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FT8 was so jammed that I switched to sideband. How about that?

Called CQ on 28.385 a couple of times in the past hour. Taiwan and California stations calling back with 59 reports. Life is great.

I use a simple AM radio to track noise. I know you have underground utilities but it is still possible that an above ground transformer is spewing noise from a loose connection. That and solar panels are what I would look for as I walked around with the radio.

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Here are some of my parts and pieces. When I was feeling rich I would buy the expensive containers but mostly I have recycled plastic and swap shop storage stuff.

HappyHarryHardOn...kidding. Sometimes I am bold and use my middle name but generally it is John, N5ZKK.

High to Low, lookout below.

I too heard the Saud but he was fading away just as I was getting back intothe shack. Great day on 10M. In the morning Europe and the afternoon JA, VE, and YBs.

I have somewhere between 0 and 12 radios running at a time. This time of year I ramp up especially when it gets cold outside. Now with daily openings on 10M I reallly like monitoring the FT8 with WSJT . I guess that I would not count the satellite receiver stuff on SATNOGS and the ADSB...

Put up a real antenna and tell the HOA police to stuff it. $500 used HF radio and a good antenna and feed line are all you need.

When does he get to the part where he connects an antenna? The first time that I hooked up an antenna to my fathers S-38 I had the power plug in backwards. A useful bit of information, the radio will work but the chassis will be hot if you don't have a polarized power plug for the S-38e. Got...

I just worked Angola on the wrong antenna. 10M is open but you have to want it, so listen and call.

If you want to keep the RF in band and going in and out of the antenna use choke baluns like the post above from Alabama Buckeye said. I have choke baluns at the antenna, the tower base, and in the shack. There are some pictures http://trolinger.com/david/ame25/tower.html of the antennas and...

Mega Cycles

Primo radio weekend. Enjoy.

For my 20M and 15M moxons I used painters poles that I get at the local hardware store.

F150, 2001. Spent a bunch of time installing radios, antennas, GPS, ground strap, HF antennas, 198k miles. Lots of spare parts available and it runs fine. If someone is telling you to buy new because you have an old truck it is probably because they are idiots.

I have a PiHole DNS and don't get to enjoy that stuff but I do remember years, decades ago, my contact with a Ukrainian station. He told me his power level and I commented that his signal was very loud. He came back "you have to understand, those are Ukrainian watts, very strong."