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Like i said above i was able to hear a station from cuba, ( kinda) and one from PA on field day ( when useing the quad band, who indicated he was useing an amp but i couldnt hear the other side of his conversation, nor could he hear me) but that has been it. According to the propagation chart of...

Thank you to all that offered suggestions. Im going to answer everyone's thoughts here one by one In regards to buying a store bought antenna and not building one, Here is a part I left out I did build one. I built one in almost the exact fashion as the one I just bought however my...

Just the 100 watts out of the 857 And its only on 85% so its not even 100 watts I have no idea what way he is pointed nor I for that matter But regardless of which way he is pointed you would think i should be able to her SOMETHING right? On any band? I was not aware that a dipole was a...

This entire mess started because I wanted to get on HF So I run out to the store and buy myself a nice Yaesu 857 A bran new LDG 100 pro Auto Tuner Bran new coax and a nice diamond quad band The reason for the quad band is because I live in an apartment and the only thing suitable for an...

Thanks for all the suggestions:)

Hi guys Im a very new ham and im just starting to explore 10 meters Could someone please explain the easiest way to tell if the band is open or not I have not had much luck understanding the propagation maps I know you can try to transmit along the grey line And ive also been told...

:sad: No thoughts?

So as a rookie to HF i should be calling CQ on USB on 10 meters correct? and LSB on anything less then 10MHZ Thanks

I personally am a new ham myself and was just in the same prediciment you are this week I bought an 857D for many reasons It does appear that the icom is a better radio. However it is almost DOUBLE the money. So one would expect it to be a better radio. Here are a few things that made me...

Thanks guys Im only useing SSB because im only a tech and cant use fm Im studying for my general though I have yet to make a 10 meter contact. Hope to soon Tomorrow on filed day i hope to have some luck My radio gives me 2 modes Which should i be on? USB or LSB There is no...

i know it wont work with the paint lol I used paint stripper and then a wire brush in a power drill and took care of all that. The dug out my ohm meter and tested for continuity from oppisite ends of the area i clean just to make sure everything was gone I dont have an HF swr meter besides...

sorry i screwed up i was talking 7900

Here is what i did so far It tunes fine on 10 meters but the tuner wont get it below 2.5 on 6 meters Im a complete rookie with this and its my first rig. Could you please offer some suggestions to help. Its very hard living in the city. All i have to use is my fire escape which is why i...

And here High power As you can see if the needles were long enough they would touch just over 2 ish Is this acceptable

Ok so i bought my own swr meter finally just a little scx 40 Here is what i got I got a nice 1.5 on 2 meters and something different on UHF ITs a cross needle type and when the needles come up on uhf if they were actually long enough the needles would in theroy cross a little over 2...

http://www.eham.net/reviews/detail/4946 No its this one

So i got a Diamond Quad band to use as a base antenna for the house. I made a mount for it andhave it on a UHF Barrel The antenna has several slide out sections for tuning I just got an LDG Auto Tuner. How do you adjust the sections of antenna length wise if you are not doing it with a...

Yea thats what im going to do Good call how does it work? I was afraid to buy a cheap one but yours works well?

Please help me decide I cant figure out if i want an icom 706G or an icom 7000 I am new to Ham Here is what i will be doing It is going to be used in home only My main reason for picking these two are the following 1 i like icom 2 i am only a tech/ currently studying for general...

All of these are awesome points I'm going to try and get my own swr meter and put it on my antenna That is clearly the best way so there is no speculation To answer the question thought, there was no recalibration to my knowledge He went home and tested it on someother gear same...