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Do it! It's the MFJ-1979. It sells for $70.00 It collapses down to 27 inches so it easily stows away in a car and has a typical 3/8x 24 end thread that's used on mobile antenna studs.

The longer the better! Try a 17ft whip when your stationary (obviously). it'll really increase the efficiency. That'll make up some gain for not being able to run an amp. On 20m (and above) you'll have to collapse it some because it's already a 1/4 wavelength on 20m.

Inexpensive for a screwdriver antenna. However, any small screwdriver antenna that covers down to 80m is always going to be extremely lossy. Of course any 80m mobile antenna is lossy but the larger screwdriver antennas do have an ERP on 80m typically around 3-5 watts where a small antenna...

Shack pics would be nice to go with these posts! My shack: Kenwood TS890S Kenwood TS590SG(used as a sub receiver for TS890) Icom IC-7000 President HR2600 Galaxy 979 Expert 1.3k amplifier RM Italy KL7505 amplifier AEA R-84 Ribbon mic Kenwood MC-60 mic Icom SM-30 mic Heil GM 4 mic Turner +2...

Not exactly, gold is and always has been real world tangible wealth. Cash is paper and when it hits the fan, will still be nothing more than paper.

Good antenna ( referring to the 96") which I haven't seen in years. Only problem is no fine tuning option other than cut it down some.

I once used a Carolina Windom which is an OCFD that I had up at 45ft as an inverted V. It works on many HF bands without a tuner needed but RFI sometimes was an an issue due to un-equal voltages across the the antenna wires from having un-equal wire lengths. I used a 4:1 Balun at the top and a...

Radio Heaven? Possibly, my little Heaven perhaps! The Turner mic is used on a chipswitched President HR2600. The radio has a custom faceplate sticker on it so you see my call sign instead of the HR 2600 logo. This is the radio that got me curious and interested in Ham radio being it had the...

Took years of work and saving up and selling some older gear not using anymore but I believe I got the last radio and amp I'll ever own. With the new gear I also got a new desk and updated computers with 24 inch screens. The main radio is a Kenwood TS890S HF/6M radio. I kept my Kenwood TS590SG...

Probably won't be long that trucks won't have factory antennas and coax installed. Older trucks didn't have them. I can go for days and not hear drivers using radio's, those CB trucking days are about over. Only when encountering major traffic jams from accidents or construction zones do the...

Most people use an IF tap within the radio with an SDR so you're essentially sharing the antenna the radio is hooked up to and you can TX the radio safely without damaging the SDR. I would look into doing that. If you don't want to mod a radio, MFJ sells a SDR T/R switch box so you can...

I agree, That's been a problem for many years. Many people don't have QSO's much anymore, they just want to get their numbers heard so I guess they feel it's ok to break in on people conversations. If a break was asked for properly and someone wants to join in, that would be ok as long that...

"Rescue tape " works well. It's a self vulcanizing non- adhesive tape that's applied by stretching and wrapping. It's waterproof and UV resistant. This sounds similar to what you guys are describing. You can buy rescue tape at hardware stores like Ace and Tru-Value.

Have you priced Hexbeams yet? For around the same cost you can go with the tried and true "real" beam antenna such as the Yagi design which has a 100 year history and still going! A typical compact tri-band 3 element Yagi will have more gain than a Hexbeam which is really a 2 element...

For all the work and hassel you would be better off with a compact 3 element Yagi that has true gain. While the Hex beam does have some forward directivity, it's essentially a contraption of folded dipoles with a small foot print. Judging an antenna by contacts made isn't a method to determine...

You did an excellent job with your antenna, now just get it up in the air! I would make the rotor coax loop as close to the antenna feed point as possible. I use a dual ferrite 1:1 choke balun box which is much better than an air wound coil balun and have the box mounted to the mast above the...

Really, fill with water, underground?

Thank you for your service to our country and welcome to the forum! Interesting dilemma you have. A homebrew 1/2 wave dipole like you suggest would need to be 9 ft long for each leg without a loading coil and not practical for your Jeep install. You could make a dipole out of two identical...

CW is Continuous Wave otherwise known as morse code still used today by Hams. Near the bottom of the amateur bands is where you can hear them. 10 and 12 meters have amateur frequencies in them. Your welcome to listen in but no transmitting without a license. Perhaps listening in on amateur...