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:-) Yes, we did didn't we. But one never knows until the fat neighbor woman sings. LMAO!!! BTW, turned on my radio tonight & conditions were horrible! The humidity has been so bad here lately you can cut it with a knife. All channels were crackling here & there. I've never heard it...

WAS NOT THE NEIGHBOR'S BUG ZAPPER - FINAL UPDATE 07-11-10 Hello all, just when you thought you knew what the problem was, time goes by, and yet another mystery solved. For all of you who have read my 100 & something posts on interference, here is the latest results of my findings. OK...

SWR All tremendous and pointful information guys. However; before winter set in last fall, I was able to get my lazy butt up on the roof and with the help of the wifey & a couple hand helds, was able to adjust my tuning rings. It's been 1.2:1 respectfully ever since. But as Doc mentioned...

My 2 cents worth I was thinking of getting the 2970ON2 myself. 200 Watts the specs say. Conversion to 11 meters can be had. For the money, the unit is a little pricey. but the extra power is a far cry better than the 2950 by far, but a far cry cheaper than the new RCI63FFC4 monster. If...

UPDATE: 02-15-2010 Yep! Just a little update here. Yes! the neighbor woman's bug zapper is still off! and I'm happy for the moment. I hope it burnt out on her! I just added another photo album of the telephone pole that the interference was also coming from because of her bug zapper being...

Yeah, it's still off & I'm still getting great, interference free reception. :tongue_smilie:

Happy New Years! Just adding my worthless 2 cents here, With the Imax, that's about all one can do. Is just look at the pictures. lol! Because nothing really adds up. But hey, Rob is right, you get what you pay for. And for a lousy couple of benjamins, you can at least have a half ass 5/8...

UPDATE ON INTERFERENCE Just like in all things, You think you found the culprit, then everything changes again. Yes, I did locate the interference from the neighbors underground electrical drop at the pole behind our houses out by the alley. But three days ago it stopped! The only...

Now here's some reading for ya! (chuckling), You got a point Doc, and I agree. What I had a hard time with is, when using DX Zone's vertical antenna calculator software for a 5/8th wave antenna, and tuned to the freq of 27.205, (the same freq Solarcon tunes their antenna's to), why the...

Thank you to all. Never mind about the antenna lengths, Stephen explained why the length is greater than what it's calculated out to be in the antenna length calculator software on DXzone.com. Thanks Rob, I am feeling better about my Imax now. Thanks to you, Doc, Stephen, Gramps, Bob and the...

Merry Christmas! Morning all, Well the white stuff is melting here today Doc, lol! I woke at 9:00am to about 40 degree F weather. And I fell asleep at my computer last night between Capacitance & Reactance. The light bulb is on, but I'd be kidding myself to say I had it all in the bag...

Thanks Doc, That was on my mind as well. Gramps had stated that before as well. So the bottom line, if your antenna is not resonate with the frequency your on, or with the Bandwidth your using, it ain't worth squat, no matter if you've got a good SWR reading or not. Gotcha. And that goes...

Quote: trying to cover a wider frequency range or multiple bands with a single antenna will require some sort of manipulation of the antenna or a antenna tuner . thats my basic understanding of it . So it's either cut our antenna to the frequency & band of our choice, or slap down a...

Thank you Booty, I realized that after I started doing some calculations. So say I was tuning for CB band, 40 channels. 26.965 Mhz through 27.405 Mhz, depending on what a person was going to do, talk mainly on one channel only, then better to trim your antenna to that particular frequency...

I was also wondering, if we cut our antennas to a certain length for a certain frequency, would we be somewhat restricted in being within range, or tune of other frequencies if we wanted to venture out of our band? Or would one still be within usable tolerance within a small range of...

Sorry Stephen, perhaps it is me. Not a good week for me & several people fired where I work this week. Say, here is a URL I came upon with a computer vertical antenna software calculator. You enter in the frequency and it gives you the length your antenna needs to be. Check it out, it may...

Ammendum 07/18/2010 (I did some editing here to correct a little bit of bad manners on my behalf). Stephen, my apologies and welcome. Welcome! In case you didn't notice, I am dealing with an IMAX myself here. So if your not offended by my present irritable state of mind from my months of...

Holy Crap! I just had a MACK ATTACK! Or was it my IMAX? LMAO! Happy B-day Mr M! :thumbup1: James

Gramps, Oh yeah, I almost forgot to tell ya, I wasn't actually looking to tune my Imax. As most always, as everyone knows, they all come around 1.4:1 out of the box. This all started when I started suspecting my that my PAL KW-1 SWR/WATT meter was giving me false wattage readings. And I...

Hey, Don't feel bad. Worse things have happened to the best of us. Good luck in your repairs & keep us posted on the outcome please. James