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    HF help

    thanks but what is IMO
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    HF help

    I am trying to find good web site to learn about how diferant Radiowaves act with the diferant Ionosphere Layers. You know like the D Layer absorbs what FRQ in Daytime and what goes on at night. I find so many diferant web sites but then they all may say something a little diferant...
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    Ionosphere help

    thanks but I went to the link you gave and it says what the D E Layers do but not there Hightes???????????
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    Ionosphere help

    Can someone tell me about these Ionosphere Layers? How many Miles above the Earth does the D Layer Start? And the same for the E Layer and F1 and F2
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    Can I use this antenna?

    Thanks but I have the do not have Plastic Slinkys LOL And I went to the link I did not se any Picture or phone number
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    Can I use this antenna?

    Thanks but I am sorry you don't understand me. If I have a Coaxle cable going into my Radio the other end of the Coaxle cable is going to connect to my Ant. But this is what I want to know. If I have my Right wire and left wire on eatch end of my Dypole ant. The left wire has to connect...
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    Can I use this antenna?

    Thanks but If I do get two piceses of wire for my left and right sides of my Dy Pole ant do they sell anything that I can screw them onto and then screw that pice onto a Coaxle cable feed?
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    Can I use this antenna?

    Ant help I looked at everything in this Post and need some help. I have two Slinkys of Mettal and they are 3 inch Round. If I made a Di Pole ant. and had these slinkys on eatch end and pulled them out would this work or if not why???
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    ANT help

    I want to make a shortwave ant. I have two Slinkys and the are the big ones. The are both 3 Inch Round So I was going to make a Di Pole ant. out of them and put one Slinky on eatch end and just stratch them out. What I need help with is this? They say that when you take a wire and make a...
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    Band help

    Thanks again but? So anything but HF is Line Of Site right??
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    Band help

    Thanks But?? So Line Of Site would be VHF UHF and what other Bands??
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    Band help

    I know that Ground Wave or Serface Waves are VLF and LFF Bands. What Bands are Line Of Site or Direct Wave???
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    wave propagation help

    I am looking for a good place online to read up on how Radio Waves Propagate. Like Groundwave Skywave Line Of Site Wave. I whent to Wikapedia and Google and all over. And I find a little bit here and a little bit there and everything kind of talks out of both sides of the Mouth...
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    Space Wave help

    I just need some help if anyone can give it about the types of Waves that are used. 1. wave is the Ionishperic Wave is when wave bounce back and forth between the Earth and the Ionishper till it gets to the Radio and these wave would be the HF witch is shortwave and MW witch is Mediumwave...
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    Power Supply help

    Need more help Thanks for the help but what I ment was If the Power Supply I am looking at can supply +3.3 Volts at 24 Amps And the 20 Pin Malex Connector that goes to the Motherboard has Three Wire that will give +3.3V And then the EVERY 5. Pin Connector for the Devices has One Wire that...
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    Power Supply help

    I am a Computer Repair Teck and need some help and I lnow this is for Shortwave Radio but I was thinking that someone maybe can help me. Computer Power Supplys give three Voltages +3.3 Volts and +5 Volts and +12 Volts I get this. Now an ATX Power Supply will have a 20 Pin Malex Connector...
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    Wavelength help

    ANT help I am running into the same prablems again? Every time I go to Cut a Coax Cable into it's two parts. The center pin and the outer shild it just goes to shit. And when I go to buy say that SO 239 connector that you just screw the Coax onto and it gives you left and right tap offs...
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    Connector help

    I found a Web Site that shows you how to make a Dipole Antenna without having to cut a Coaxial Cable. It says you will connect the Coaxial Cable Feed Line to an SO239 Plug and that Plug is ware you can atach you two Wire Leads. When I call Radio Shack they tell me that the SO239 Plug has a...
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    Wavelength help

    ANT help I should have told you I am not going to leave the ANT. out all the time just when I go out.
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    Wavelength help

    ANT help If I cut my wires for the Dipole ANT. but do not Soder them to the SO239 Socket but I use Alligator Clips to connect the wires. I do not mean the Coax Feed I just meen the Left and Right wire Arms. Or do they have to be Sodered to it?