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  1. K8PG

    Do I need guy wires?

    Mast -Rohn 25G-30ft go to your local cyclone fence dealer and get a heavy walled galvanized 2diaX10ft pipe for about $ 40 never had 1 bend on me yet and Ive got 375lbs of antenna on one up 105ft-Rohn-rate 25G at 30 ft not guyed at 30sq.ft of round surface area at 60mph.If I were putting a large...
  2. K8PG

    J20RR AND J20MM-DJIBOUTI

    HELLO FELLOW CW LOVERS JUST WAS WONDERING IF ANY ONE HERE HAS LUCK OF WORKING THEM YET ON 80 OR 160 CW??SURE ARE A LOT OF LIDS ON LISTENING FREQS.DO THESE GUYS KNOW WHAT LISTEN BEFORE YOU TRANSMITT IS ??? IVE GOT THEM ON 20 MTR CW BUT THATS A EASY BAND I NEED THEM ON 40-8- AND 160 CW IVE...
  3. K8PG

    Yaesu Ft101EX

    FT-10EX TANK COIL Hello: Go to the Yahoo Groups and go to The Ft 101 groups page there you can download a copy of the schematics under the FILES heading it should not be to hard to rewire the coil-GL DE K8PG Paul CW LIVES
  4. K8PG

    HOWS YOUR CW DX???

    IVE BEEN DOING REAL WELL ON 40 AND 160 CW WORKED A JT(MONOLIA) ON 40CW AND VU7(LACADIVES?) AND ON 160 HAVE WORKED 23 ALL TIME NEW COUNTRIES ON CW INCUDING 1A71 AND VU7RG ALONG WITH JT1ZW LOTS OF FUN BURNING THE MIDNIGHT OIL.WHO SAYS THE BANDS ARE DEAD???-73 DE K8PG...
  5. K8PG

    FCC cites amateur for failure to ID

    SEE YOUR POINT??? GOOD STAY THERE ON THE CHILDRENS BAND,I SAID NOTHING ABOUT CW ,YES A LOT OF OLD GRUMPY OLD TIMERS THEYLL BE SK SOON ENOUGH .SO CW IS GONE BIG DEAL,THEY SKY HAS NOT FALLEN-THAT CB ATTITUDE I LOVE IT HI HI HI HI DE K8PG PAUL CW LIVES O.O. CU ON...
  6. K8PG

    FCC cites amateur for failure to ID

    Everyone is lible to make a mistake Hello: When I was a Novice back in 1972 i was out of the Novice band 1 time by a few 100 Hz or so and got a letter of violation its no big deal he needs to reply in triplicate and explain what happened and thats it End Of Story.If hes a new ham we...
  7. K8PG

    FCC cites amateur for failure to ID

    ID violation-10min time Well the FCC is out and monitering good deal you want to be an amateur radio operator Follow the Rules! You never know who is listening. With attitude like that you can stay on the Childrens Band and PLAY NO Official Observers do not have to much time on...
  8. K8PG

    T30Z WESTERN KABIRTI

    kirabiti KABIRTI -WHO CARES! LIKE I SAID ONLY CW AND NOW ONLY NEED THEM ON 12MTR CW HOW ABT THE T35XX GOT HIM ON 20,30,40,80 AND 160 CW LOTS OF FUN WITH THE NEW QRO 2500DX AMP AND THE NEW FT 9000D FROM MY SON.73 DE K8PG PAUL CW LIVES AND ALWAYS WILL CU ON 7.022 TO...
  9. K8PG

    FCC LEARN THE CODE TO GET HF!

    CW EXAM GONE-OH WELL THE SKY HAS NOT FALLEN I GET ALL MY INFO FROM ARRL AND WORLD RADIO,IT GOES TO SHOW YOU THAT THE ARRL HAS NO SAY AND ARE REALLY IN THE DARK LIKE MUSHROOMS,THEY CARE ABT SUB NUMBERS AND THE DIGITAL MONEY FOLKS DE-K8PG PAUL CW STILL LIVES AND ALWAYS WILL CU...
  10. K8PG

    T30Z WESTERN KABIRTI

    HELLO ALL ANYONE WORK THIS STATION? HE WAS 10 OVR SN IN THE UP OF MI. 1 CALL ON 15 AND 1 CALL ON 160 SNAGGEG A ALL TIME NEW 1 ON 15 AND 160 CW THAT BRINGS MY 160 CW WORKED UP TO 283 COUNTRIES ,STILL ONLY 278 CONFIRMED ON CW 160 .SINCE I DONT USE PHONE I DONT HAVE MANY CONFIRMED ONLY THE REQUIRED...
  11. K8PG

    CW ELEMENT EXAM GONE-SO WHAT???LETS GET ON WITH COMMUNICATIN

    HELLO ALL: DOES IT REALLY MATTER IF WE DONT TEST SOMEONE ON MORSE CODE-IF YOU DONT LIKE IT DONT USE IT,IF YOU DO USE IT TO YOUR HEARTS CONTENT-NOW IT WILL BECOME AN ART AND A SKILL-MOST RARE DX STATIONS USE CW IF YOU CANT COPY IT YOU CANT WORK THEM-NOW EVEN MORE A EXCLUSE "CLUB" I TOOK OUT MY...
  12. K8PG

    yaesu ft 101 ee problem

    FT 101D MODEL THE FT 101D MODEL WAS A JAPANESE MODEL ONLY SOLD IN JAPAN IT WAS LIMITED TO 20 WATTS CW,I PURCHASED MINE IN 1973 IN MACAO .THE JAPANESE MAKE MANY HF RADIOS THAT ARE NOT IMPORTED TO THE USA.HOW ABT THE JRC 2030 20 WATT XCVR OR THE TS520-530 -820-830S 1 TUBE RIGS? OR THE IC616XCVR...
  13. K8PG

    yaesu ft 101 ee problem

    FT 101EE iT IS NOT A CW FILTER THAT IS GONE IT MOUNTS ON A PC BOARD ON THE RIGHT MIDDLE SIDE NEXT TO THE CASE.IT SOUNDS LIKE THE SPEACH PROCESSOR BOARD WAS A OPTION ON THE FT101EE IT SHOULD POWER ON FINE.I HAVE 4 YAESU FT 101S E,EE,EX AND D MODEL. DE K8PG PAUL CW...
  14. K8PG

    Mosley Beams

    MOSLEY YAGIS HELLO OM: i HAVE A MOSLEY PRO 67-C3 ON A 78FT CRANK UP TOWER IT WORKS BEAUTIFULLY:IT COVERS 10,12,15,17,20 30 AND 40 MTRS-4ELE 10- 3 ELE ON 12>40 MTRS AND A DIPOLE THAT IS ROTATABLE ON 30 MTRS,IT WEIGHS 157LBS AND COST A LOT BUT IF YOU WANT AN ANTENNA FOR 25 PLUS YRS AND A...
  15. K8PG

    Libya DXpedition-5A7A

    Hello all cw oprs: I was wondering if you were having any luck working the 5A7A DXpedition stations? Ive got them on 7 bands cw and 2 bands ssb,10 and 12 mtrs are a hold out ive heard them on 24.900Mhz. but not a thing on 28Mhz.only 1 day to go we wont hear Libya on for...
  16. K8PG

    Learning Morse Code

    I recomend listening to real cw like ARRLs code practice once you have learned the basic charactors , real on the air copy is the best .You can use a straight key and oscillator ,practice sending and learning at the same time this way you can get practice on the sound of sending and spacing...
  17. K8PG

    another newbie ????

    Tech freqs. Like I said up to 900.118 GHZ and some above de K8PG-PAUL CW LIVES
  18. K8PG

    another newbie ????

    What freq can I use with a Tech License? Just go to the ARRLS web site and go to operations or Freq privledges and look at the chart.As it goes you OPERATE ANYWERE FROM 6MTRS TO 900GHZ IN CERTAIN BANDS. Paul-K8PG CW LIVES
  19. K8PG

    80 meter CW

    CW 80 MTRS This does not matter if you know how to use your filters and dsp in your rig you can work cw inbetween ssb signals ,I do it all the time on 30 and 40 mtr cw .The problem is the nets that meet between 3.600 and 3.700Mhz.and the digital modes,where are the rtty and psk folks going...
  20. K8PG

    New Solar Cycle

    What are Sunspots?? How are they formed?? Sunspots are thought to exist as a result of intense,localized magnetic fields that are trapped below the surface of the sun At a solar minimum,spots associated with the new cycle appear at mid-latitudes.The magnetic fields are longitudinal,running...