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    Base SOLARCON Scoop

    That's what I am using now is a A99 and it works pretty good...I had it tuned as close to 10 meter as I could which turned to be some wheres in the neighborhood of 28.270 if I remember right that was before I took down all my ham stuff right now height wise its 38 feet to the coax feed...
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    11 meter is very quiet?

    Ice and snow here last night temp dropped from the 50s to the teens radio has been quiet so far today
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    11 meter is very quiet?

    Not much here in Kentucky some west coast thats all I heard on 38
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    Labor Day Week-end - LSB 16 revival effort

    Had mine on from the time I got out of bed until I went to bed heard nothing all weekend long....But havent heard any DX since August 8th
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    Labor Day Week-end - LSB 16 revival effort

    Had it on and nothing here.....Last DX contact I had was Aug.9th been a long dry spell around here
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    Who remembers this classic?

    Have the DVD watched it last night......Seen it when it first came out....Just love it
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    Labor Day Week-end - LSB 16 revival effort

    I have yet to hear anything but noise and AM there but will try this weekend
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    Who are you on the air?

    Talking DX I am Kentucky Moonshiner 591 just talking I am Midnight
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    GOLDENROD 45

    Yes the one I had the bottom was a clear plexiglass about 3 inches wide cant remember how long but thats it
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    GOLDENROD 45

    It had a wire about 14ga dont remember the length of it the wire went through a plexiglass bottom that was stretched not tight but taunt had 2 holes that the wire passed through the ends of the wire attached to a aluminum bracket made a triangle shape from the top bracket the radiating element...
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    SHTF and Unconstitutional Red Flag Laws

    Yup live in Kentucky and the "Liberals and Gun Grabbers" are having a hissy fit over it
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    GOLDENROD 45

    I had forgot that it looked like a "Starduster" been so long that I had one last one I had was tore up when my storage building was destroyed Jan. 3 2000 when a F3 tornado hit my area. I could hear them I could talk to them
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    GOLDENROD 45

    Never have used one of those hear some good things about them.. I would love to find the build plans for Signal Engineering old base antenna Goldenrod 180S Had 3 of them until Jan 3 2000 granted they were only 1/2 wave But at 50 feet to the feed point I could hear stations the most of the others...
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    New Ranger RCI-69VHP SSB coming soon

    I will have to agree on the drifting issue they can do a whole lot better........I think that its made for the AM crowd.....Never have had one drifting issue with my 2950- love lower power
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    Twin Fuse Power Cord

    Maybe this will help more it does 10 watts high power and 2.8 watts on low power on AM and FM on SSB it does 13 watts on low power and 37 watts on high power. I found the power cord at a pilot truck stop while I was on my way home from a doctors visit that was the only kind they had was the 2...
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    Twin Fuse Power Cord

    I got myself a "Workman CB 3 AXX power cord for my RCI 2950 it came with a 10 amp fuse on the positive and a 4 amp fuse on the negative. I know the 10 amp fuse is too big for the radio. My question is what amp fuse should I use in the negative and the positive( Not sure of the amp rating on the...
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    FCC should just open up 11meters as a Citizens experimental band.

    The FCC really dont care that much about the equipment out there......Now if your causing interference with emergency communications or making it so Granny Hester cant watch her Soap Operas or Game Shows then thats a "Horse Of A Different Color" as my mother use to say but as long as your not...
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    Anti Seize For Antennas

    I cant for the life of me remember the name of the product to use at the joints of a aluminum antennas to prevent the joints from seizing up in the weather............I dont know if this would work or not if anyone has a opinion on using bulb grease as a substitute. This thought just came to me...
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    Have A Dumb Question

    Does anyone know if H&Y in Louisville closed was updating somethings in my favorites list and the site isnt there anymore
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    EVER HAD A VISIT FROM THE FCC ???

    Many moons ago I had a nice visit from the FCC I was lucky in the fact that I had warning that they were in town so my linear and expanded radio wasnt in the house when they showed up and from what the FCC told me that they had the right to inspect the station and only the station that and the...