. I occasionally get on 38LSB and I use the numbers from an old company truck I drove. Use any identifying number you come up with or your birthday or anything else of significance.

Love my AA54 model! I have the older monochrome screen which isn't a problem like color touchscreens in the sunlight. Smart phones have the same problems but people toletate it. Maybe your asking too much from a device. I use mine for building and checking antennas and it exceeds my...

Split or spleet!

Nice collection!

Very impressive! I do a lot of mobile HF myself being a truck driver and gone from home a lot. My set is rather simple but effective. My only secret weapon is replacing the stock screwdriver antenna whip when I'm parked with a telescoping 17ft whip for increased efficiency from 20 meters down...

Consider the oil can dummy load for high power and longer key ups. That's what I use. You can make it yourself or get the MFJ-250x and fill it either with transformer oil which is slightly better and costs a bit more or fill it with mineral oil that you can readily buy at Walgreens, CVS, etc.

Another example of an Oxymoron? Jumbo shrimp Pretty ugly Near miss Bittersweet Cold as hell Alone together etc… Now a Solid state tube?

Check to see if MFJ power reading is set for Peak. It sounds like you may have it on Average power reading.

Nice! Looks to be more expensive than what it really is.

Older thread here, I tried sky blue thinking it would blend into the sky, it doesn't. Black sticks out even worse. Gray is a neutral shade and work the best.

Prospero ano Nuevo from New Mexico… 73 and good health and DX to all!

RG 142 is some quality coax but it's designed for very high frequencies up into the gigahertz ranges. It is 50 ohm so it can work for your mobile antenna. It sounds like you'll be using a roof mount antenna. For CB frequencies, RG8x is the more popular coax for mobile use. It's a bit...

Ok, I watched some YouTube videos on FT8CN. It does require a portable radio or your KK2 to interface with. This will work for portable operations like POTA,SOTA, etc. As for true remote operation to your home station which I was looking for, There would have to be a dedicated FT8 remote...

Interesting! added words? Your word for word quote that I was questioning was this, You wrote: "you need a PC/Tablet/Phone to decode and transmit the signal" I quoted you as: " you need a PC, phone, tablet to decode and TX the signal " The only difference is I used comas and TX instead of...

Yes, with a computer. But you said " you need a PC, phone, tablet to decode and TX the signal " How do you do it especially TX with just a PHONE and TABLET?

How do you TX with a Tablet / Phone, Use Teamviewer?

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