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  1. N9RZD

    Interests outside of radio.....

    hey mole you ever catch any yellowfin ????(ahi) your fishing the pacific ! how far out do you go ? (now that i know your QTH ! ) i'd pay you handsomely to air freight some o-dat in dry ice to my QTH , TUNA TARTAR , other wise known as sashimi in da islands raw fish to the rest of you...
  2. N9RZD

    Interests outside of radio.....

    gotta love those strippers :drool: JK ( most of em are crack ho's anyway ) 73
  3. N9RZD

    my station

    A Zenith "Transoceanic" Short wave radio this one is approximately 60 yrs old , and works good !!!!! they were the first generation of battery powered short wave radios very popular during ww2 and the later forties and fiftys I found this one shivering and dirty in a corner of an...
  4. N9RZD

    my station

    on the top shelf a Zenith Transoceanic SW radio, tube job, very hot , works good ! underneath the top shelf , from the left , a kenwood tm 2550, and then a bearcat 700a on the main shelf a kenwood ts130-s with external vfo . a modified tunrer plus 2 on a boom . so i can talk hands free...
  5. N9RZD

    DIGITAL SSTV tips & questions

    thanks for this "hookedon" im planning on giving this a shot soon need to repair my interface first
  6. N9RZD

    Yaesu VX-8r under water test

    hey mole your voice sounds remarkably like mine !!!! and now i know your Call !!! nice peice!!!!! wish i could afford something like that right now 73
  7. N9RZD

    Connecting a VHF radio to computer....?

    dont know about your area , but most "packet" around here on 2 mtrs , is APRS now I miss the old packet , used to run quite a bit of it actually handled a fair bit of H and W Traffic for the local families in my little town during Desert Storm , got traffic in and out for the troops from...
  8. N9RZD

    Bought a HF Rig.....Except the Antenna

    Iv'e never used a windom so i cant comment on it , any dipole antenna is going to be a half wavelength of the design freq with each leg being 1/4 wavelength , so 18 feet each side would be closer to 20 mtrs , not 11 , Got it ?? All dipoles are half wavelength end to end !!!! NOT EACH LEG...
  9. N9RZD

    First ever home brew antenna project....

    NICE JOB !!!!!!!:thumbup::thumbup::thumbup: another "COPPER CACTUS" on the ham radio range !! i see you used 3/4 , that will give higher bandwidth , and i like the strap, -239 arrangement last one i built , i didnt have that stuff so i just peeled the coax back , found the spot with lowest...
  10. N9RZD

    Hawaii on 60m !

    Nice !!! Ive got Martins QSL right here on my shack wall bagged him earlier this year , on 17 mtrs 60 can be a fun band , acts like 20 sometimes , then acts like 80 others what antenna setup are you running ???? rich
  11. N9RZD

    just wondering

    Take thyself to radio shack , and purchase a book called "Now Your Talking" IMHO, an excellent primer and entry level read for anyone interested in Ham Radio heres a link to some for sale used on Amazon.com Amazon.com: Now You're Talking!: All You Need to Get Your Ham Radio Technician...
  12. N9RZD

    Kenwood TS-130s 11 meters?

    it will not
  13. N9RZD

    The slow evolution of getting back into the game....

    just a side note , im running a kenwood ts130-s got it for 200 bucks , doesnt have 160 , and its not real loaded with bells and whistles , but it is solid and has served me well in the fairly short time ive had my general ticket a home built w5gi which cost about 50 bucks for the materials...
  14. N9RZD

    Bought a HF Rig.....Except the Antenna

    yes, but he's making some noise about gittin his General !!!!!!
  15. N9RZD

    Bought a HF Rig.....Except the Antenna

    I know its sounds like im beating a drum here , But i like the w5gi mysterywire but sounds like you dont have the real estate, unless you go corner to corner it measures approx 101 feet its a multiband colinear , and i and highlander821 collaborated and built a couple of these last summer...
  16. N9RZD

    recommendations for a new scanner

    Well, F.W.i.W. ive purchased a radio shack pro2096 a triple trunking fully digital scanner , on Highlander 821's suggestion i got it on clearance for 242 dollars , thats down from 499 when they first hit the shelves this thing is loaded !!! and its a snap to program with win96 and an...
  17. N9RZD

    New Year's Antenna Drawing Winner!

    WELL WELL WELL. Imagine my surprise this morning when i called Highlander821 to wish him a happy new year , and ask how many 10-95's he heard last night on the scanner , ( Arrests , presumably due to drunkeness) and he informed me that i had won the antenna Thanks Moleculo , and what a...
  18. N9RZD

    WILL A LITTLE WIL TUNE FOR 2 METER

    LOL :confused: agreed, doc , lets reinvent the wheel while we're at it WHY !!!!!
  19. N9RZD

    BEFORE MARRIAGE

    being a veteran , i can tell you it is ;-) ive had more fun , and gotten to own and do a lot more of the things ive always wanted , since she fired me ! :thumbup: i will never discuss the M word again with any woman
  20. N9RZD

    J Pole calculator

    it appears to be, having built several , the dimensions look ok however , i wouldnt use a jpole design much below 50 mhz it is going to be big and gangly , and probably not very sturdy another thing i do is use 3/4 and 1' copper it does affect final tuning slightly , but results in higher...