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The radio looks like a 60's Motorola. These, like Humvees, should be made available for purchase by the people. The right to bear & right to carry should include the right to ride in one (or use it in rush hour traffic). DHS-HSI Homeland Security Investigations El Paso SRT MRAP Armored...

I've always enjoyed the clarity and special effects pioneered by Pink Floyd thru a Carver Sonic Hologram. Pink moments embedded in my brain include the "egg fry" from Alan's Psychedelic Breakfast (Atom Heart Mother). It was like an egg cracks right in front of me. Or the gut ruffle felt at the...

The Dark Side Of The Moon was released. 3rd best selling album ever & the one that gets the woofers on my Klipsch Fortes dusted out every time. Will be getting AK's crossovers to revive the speakers and celebrate Dark Side's anniversary with a tall glass of lemonade, even though I'm shorter of...

I live one mile away from a commercial radio station. I was made aware that the station had everything to do (some years ago) in the shut down of one neighbor's radio. I've implemented every viable way to avoid interference. The ugly balun, a Bencher YA-1 LP filter, good grounding, conservative...

GOHZU: Thank you for sharing the results of your test. After learning that these PL-259X2 are rated at 300 watts and then finding two of them broken soon after trying them (as Captain Kilowatt mentioned, one of the rings had cracked) I had a momentary lapse of reason. I went back to the jumpers...

It is comforting to know that the actual effect of the choke is not voodoo. Robb: the chart is really nice, and I wish I had it before I put the antenna up on the tower. As it is, it is going to have to wait until maintenance may be needed, as it is too much work climbing and taking the beam...

I’m using a choke balun (9 turns of RG-213 on a 4” PVC pipe) for an m104c beam as one way to avoid interference. The last article I read says that the inability of the coiled coax to dissipate heat, translates into ‘warming-up’ of the cable, with a resulting change in impedance and an overall...

Thanks again. I had never been able to 'hear' Colombia, and I just completed a short QSO with a station in Bucaramanga (first time). W5LZ is right about been able to hear more stations. I got a good report. I will continue to wait for the weather to improve, and hope to get back the reports I...

Thanks for the positive comments. I hope is just the "conditions" for the last two days, and that these will improve soon. I'd be very disappointed if I had to disassemble the set up.

Finally got a used tower, raised it & put my M104c up at 41 feet (last Sunday). Expected that the great Tx/ Rx I had when the antenna was at 27’ high, was going to reach Dx nirvana at 41’. Instead, the few stations I used to contact at 1800 miles, which had nothing but praises for my signal, now...

The frequency selector on both of the radios that I bought have a "loose" feeling to them. I've used them, but mostly rely on the 'shift' and ''up-down" selectors.

Recently started a thread asking whether the use of an antenna matcher would resolve the high SWR that has developed between my n2 and the amp. It also appears to be demanding more and more amps out of the Astron, at the same output level. After writting the symptoms to Ranger, the technician...

Thanks to all. Dxengineering has been very responsive to my on-line purchases. In regards to using the 2970n2 with an Ameritron, I'd like to ask if I will be able to key this amp with the PTT mic or if I need an external attachment/ foot pedal (other than an obvious coax jumper). In regards to...

Still have & use the TS when the n2 is not sufficient, or when conditions turn bad for dx. Took the amateur test circa 1986, but never again after failing to decipher 5-words in Morse code (I can send sos & honda). I’m scheduled to take the no-code in July. Currently, I use radio mostly to talk...

After adding power supplies, cabling, conversion, cooling fans & filter, the cost of my last Texas Star amp turned out higher than anticipated. I’m contemplating another amp for a second station, and wish to obtain one within the same power output of the TS (800 watts), but at a lower $$ cost...

.... just looking for the wedding ring he had dropped earlier

Thank you KW. Hope that luck will appear in a catalog sitting by one of our reader’s work-bench. I don’t use barrels, but I’d like to eliminate as much coax as possible by using UHF male-male connectors between radio, amp, filter and meter. Want to get db loss info before replacing jumpers...

Found many studies/articles about the characteristic db loss of UHF connectors (PL-259, SO-239 & barrels/double female). Depending on the source of info & assuming proper installation, it is held that the loss of a PL-259 used for 11 meters is around .1 or .2 db per connector. I need technical...

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