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  1. tba02

    Forum is acting strange again.

    It's always the ebay module :) I white list this site as I like to offer support. When the ebay module is misbehaving it really kills usage via mobile devices.
  2. tba02

    A Ham I Am

    Congrats! Stay on that General path too, don't do what I did and wait too long to get in on the HF fun.
  3. tba02

    Dad is looking to get into ham radio

    The Kenwood TM‑281A is a solid and rugged VHF unit. I mention that if he travels frequently and things get bounced around.
  4. tba02

    12V-100AMP Supply for $20.00!!

    I am going to try this one some day too - https://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showpost.php?p=25149870&postcount=2238
  5. tba02

    12V-100AMP Supply for $20.00!!

    I opened the case and spun the pot. I was using a DPS-750. Scroll to the bottom of https://www.rchelination.com/index.php/tech-tips/how-to-setting-up-the-hp-dps-1200fb-power-supply
  6. tba02

    12V-100AMP Supply for $20.00!!

    I have been able to raise the voltage on these to ~13.2.
  7. tba02

    Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!!

    Merry Christmas all.
  8. tba02

    Your headphones/speakers used for spying!

    "Alexa - turn off my headphones"
  9. tba02

    So what does everyone do for a living?

    Network Engineer for a large USA financial institution.
  10. tba02

    Inverted V angle

    * The degrees of the angle included between each arm is twice the angle number. For example, at the 45° number the included angle is 2 * 45 = 90°... a right angle. Same at the 135° number. 2 * 135 = 270°, where 360 - 270 = 90°. Altenatively, use negative angles. 135 - 180 = -45°. Then, 2 *...
  11. tba02

    Recommend an Antenna Analyzer

    I have the AA-170 and love it. Not cheap but much better than than the MFJ-259B that I had. The AA-30 or AA-54 will handle most needs, but I wanted to be able to play with 2M stuff as well which is why I chose the model I have.
  12. tba02

    Finally upgraded ....

    Excellent news HB! Get that wire up in the air so we can make contact!
  13. tba02

    10 Meter/6 Meter Parasitic Dipole

    And a very interesting overall topic too!
  14. tba02

    10 Meter/6 Meter Parasitic Dipole

    To add - yeah, I guess this isn't directly connected to the coax (hard to tell) and they claim capacitive (lossy?) coupling as opposed to the direct connection.
  15. tba02

    10 Meter/6 Meter Parasitic Dipole

    A fan dipole is multiple resonant dipoles connected to a common feedline. This sounds to me as the same as the one described in the link. i.e. I have a 20m/40m fan dipole. This would be a 10m/6m variant.
  16. tba02

    10 Meter/6 Meter Parasitic Dipole

    Technobabble "Fan (parallel) Dipole"?
  17. tba02

    SWR Question on new radio.

    Doesn't R=63, X (J) = 0 work out to be 1.26?
  18. tba02

    Basic Ham Radio Operation Question

    Nope. After some initial setup, I may adjust NR settings and RF gain on occasion, and I may toggle ATT/PRE, but on a normal day the power on and frequency knob are all I use regularly.
  19. tba02

    Dosy PM-1000-TS help needed!

    If you don't have any luck send me a PM as a reminder and I can take the cover off of the one I have in the closet.
  20. tba02

    Equipment question, Tuners, amps and ft450d.

    Most likely even if you used the FT-450 tuner it would bypass since it sees a match. But yeah, as long as you are within proper frequency range of the DX500 I don't see an issue - if there was I would have already experienced a problem. Assuming you have a true peak meter, I'd be curious to...