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You could always turn out the lights like you aren't home then practice sending CW.

Kinda sounds like that mudduck HiDef is trying to say the guy is F.O.S. because of the "tube sound" statement. No way FM should ever sound one iota different through an amplifier unless it was not full quieting to begin with. One second of overdrive could kill the grid in your tube. Just a...

Sorry to hear that Ed. Did you drop a DX-100 on yourself? Seriously, galvanize spray is available at Home Depot and Lowes.

Isn't 3865 home to some really strong data LORAN sounding crap a lot of the time?

You're calling ME a muddick? I've heard your stuff. You're the duck, duck.

A toroid is good for lower power. You really don't need it with anything over 10 watts at 30 mhz. A turn or two around the insulated center conductor will output a few volts at 1 kw into 50 ohm terminations.

Just busting. I use the Irb mods anyway - . -

.75 pf? You can walk into the room and change capacitance more than that.

While the gain may show diminishing returns you will still get a larger shot at the horizon with more height. It will also put your RF further away from neighbors.

There are still guys waiting for Pissweak Ed's DX-100 manual.

If they are both vertical a scale should provide usable data. Many modeling programs do just that.

All the antennas you mentioned have maximum radiation right near the base. The picture shows the max radiation point right next to the cab. The azimuthal pattern will likely not be omnidirectional and it's likely a significant amount of power will be wasted. All this can be happening even...

I saw that thanks. I'm proposing 2 completely identical antennas with identical feedline type and length. No room for variables. Kind of a test the test.

Could be the coil antenna has a better SWR. You know how some folks think SWR is an indicator of performance.

I like the idea of putting up 2 identical antennas and testing those.

I guarantee that I've forgotton more about radio than you will ever know old timer. 1993 lol. I could put a working amp on the air that would far exceed the specs you will ever get out of an RM Zitaly for about ten bux and a little time. There are people watching here and getting some...

One thing is for sure. 10 meters is going to be a real zoo from now on.

Doc, the configuration several here are assuming is a collector modulated AM final. It must be class C to work properly. As such the final will modulate at the same exact percentage at all power levels out when the B+ is cut down with a device which effects audio and DC power similarly. That...

The diodes are a little better than resistors as it's a little easier to predict power changes. They should still be bypassed by an electrolytic unless one wants to throw modulator power out the window.

I don't know about a B&K but a decent RF pickup can be fashoned out of a minibox. Put one SO-239 on one end and another on the other. Join the center conductors with a piece of RG-8 or similar inner conductor with the insulation still on it. Install a third connector. BNC is a good choice...