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Thank you. didn't mean to hijack the thread. carry on.

Okay. So for right now I would like to have the equipment to tune and align my 148 gtl and other radios properly. Besides a frequency generator, a dummy load, and a scope, what else do I need? Are there brands to look for and ones to stay away from? Is a 40 mhz scope essential once you get...

what kind of cheap scope are you talking about shockwave? What are the limitations of that kind of scope versus a more expensive one and for a beginner would it be a good investment or better to save and buy something better?

that's awesome :) and that also tells me to search for tube power when I decide to upgrade my base.

the mobile isn't high enough to get over the house, and of course the base antenna would be (smacking self on forehead). I'll try and think about it a little longer before I post next time :)

At the risk of asking a silly question, is there something close to the antenna? How high is it mounted? Is it possible that when you're adding power it's reflecting off something in the vicinity of the antenna causing your swr to go up? It happened to me while I was testing my swr after...

lots of good guys on here ryan with tons of good information. I think you'll like it. Welcome.

You might have to use more heat than just annealing if you plan on making sharp bends with the thicker solid rods bootymonster.

KEY to METALS Articles: Heat Treatable Aluminum Alloys depending on the size and configuration, I don't know that i would mess with trying to harden the sheet after it has been bent. Depends on what you're gonna use it for. As the article says, you can heat treat and quench some aluminum...

You guys are way smarter than me when it comes to radios, but I have been a welder fabricator for fifteen years :)

a two faced weenie? lol my friend. I just choose not to be a jackass...Shockwave gave reasons that are based on solid rf theory. That's not bashing. You're offended because you were wrong. Get over it.

thanks for the comments wire weasel. A guy tries to learn the right way to do things and you bash him for it. Someone else might listen to you, but it won't be me. Take care.

I appreciate the comments shockwave.

actually i have been paying close attention...do what you will. Good luck to you as well.

To each their own...I would rather have a clean signal myself. You know you're overdriving it, and that the excess drive gives you not an ounce of increased signal at the frequency you are transmitting on so why not just do it right?

and as for plate, i would use that same annealing process say two or three inches either side of where the bend will be. Try and clamp the sheet down with plywood on top of it, and maybe two pieces sandwiched and clamped on the side you're going to be moving. once the metal is annealed it...

booty, the process i think you are referring to is called annealing. Take an oxy acetylene torch, turn on acetylene only, it will be black and nasty little carbon wisps flying everywhere. run the torch over the metal and coat it with that soot getting somewhat close to transfer some heat as...

good thread booty. Lots of info I was looking for about the homebrew sirio clone idea. Think I'm gonna buy the vector tho and homebrew a multiband dipole as my first antenna project sometime in the near future. Then, after some serious learning, I might dive back into a sigma iv homebrew...

okay. i guess i stand corrected. I was under the impression that the 667 would only take about 10 to 15 watts swing before overdriving it and a dk of about 1.5