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As was mentioned, the VHF/UHF radios you mentioned require an amateur ("HAM radio") license. It's actually not very hard to get in Canada, especially if you have a good memory. It's 100 multiple choice questions. And to use the VHF/UHF (2 meter & 70 centimeter (aka as 2m/440)) you only need to...

I've got an original big stick, it tunes up on 10 thru 40, but 20 is a little rough, it's 2.7:1 with or without the tuner, everything else is under 1.5. It's at 10' right now and I worked slovenia on 12m a couple days before that last flare.

k5ehx.net ?

It'd be nice if it was easier to tune to an exact freq, but I like it better for SW then my G6. Now that I have my ts-430 it's not even plugged in though lol

AM is band "b". I leave the BFO just left or right of 12 o'clock. It's probably just the mode switch, I've got my dad's dx-160, sat in his basement for 20 years and the contacts need cleaned, if it go back and forth between AM and SSB and tap the switch it'll eventually switch over to AM.

I'm glad my neighbours are cool! The one on my left actually suggested I mount my vertical to the side of the house next to his, because the guy that owned the place before me "had a giant antenna up there".

I'm down in Windsor. There should be a few guys up in Ottawa, but on 38lsb.

What website is that?

It's a pain in the ass without the cable but it is doable. Where is says key there's supposed to be a pic of the up/down arrows, so you use the up/down to "scroll" Do this: Press [MENU] + 7 + [MENU] Use the key to select "dual-watch OFF" Press [MENU] + EXIT...

Looks like an ebay glitch or he fat fingered an update, all the other 99 that already sold, sold for $26.99.

What's wrong with sitting in a soaking wet tent, talking on a lightning rod, during a thunder storm? =P

Randon Wire Antennas - Best Lengths To Use For Random Wire That'll give you a good idea of what lengths to use and what to stay away from.

Yup same thing when I called to bitch, like they did me a "favour" by "tuning up" the radio and not charging me for it lmao

Last thing I bought from sparkys I told them not to touch, and some assclown cut the mod limiter by gouging a line across the trace almost all the way through the board with what looked like a butter knife.

Radio: Kenwood TS-430S Baofeng UV-5R Other: Gas & bills take the rest!

From what I can figure out, it's just a square dipole, nothing special, just saves space. An 8' x 8' square is easier to handle then a 30'+ length or wire fed in the middle. (for 20m)

Already a net YL-ISSB - YL International Single Sideband System

Good luck, I was hoping to write mine this weekend but I've been dieing of the flu in bed lol

What are the chances that all 3 SSB capable radios become garbled on SSB at the same time? I tried all 3 radios, on 3 different antennas, with 4 different power sources, including in my mobile. An old philly 148 in a grant XT chassis (this one was hacked up before I got it so I'm not surprised...

Thanks for the input guys, I've already got the wire so like you said it can't hurt, maybe they'll save a few earthworms from cancer? lol When I tried it just bunjied to my deck I had no problem making a local contact on ssb, but with conditions the way they where yesterday I have no way of...