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I was halfway defending the opinion of that cretinous NN3W until he crawled up my butt. If ya'll read the postings you know it to be true. Just a soapbox for his "ego". Lex

If your planning on working any CW at all, I'd recommend getting a tighter filter right off the bat. Most stock filters, all manufacturers, aren't tight enough for a dedicated CW enthusiast. With the MUF being what it is at this point in the solar doldrums... I get lots of QRM from nearby...

I don't mind contesters any more than I mind nets, and nets are the real leprosy of the spectrum. Just like that Kanuck nut on 14.275usb... they are squatters who think they have title to the property. In regards to a previous poster, when was 15m ever considered WARC? I googled it and can't...

Another repeat, so I repeat... it has its place. I like to read the reviews of folks who have owned/used them. They have validity to me, the rest are just QRN; although we are all entitled to an opinion. I just might build a "dummy load antenna" for the heck of it. (As a matter of fact, I did...

Yes'sir, but after last winters antenna losses... I'm going vertical, completely & totally. Less ice/wind buildup, less wind loading, smaller footprint. Its only a matter of time before my current antennas take a hit. If I can't find a Comet that I think is at a fair price... and new ones...

Yes. I've read that review hundreds of times, and positive results by owner/users put them to shame. Admittedly it isn't a yagi, loop, zepp, bazooka, curtain, rhombic nor any other uber expensive & labor intensive RF seine. Its a vertical and not an optimum vertical by any means; but it has its...

Yup, wires work. Thats what I'm on now, ninety odd feet of flexweave, a Lakeview 17m dipole and an 11m ground plane. I lost three antennas last year to snow/ice+wind. Two were wire & one a hefty rigid dipole. The remote cabin is worse! My towers are the tallest things around for miles, so...

Some time prior to the headache... you might want to strengthen the top of that desk hutch! In the pic it looks like an expen$ive disaster in the making. PS: Nice toys!

Just been outbid on a Comet CHA250BX on ebay. Comet CHA-250BX Vertical Antenna - eBay (item 300281914232 end time Dec-22-08 09:13:49 PST) The antenna has mixed reviews, but if you want one that works on CB & the majority of the HF ham bands, without a tuner... Sic 'em Fido!

Great concise answer park! I've also exchanged info & QSL cards with non-English speaking Ops using Q-codes.

ST: I'm going to build another Pixie-II, and use a coaxial vert, for op'ing during work breaks/lunch. While contacts can be made with Hamsticks and other mobile antennas, thats just an additional handicap & not where mini-micro rigs shine. (I worked bicycle portable 30m w/Lakeview Hamstick! My...

How far south, how far west?Tampa Amateur Radio Club - TARC Google a city near you & add "amateur radio", or a similar tag into the search. Good luck. Lex

It WOULD be better on Sunday! I had to fill in at work for a jerk with a fraudulent insurance claim.. Don't care much for 11m/CB skip, EXCEPT for my amped up bro & pop. Guess its time to return to cw on the HF bands. Morse works, & works with le$$, than any other mode. Not going to do...

Better luck w/http://http://www.arrl.org/contests/rules/2008/skn.html . I gotta order more flexweave & insulators! .... .. .... .. :)

08:00 Mountain Time. ZERO propagation! Nothing heard above 18MHz, and very few of those. 15m, 12m, 11m & 10m all dead for me. Omni directional 'tabula rasa'. Will monitor, on the hour, throughout the day. 12:20 Partial contact with W7ZS. No one else heard all morningon 10m. Jumped into a...

Thanks Don. I was unaware of the 10m openings, been concentrating on 17m. (And 18MHz has been a gamble too.) My super-amped brother, the OTR trucker, says 11m has been limp as a rag doll. I just assumed that if 11m was hibernating so was 10m. My 10x number is inactive, but I reckon you keep...

Not certain if I should post a reply in this section... but here goes anyway. If there is any propagation on 10m this Saturday I'll be monitoring 28.420 . If that freq is busy I'll be found 10kc higher or lower. Anyone needing Wyoming for this contest, W.A.S., or any reason; feel free to...

Grand-fathered Advanced. Passed the Extra theory waaay back, just couldn't hear well enough for the CW rate that was then a requirement. Have no interest in upgrading now.

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Radials under dipoles should optimally be 1/4 wave below them, otherwise its the same sitch as mounting your horizontal antenna 'really' low to the ground. Saw one of those lobed antenna performance graphs once in relation to dipoles & radials. The radial acted as a reflector element shooting...