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    "Hum" on input from radio to mixer

    Hey all, I have waded into the land of dedicated audio equipment for my amateur radio equipment and am amazed by the reports I am receiving from others. I do have one problem I have yet to work out and was wondering if anyone had any ideas...but first let me explain what I have setup, as I...
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    Building antennas

    All, I want to start making some antennas on my own instead of buying them...I will be starting with easy ones - dipoles and long wires and such. My biggest question right now is how to I take a wire (lets say some speaker wire) and hook it up to some coax so I can hook it to my Ft-857? I...
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    Yaesu FT-897D Antenna for base setup

    I am recently back into amateur radio and will be going for my General license tomorrow (and then onto Extra). I have spent most of my time on UHF and VHF and this will be my first run into HF territory. My question is this....I would like to go with the FT-897D with a vertical antenna for...
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    Solar charger for VX-8DR

    All, I will be section hiking part of the Appalachian Trail in Oct with another Ham and was wondering if anyone had recommendations on how to charge my new (will be here Friday) 8DR. The main use of the radios would be for simplex between us if we are separated and to try to hit some of...