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I have that exact meter in the shack. I love it. That’s a really good deal. Hope it moves fast for you Mr. crawdad

Yeah, I will and when I get this beast built I’ll snap some photos right now. I just have the aluminum square tube the big heavy duty element aluminum tubing that I’m gonna use starting out 1 inch and tapering down just ordered the. Max20 1-1 balun from DX engineering and a whole box full of...

Yes true but I have enough 6061 t6 2 1/2" heavy wall square tube and I have 3" as well also my plan is to use a 3" square tube section 12'-13' long for the center and run 2 1/2 " for the outer booms they fit nice n snug together then I have the DX engineering clamps and mounting gear to run the...

Actually, I found it quite informative and truthful. Thank you.

Hey, thanks for the reply. Yeah I looked into that definitely gonna use it and since I'm posting on here again, my bad for thinking there wasn't anybody building An 8 element Yagi. There are a few, but their booms are either too short or too flimsy for my liking

Oh, that is awesome. I just made a contact out there on.Nauru atoll on 11m two nights in a row from out here in Southwest Arizona. The operator I talked to use the callsign 271, division, 21 Nauru and they were on a DX expedition. The operator also used his name as part of the callsign, but I'm...

So after looking at the selection of eight element Yagi antennas oh wait I didn't find any. I decided that I could build a better one for less money that would ot perform anything Any company out there could produce. I have a bunch of 6061 2 1/2",and 3" Square tube I can easily source heavy duty...

hmmm figures , well I'm quite sure that there are thousands of radios in the use already and flea bay isn't the only game in town . personally I absolutely HATE eBay after 14 years of buying stuff with absolutely 0 negative feedback they sent me an email saying my account was suspended . When I...

Yeah well it’s time everyone figured out that there is a major solar event that has been going on for days your noise floor and the blocking of the layers that normally bounce your signal are not getting charged up.all you can hope for until this passes is a sporadic E opening. My big yagi has...

Well I had some good contacts today on lsb 37 and up on 430 lots of Ireland coming in early morning actually they were booming in but too many qso’s so I didn’t bother to call cq. I could’ve easily reached anybody in Ireland this morning though the way the conditions were. Mostly just eastern...

Hello there So I have been using RG213 UF for my base station setup and was previously using real times microwave LMR 400 not uf . It’s good coax for sure but I needed to upgrade my coax at the temp QTH so today I bit the bullet and purchased some Messi and paoloni ultraflex 10 with Messi and...

I know this is an older thread but my vote is for the SERIO antennas , I have right now a monsoon 5/8 vertical and the sy27-4 4 element yagi. The monsoon is one of the best 5/8 wave antennas I have used since getting back into the hobby and for the nay sayers out there who think this antenna...

Thanks 9c1driver Yep I don’t know why I thought that I would need a “T” . Well after you and others pointed it out to me.lol. With this amp yeah just 10m . If I go to the 11m band I just run the yaesu at half throttle , I’ve been talking all over the world with 50w . Well on the yagi anyway...

Hello everyone, I just recently acquired a Texas star dx500v amp and I have some questions regarding hooking it up properly. I have a good understanding of a basic setup using one antenna. but I run two antennas, 1 5/8 wave vertical and a 4 element yagi . What it perplexing to me is how do I...

The skip is going to be what it is , it’s been spotty for awhile now and you just have to make contact when the opportunity presents itself. This is nothing new what most people complain about is they had great dx contacts when we were in the peak of the solar cycle (myself included) now we’re...

Yes I guess I should have said I was hoping for lower lol , but yeah I . well the Yagi is up Ive turned to get some real strong signals but as of yet I get absolutely no replies . Hmmm ? That is interesting , I still get WWV booming in when I'm pointed in that direction however I have made...

Hello everyone, This is the final chapter in the Sirio saga , lol The new coax cable came in today while I was taking down the 5/8 wave Sirio antenna . So with the Yagi set up I unpacked the new coax and connected it to the yagi put it up on the poll halfway because that’s as high as my ladder...