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Anything that is horizontal will be the best for you for good dxing. Forget the vertical GP's, a 3 element Yagi will work good on the 40' mast or even a 2 element V quad can get the job done.
Even a small Moxon can work dx very well also.
Since last Saturday I have been able to work the following on 11 meters:
Portugal
Japan (2 contacts)
New Caledonia (2 contacts)
Philippines
Asiatic Russia
Many from S. America/Australia/Hawaii
Nothing from Europe yet or Africa, but it won't be long...
This one has worked just fine me for the last 20 yrs or so and it's only a 20 dollar bill.
Segway.
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I also ran the single coil with the 27" shaft for around 10 yrs on the roof of a F-150. I was using it with a Mr. Coily mt. thru the roof.
No complaints on how it worked across the Pacific & Atlantic.
In fact if anyone would like it - it's for sale, here's the pic of it.
Sorry it is a 22"...
The year 1977 was my first time to visit Alaska and looking for work. I also had in my mind that there were two things that I really wanted to get from there - Gold Nugget watch and Wolf rug mount.
Well I finally completed the task and here are the pictures.
This watch I acquired my second year...
I have been using a Heil Clear Speech speaker for the last 16 yrs on a RCI 2970dx and it finally gave up this past month.
So I put the West Mt. DSP speaker in it's place and it seems to work just as good as the Heil speaker - in fact this one seems to have a quicker response after unkey than...
Tip: when applying any type of thread repair, just coat the threads with "Pam" cooking spray or Johnson Past Wax and you won't have any problems with not getting the screw or bolt out.
502 in a mobile was putting a good signal all the way down into B.C., Washington, NV, S. Cal. It was a short qso for me. I heard him tell a guy in NV that he was hitting the 3k mark - which I believe to be true, for I did talk to him one day last week.
A "normal" station (lol) couldn't do that...
Oh don't worry Flying J, with 5 element and 100 watt radio, you won't have a problem getting to the west coast....unless maybe you are 100' below sea level or calling from Europe or Asia!
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