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  1. Oatmeal

    Base antennas ?

    Bought me a HF radio and now would like to no what all bands can I use the Imax 2k on ?.... Any you guys using this antenna ?... Also, I have a Maco 3 element beam, should I keep this beam and tune it for the 10m band, or just sell it ?.. What do you guys recommend me doing with the beam ?
  2. Oatmeal

    My Imax 2k...

    Well I received the radio and checked the swr on 28.305.00 up to 28.500.00 and the first bar on the left side of the swr meter lights up, this is a 1.1, according to the swr meter in the radio ?.....and as you talk on it the swr peaks up to a 2...this is with the radio set on a 100 watts...
  3. Oatmeal

    Yaesu FT 450D ?.

    I ordered one of these radios, and the big brown truck delivered it 2 days late due to all the bad weather we have had here this past week......I have to say those guys do a fine job, and the box the radio was in, no damage done to it, even tho it had a long and rough ride...we had 14" snow...
  4. Oatmeal

    My Imax 2k...

    CK, just kinda thought maybe it was....haven't had a radio with 10m band in it for around 2 years to check the swr there..
  5. Oatmeal

    My Imax 2k...

    I've got one of these up 21ft off the ground at the shack, and have been using it for 11m use the last couple years....coax I'm using 50ft of RG 213 and also a 12ft of LMR 240 coax on it....yea I no I needed to stay with one type of coax but this was something I didn't plan on doing.....( my...
  6. Oatmeal

    Question on 10 meter HAM purchase

    For 10m use, best radio I've used was a RCI radio, but you won't find one of the 2900 series radios new, they have been discontinued.. The other radios that has the 10m band in them, have no idea what they do or sound like on 10m...
  7. Oatmeal

    Yaesu FT 450D ?.

    Up date on this radio.... I have been doing research on this radio for a couple weeks now, and have decided to order me one this week, what size PS should I get, thanks in advance..
  8. Oatmeal

    Question on 10 meter HAM purchase

    I'm a old dx talker from the late 70's, and from talking dx on the 11m band was all good and has been for years...sold out a few times down through the years...this last time I got back into the hobby and ran a SSB radio since 2002, and enjoyed talking dx on the SSB radio I used to run, talked...
  9. Oatmeal

    Telescoping Antenna mast

    Go to your local hardware store and buy 2 or 3 joints of 21ft joints of pipe and build you one....just get the sections of pipe and slide them inside each other and drill a hole through them to hold them in place and make you a hinge to raise and lower it....that way the bottom wont kick out on...
  10. Oatmeal

    FT 450D vs IC 718?

    What all does the IC 718 lack compared to the 450d.
  11. Oatmeal

    Texas Star amplifier.

    Any of you guys buy a TS 500 from hy electronics, and have them to convert it to use on 11m band? I talked to those guys a few days ago about doing this, I also ask about retuning it after this is done so the swr would be ok when I received it and they told me they did do this just wondering...
  12. Oatmeal

    Service Advisement On The S-400-12 Switching Power Supplies

    Cool, glad to see someone is running a FT 450d off one of these ps, thats what I have in mind too...guess its doing ok then...
  13. Oatmeal

    Yaesu FT450D vs. Alinco SR8

    I've been looking at HF radios for the last few days and the used ones I've seen most are asking almost as much as a new FT 450D cost.. Have also did some research on the ft 450d radio, and most people running this radio loves it, and out of the 113 reviews I seen those guys rated this radio...
  14. Oatmeal

    Looking at Base amps.

    I used to run a XF40012HD base amp here, ran it a few years with a couple different combinations and it did a good job, on AM as well as SSB.... Also ran a few XF mobile amps on a power supply all did a good job..
  15. Oatmeal

    Yaesu FT 450D ?.

    Any you guys here running this radio ? Like to hear about the pros and cons on it...
  16. Oatmeal

    Beads, Ferrities ?..

    Any of you guys use these on your coax ?..... If so, how well do they work... These things work any better than a choke..
  17. Oatmeal

    Rci-2950dx-3

    The 2950dx uses a power supply of 13.8v, 20 amp to run it...and recommends the radio to dk 1 watt and swing 12-13 watts, no more than this.....this radio isn't for person who runs AM most of the time, but for a person who talks on SSB mostly... I just looked at the review cb magazine did on...
  18. Oatmeal

    AFC/NFC Championship Predictions

    Seattle---24 Green Bay---21 New England---31 Colts-------24 I'd rather see GB win there game, but don't no if they will..
  19. Oatmeal

    Question about a couple different amplifiers..

    I've got a new Maco 3 element beam to put up on the flat side in the spring..I'm mostly into just talking DX and in the process of rebuilding my station...this is why I've been asking about the amps .. Looking to run a cleaner station than I am used to owning
  20. Oatmeal

    4 element Yagi going up and want to do it right the first time

    I've always put a ground wire on the bottom u clamp where it connects to the mast pipe and also another grd from the bottom of the mast pipe to a grd rod..can't have enough grounds I guess..