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While waiting for the Kingsford coals to cook down enough to cook some pig meat, I went into the shack to see if I could catch any of this activity I've been too busy to enjoy. 10 and 12 were both dead, so I went to 17 meters-- the very first voice I heard had a northern Irish accent, and I...

Sound card came in today, seems to work in the 30 seconds I had to mess with it between conference calls-- I have a gig tomorrow (highland games) and family obilgations Sunday, hopefully I can get cracking on this interface next week. Rick

Interesting, thanks! I just got a Behringer Shark to use in my audio chain but have been too busy with work and other obligations to build a breakout box for my Icom yet. I could just wimp out and make up a cable, I know, but I want to be able to to switch between that and the USB AFSK...

Good Lord... that's ridiculous!

Congrats, Eagle!

This may be old news since I have not researched this in a while, but I ran across this last night: The USBlink - a home-brew digital modes interface I just bought one of the USB sound cards he used on Ebay this morning for $3.29. This will be a good winter project for me. Sometime...

You have to wonder whether alcohol was involved. This was really stupid.

Thanks-- I'll rattle the ARRL's cage if I don't have the October issue by the end of the week.

Wavrider, we may not be talking about the same article-- I had a band rehearsal tonight and have not had time to go back over the QST article, but I don't recall seeing a 40' pole mentioned. I've not yet gotten the October issue, is it in that? Keep us posted on what you find on the N4GG...

Ha! :biggrin:

Nice ruffles.

My September QST just happened to come in today. The article on page 98 is interesting, but lacked detail. Then I went to QST-in-depth. WOW.:blink: What a great presentation. I've done antennas and feedlines for a living for a long time now, and rarely have I seen this kind of...

Interesting! I don't think I've ever run across anyone using a Lazy-H, I know them only from antenna books. What a great situation to have-- enough room for THREE of them! I'm guessing you'd dimension them for 40m and use open line feed for them, and a balanced tuner? Sounds like my kind of...

Understood-- I'm certainly no stranger to things such as that. I haven't bought one yet for that very reason-- I barely have time to do the things I have to do, and when push comes to shove you have to prioritize.

Good to know, FF. What have been your experiences with it on the air? Captain Kilowatt, did you ever get around to building yours?

Many thanks for posting your chart, Marconi. That is interesting, very similar curves. If I'd been able to move mine up 400 KHz, that would have been nice. I did get on 12 meters today for a while with it. Nothing much on the band but a CE3 with a sizable pileup. After about 5 minutes I...

Well Oldtimer, Rather than rely on my memory (which is suspect already!) I thought I’d take a few minutes and actually measure what my A-99 looks like. First thing, it’s actually fed with 100’ of LMR-400, not 75’—it’s my yagi that’s fed with 75’, sorry for the error. Here’s what I measured...

Oldtimer, What does the VSWR curve look like for your A-99? I attribute the bandwidth of this antenna (which does exactly what it was designed to do, by the way) to the matching circuit. I didn't expect it to be a broad-banded as a ground plane, as it has to match 3K or so to 50 ohms, and...

I have an A-99 on a 30-foot mast, strapped to/hidden in a magnolia tree. The antenna itself is spray painted flat black. My plan was to use this antenna on 12 and 10 meters, and occasionally on CB. I can do that with a tuner if I want, but I was disappointed that the bandwidth of the...

Thanks Homer! I'm starting to think I'm like the guy in Swamp Castle from Monty Python. I had a chance to flip the switch on it quite a bit yesterday afternoon with the band being open to Europe and Mexico. Something I didn't mention earlier was the high power line noise I have here at...