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KD8JUF checking in, I will be going to field day with my club ( Lake County Amature Radio Assoc.) in Painesville, Ohio which is 30 mi. East of Cleveland Ohio. Our club call is N8BC and we are a 5a station. We will be running 40 CW, 40 Phone, 20 phone and a few more bands. We have about 40...
Hello Everyone,
I'm a new general setting up his shack for the first time. I have a Kenwood 570 D/G and am now working on an antenna. I saw where B-Square has a Terminated folded dipole for 10M-160M (122 feet long) and a 10M-80M (66 feet long). Has anybody dealt with this company before? DO...
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try looking at airtronix.com they have a PV-7 antenna for under $120 and does 10M - 40M. I saw one at field day and it worked well.
Mike
KD8JUF
I live in a slab 3 bedroom ranch. So I have no restrictions on putting up an antenna. Is the G5RV, inverted V or a zepp a good choice? I'm looking at getting started on HF maybe 20 & 40 meter phone to start. What would you recommend? I live in the burbs of Cleveland Ohio near the shore of Lake...
Hello everyone,
Thanks for all the great advise. I am pleased to say I am the proud owner now of a Kenwood TS-570D(G). I think I will try to learn on this unit and then figure out where to go in the future. Once again, thanks for all the comments.
I hope everyone had a great field day...
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I just got my General on Saturday. Now I need to start building my shack. I have a Yeasu VX8R HT I use for local repeaters on 2M & 70 cm but I need to get into HF. What would you suggest my first HF base to be? I'm looking at getting into DX and just getting my feet wet. So I don't...
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