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So far GI0,CO6,PY2,PD2,SM6,EA8,IZ1,TI8,F5,F4,EW8,R7,PA3,LA5,VE3(portable 4 (florida)and EB1. I am on an hour max per day. Sig rpts range from 5.5 to 5.9 with 5.9 being about 70%. As you 20 M folks know this week the band is not the best but still doing the job. SWR is in acceptable range right...

Now that I am back at the hobby I am digging through stuff. It was mentioned the band was hot. Well it is not. Solar flux is actually quite low. I checked the charts to see. Still worked an F4 no trouble. it is all starting to comeback to me now. Been digging through my parts stuff too. Found...

I see. Well I have no idea what that ground is like conductive wise. What would that list be like? It would be the same because I make a call each day to get a new contry on this antenna. usually one or two trys is enuf hwever this morning in 5 minutes did a DK1 , a TI8 and a F5. The DK was...

And you know this (a lousy ground system) how? I have worked CO6 PY2 SM6 GI0 EA8 IZ1 PD2 last week with ease except the EA8 who worked with me to get through QRM etc just to name a few. All barefoot too No amp here. ????? Don VE3LYX

A forty meter would cost about $150 to make. More than I want to spend right now. The 20 m though is doing a wonderful job. I have worked a different country every day i have been on. Still though I have not heard any Dl etc German stations. I live in hope Don

I dont know folks. I am able to crack pileups. With most below us here running a linear and who knows what power (and certainly it would be at the light dimming level ) the mere fact that I can step in with 120 watts and get through in one or two calls is making me think I really like this...

Could be Bob. I love making stuff. Especially when it works . In my race car hobby I have learned to cast my own pistons. In my fiddle hobby I learned to make my own fiddles. Why should this one be any different I think? Don VE3LYX

I have been busy but still have been able to hook up with a NO2, W7, A CO6, A PY2 and a GIO. Would really like a DL but so far havent heard any on. Still happy. Heard a couple of ZS s and an EA today as well as a XE but they were busy talking so i didnt try them. Don VE3LYX

Thanks Homer. In my other life I built race engines and ran a 1 man auto machine shop . I am a mech and auto machinist by trade. Even though it is also now my hobby in that field I think like these fellows do in this one. There is nothing unexplainable. I understood it completley. Even though I...

I certainly understand that . A tribander should outperform a vertical under any condition. If it is only band conditions so be it. I'll take it although you have to remember I have lived here since 1983. This is the first I have been able to get out at will. So I will give the cycle a few good...

Well yes although they are pretty strong. Corrosion on the ground rod worrys me too down the road, but, still to me ,just to whip it up from the 234 factor formula, stand it up, have it tune relatively flat in my favourite Freq's and to be able to get out at this QTH , something I could never...

Here are some pics. The first is the whole antenna stuck up through the tree. The second shows a close up of the 95 Dodge truck antenna and the soup can lid at the top. The third is at the base just clipped on. I probably have less than 2.5 hours and probably under $35 invested. I am super...

I have been off the air for a long time. Ever since moving to this QTH ham radio has not been fun. I moved here in 83. I strugggled for a few years but finally gave up in frustration. Even with a triband beam I could do very little. Lately I got back at it a bit. I got into the old Glowbug...

Here is a pic of my loop. It has made so much difference to my regen I am really happy. Don VE3LYX

I have a regen set I made. Sort of my build of the old Twinplex with a 6SL7. It was a decent working unit but was really difficult with hand capacity and tvi for the old TV in the bedroom. If my XYL was in bed early I cant run the rig as it bothers her old 19 inch TV. I tried a solid ground but...

The 50l6 transmitter is to the left of my regen set. It has the single knob but matching finish. West of that (the regen in the middle) you can just see the 245 TNT I just built . Don VE3LYX

I have one I built years ago. I never used it but dug it out 2 days ago and plugged it in. It actually works and pumped out just over 5 watts into my dummy load. (It burned out my loop lamp absorbtion meter like just "poof".) I dont remember where i got my schematic from. There is however one...