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    Home Brew Hair pin & balun

    Thanks Jay and Wavrider ... This is a M107 set to factory specs with a 10k gamma should be fun experimenting any way.. My tower is a crank up fold over so that's not an issue.. I have extra parts to put it back to Maco specs if it doesn't turn out better or at least as good as it is now...
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    Home Brew Hair pin & balun

    anyone ever try a split driven element , hair pin match and balun on a Maco beam ??? I have gathered all the parts to insulate , split and support the driven element I also have coming a Balun with side lugs by Balun designs.... should be hear in a few days i will post up some pics when...
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    Balun on Imax2000

    What benefits if any would you gain by adding a 1:1 balun at the feed point of a IMax2000 this antenna does not have the ground plain kit I have a nice 1:1 balun by Balun Designs i could use any input ??
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    Custom Amplifier

    HAHAHAHAHAAAA !
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    Custom Amplifier

    YA !! it will talk on the Bowl or ch. 19 Thats what them knobs on the front do .... change the channel
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    Custom Amplifier

    I still think the echo would fit in there somewhere !!!!!!!!
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    Custom Amplifier

    class C can be Clean ??? say it aint so !!!
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    Custom Amplifier

    OK .. no echo How bout some reverb
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    Custom Amplifier

    roger fart maybe ??
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    Custom Amplifier

    your pulling my chain ..right ?? a quality built in echo would give the appearance of that "BIG BASE STATION" sound you would be the envy of most your friends and ALL the truck drivers !! BREAK, BREAK !!
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    finally found some aluminum tubing :)

    Dura Fix Aluminium Welding Video
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    finally found some aluminum tubing :)

    If its sch. 40 you can thread it together
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    Custom Amplifier

    what about echo ??
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    PVC Mast?

    i used 4" sch 40 PVC for my mast
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    You in Texas ???..... i know a few people me included that could fix it.. But i'm working...

    You in Texas ???..... i know a few people me included that could fix it.. But i'm working long hrs. right now..... Are you around the houston area ??
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    maco 107 is up

    antenna and mast are not that heavy....one man can handle it if the wind not blowing !!!!!!!!!!...... the tower is a different story...you will need mechanical means I stood the retracted tower up with my truck.. then put the antenna together on the ground with the mast pipe in place. then...
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    maco 107 is up

    yes........ i will
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    maco 107 is up

    It has the lugs welded to the tower and base hinge plate to accept the crank over mechanism. However , i do not have these parts installed . I used my truck to stand it up on the hinge plate
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    Hurricane Forecast 2009

    MAN...... i thought i had it bad ...LOL I lived just north of Baton Rouge LA most of my life... had a few storms come thru..that i can remimber... Andrew being the big one Still have many good life long friends around Zachary La... they got hit pretty hard from Katrina and Rita...
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    maco 107 is up

    no guy wires..........self standing crank up with a 4'x4'x4' concrete and rebar block at its base Its right at 45 foot to the boom it can be lowered below the roof line .. if it get bad