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Also, please note I tried a 48V phantom voltage mic like used on the Icom and it sucked compared to the stock mic with the 1/8" hole drilled and the mic wind screen. The 48V phantom mic setup would not drive it hard at all and I had to overcome the terrible noise it made through the talk back...

I did this same thing but went a step farther and added wind screens for cell phone mics off of Amazon. This made a huge difference and the wind screens stopped the puff pops from my breath...

I have great luck with my Imax 2000, it has the ground plane kit and balun at the feed point. Also makes a great vertical for 15 meter too.

Seen a thread today about NANO VNA testing an IMAX and almost posted there but decided to make a new one seeing it does not involve the NANO VNA. This is the post https://www.worldwidedx.com/threads/nanovna-first-scan-imax2000.270855/ I have both the Imax 2000 and a Maco 5/8. The Imax has a...

I have never tied the reflector to a delta but I have built a reflector about 5% longer and placed it 1/10th to 1/20th wavelength away. I guess you could make it the same size and feed each loop with either side of the ladder line. You would have double the wire so it makes sense.

It helps with noise. For a test use a 100k Ohm 5W across the feed point and see what happens. You could also put ferrite around the coax as well to provide a path to ground/shield. A capacitor in series with an inductor can help as well. Also, be sure this noise is not from your home and getting...

I am listening on 375LSB while I am in and out of the radio shack today.

You adjust it for the best input SWR for your set-up, Everyone's is going to be different, be sure you are adjusting the 10 meter slug/coil. Watch your SWR as you turn it with a noninductive tool. Start from the slug set in the middle if you are not sure where to start.

The FTDX10 is a hybrid but not the FT991.

Yaesu FT991A is non-sdr. Its hard for me to go back to non-sdr. I liked the FTDX101MP so much in the radio shack that I bought another for the work shop where I had a FT991A.

You are correct there, I love my 572' loop, its fed with 600 ohm ladder line, tunes 160-6 meter with just the radio tuner. This thing is a monster on 10-15 meter, horizontal of coarse. I have many acres littered with wire in the air, LOL, no HOA out here in the TX Bayou. Thinking about making a...

I have two of these that I have gotten in some swap-trades. I have one that uses the 18650 battery and the other uses 8 AA batteries. A couple times I have plugged the AA battery unit into the charge by mistake and the screen goes crazy like yours. To fix it I found out if I take the batteries...

High noise floor is awful to deal with, glad its better, hope it stays that way for you.

If this info is here I dont find it. I see some have a WDX# posted but dont see how to get one. Just wondering how this happens.

Its a good worldwide guide but its not perfect as I have learned over time. Trans-Equatorial Propagation can be really good even when the solar info says otherwise. Many times 15 meter does this as well, even better then 10 meter.

I am just going to make it a habit of listening there every Sat/Sun all day and even weekdays when the local is dead.

Yes Sir, that was great!!!! Glad to have met you. Conditions here are not the best but workable if you listen and have some filters on.

Welcome back!!!! Where do you listen/talk at?

Still listening to 40USB, got a KW+ waiting to reply, LOL

I just talked to a guy in Canada, think he said #23, he was calling WDX members. 40USB but conditions are bad here.