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I do not know how I missed the replies in this thread. for some reason I’m not getting alerted to my notifications. I missed the part about there being a used one for sale, and I ended up buying this microphone brand new. And the foot switch, that was a game changer for me that foot switch I...

Hi Gary, I had sent you a private message a while back but I guess you didnt receive it. I probably didnt send it right. Thanks for breaking that all down for me, makes more sense now!

Makes sense, the change in direction basically?

I know this probably seems like a silly question, but what keeps the ladder line from becoming part of the dipole at the center/feedpoint? I can see that IF a balun was used at the feedpoint, how this would/could make it the balanced feedline to the shack, and separate it from become part of...

Okay thats what I was looking for, thanks. How would you rate this microphone, is it a worthy purchase? I can get it for $106 shipped

I know this post is kind of aged now, but I too am considering this mic. I have the Heil adapter cable with the 1/4 inch adapter for a foot switch, I bought it to try and run everything through a mixer but that was a fail. Squeal squalI squeal. My mics could be junk too, I recovered them from a...

Man Gary do I ever have a lot to tell you about my antennas lol. I got the dipole to the top of the tree about 75 foot but my SWRs are crazy high. I don’t think it li,es being in all the leaves and branches

I was going to come off the mast about 3/4 of the way up with the galvanized guy wire. Perhaps I should just follow this diagram you posted and come off the top

I think for the ladder line going through the wall it is going to be easiest if I use two pieces of coax through grommets going straight through and trying the braids together whilst using the center electrodes as each ladder electrode, I’m sure you are aware of this method, I’ve read several...

No sir, I have not yet had time. I’ve been on the road this week, and we are getting ready to go to our sons graduation from boot camp in the army next week. I plan on getting out there tomorrow and Monday and get some work done, I’ll be sure and let you know, thanks!

Ah I got it, thanks for all the time you guys took it explaining it lol

While I ultimately got the right answer I was looking for, the technical aspect of this still pesters me. I’m a new ham, and am slowly learning this stuff. But I’m like a pig on skates here. The built in balun on this tuner balances the feed to 50 ohms. Great. No need to use a balan because...

OK so if I understand this correctly I can run my dipole that is fed with 300 ohm ladder line, no balan,,, directly to it and all’s well? Oh and thank you for the response

Very confused over this manual tuner the MFJ 989D The literature boasts of a built in 1:1 balun consisting of two large toroids. And on the back it accepts a balanced feed line . And the documentation says to hook up your balanced feed line. OK, call me dimwitted, but I thought that the...

Wow that’s crazy how you can survey my property like that. Not sure if I mentioned it or not, but I also own the lot behind me. It’s unkept, it was that way when we purchased it. I hope by next year to have it excavated and make it part of the yard. But for now, I can do anything I want there...

Hiya Gary It’s been a few days since I posted, I’ve been a bit busy. I did run another dipole, I made it 130 foot. 65 each leg. I got the feedpoint about 35 feet. The ends come too close to the ground though, I need to get it higher. But the good news is, it tuned to 80 meter and worked good...

Thanks all

Yup, was entered in the database yesterday, I can finally DX :)

Gary I sent you a message But it wasn’t until after I sent it that I saw that you had already sent me some information, so just disregard the new conversation I started. I replied to your original p.m.

A couple of years ago when I first experimented with a vertical homemade bazooka dipole for the 11 m band, I was able to take a small slingshot that I still have, and I shot a rock over top of the tree tied to fishing string. Once I found the rock in the field outback, I tied the Dacron rope to...