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The fact is, Your Texas star already is class C. Ever notice after you talk on it for awhile, it seems to produce a lil more power than it did when it was cold. The reason for this is, the bias circuit is not thermally tracked/corrected. We all learned in high school that electrons move more...

Palstar does make a good product! I like my LP100A.

I also took a quick shot of the op position. Its a lil cluttered now and I plan to expand onto another desk.

Here some pics of the new rotor, Drake cs-7, and the new lightning antenna. There is VERY limited information about these antennas on the net, So I plan to document the build of the antenna and the mounting/tuning to help others. All that is left to purchase is 300 feet of 8 conductor wire...

Its not in the picture but the trailer is straped down to i hooks. The trailer is an abandoned jetski trailer I modified for the portable generator.

The tractor uses a 22 hp fuel injected kawasaki motor. The PTO is ratted at 18hp. The tractor isnt enough to run the generator under full load but its enough to run her comfortably on a normal house use.

Yeah, I lowered my maco down to 8 feet and took everything else down. I gave my friend a cb and wilson 1000 and set him up incase we loose phone. I just got done seting up a 15kw PTO generator on my John deere 445. The lil lawn tractor ran it fine with the house having almost all lights on...

Well, I live 2 miles west of ocean city MD, and we are expecting alot of wind and rain. Unfortuneately, My work as a communications technician is taking me to the baltimore area and leaving my wife at home....by her self and with local friends. The antennas will be down tomm. and the generator...

Update, I got some new goodies today in prep for the tower raising. A brand new Yaesu G800-SA Rotor. Man this thing is small and light wieght. I hope it turns the 4 element quad ok.........Time will tell Also got the new IMAX 2000. After a quick peak I realized the mounting flange will only...

Im surprised no one has said anything about the condition of the signal out. Shockwave could correct me if im wrong, but if the signal is distorted and overmodulated (i.e. a square wave) the meter will sample more peak duration of the wave and thus show an elevated reading on the meter. This...

Oh yeah, I understand all that. I worked in Wicomico county as an 800 Mhz Radio tech and now work at a private company dealing with many commercial and federal radio/electronics accounts. I see their grounds and how the poly phasers are hooked up. I plan to run a Poly phaser where my commscope...

Three letters....X...Y....L HAHA nah. I live in the country in a beautiful setting here on my farm. I wanted the tower away from the house for a few reasons. 1) Noise generated in my house 2)lightning attracted away from the house 3)If a bad storm comes and I dont have time to tilt...

Nah, My first station was a rat shack 40ch $35 radio hooked to a rat shack magmount stuck to a steel chair on the roof.

Well, I pulled the trigger and bought a Lightning 4+. I also decided that for ease of instal, I will use my maco 5/8 for backup and get an Imax 2000. That will allow me to mount a vertical and keep the mast as short as possible. There is a trade off in performance, but If I need to reach...

At 27 Mhz simple RG8 will perform just as well as more expensive 9913 or LMR400

The quads are quieter not because of being DC grounded as many suspect. The reason is do to the way a quad is fed, the high current area of the quad is along the center of the strait edge and not on a high angle point or corner. Also a yagi can have the same gain as a quad element for...

2 to 3 weeks and I will install the tower

Took me about 5 hours to dig the hole. I had to stop at 5 1/2 feet because I started to hit water. So I ended up with 5x5x5.5 .

What are you using for mast pipe? i have three choices. all 2" Inside diameter. and 20-21 feet in length. steel pipe, aluminum, and black well pipe. all schedule 40. array solutions lists they sell steel mast pipe. Guessing I should go with the steel, even though it is Very heavy. Ive just...

Well, for the longest time ive been using a Maco 5/8 vertical on a 43 foot pushup pole, and it has been doing very well even though its tuned for the lower portion of 10 meter and I use a tuner. All of my antennas have been HAM oriented until now. Heres where I am as of now. I have a...