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    RCI 2970N2?

    I'm thinking of getting the 2970n2. What's in the amp? MosFets?
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    schematic for 4300-300

    I need a schematic for this radio. Anyone know where I can find one? Also this radio has a problem that maybe someone here might know how to fix. The radio oscilates. Frequencies jump all over the place. Is there a specific fix or just trying to find a cold solder joint? Any comment...
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    SB 200 makes a great Driver

    Is there anything you need to do to the SB-200 to work on 11 meters AM. I thought the SB-200 needed 100watts drive? I'm going to use the one I just got for the ham bands, but would also like to use it on 11 meters being driven by my Golden Eagle MKIV if possible. If it works like you...
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    Choke balun where and would

    Wouldn't a 1:1 current balun work just as well? Either at the transmitter or at the antenna's feed point or both. I know that winding coax is cheaper but current baluns aren't that expensive.
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    I can't use ham to replace cb

    LOL have you ever listened to 75m.
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    love to hear what you think of the Galaxy dx 98vhp

    Again some that just doesn't know how well this 98VHP does with 4X2879s in it. Don't judge it until you've tried it. It's doing 500 watts on a bird meter and it sounds great. I've had it over 9 mo. like this and I have enjoyed every minute. :)
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    Preacherman modded 50 watt cobra 29

    Wouldn't ignorance be a better word to use freecell.
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    skyhawk

    The skyhawk is a 2 element quad beam antenna made by signal engineering. I would like to get some advice on this antenna. How easy are they to put together? Is it that much better than a Imax 2000. I know they're different animals. I'm buying a different antenna for my base and it's...
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    a99

    Well, I still have the whip on top, but I did cut It to 72". I probably should have cut it only to 78" and It would have been perfect to where I adjusted the rings. I read somewhere that the fiberglass whip antennas are only 96" being the electrical quarter wavelength of copper and because the...
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    current Balun

    Do current 1:1 baluns really work? Do they keep RF out of the coax? I already have a benchers YA-1 low pass filter inline. I'm thinking of buying a MFJ-915. I'm trying to keep RF away from a neighbors TV set.I had cured the problem with TVI on the neighbors set until I put in some more...
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    Antenna height

    42ft for the halfwave a99 and 36ft for the 5/8 wave antenna. Total of 60ft to the tip of the antenna. According to FCC.
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    a99

    Thanks, I can... live with the SWR as it is actually,for now, but of course would like to get it perfect. :)
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    a99

    Is that electrical length or physical length? As, you know the 102" is not quite 1/4 wave and still the antenna is showing that it's to long on my SWR meter. I was thinking that I was going to have to lengthen the antenna since the electrical length of the 102" antenna is shorter than 1/4 wave.
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    a99

    That would have been a good way to check it. I should have thought of it, but I was thinking that the setup I have was going to be easy to put up and down. Boy, was I wrong LOL. Never thought of cutting the 102", because I thought the a99 was dipole with a 1/4 wave up on top. I know that...
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    a99

    Yeah, you guys are correct. I need to shorten the antenna, but do you think there is enough adjustment on the antenna to do this? I guess only really one way to find out. :) Part of my problem was a faulty meter. Now it shows flat on channel ONE and 1.5 on channel 40 using the meter on the...
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    a99

    Hi, I got a clone version of the a99 Solarcon antenna and I broke one of the ground planes when I was installing it. So, I replaced the broken ground plane with the top section of the antenna since it was the same size. I replaced the top of the antenna with a 102" steel whip. Now to my...
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    love to hear what you think of the Galaxy dx 98vhp

    Not when the 98VHP has 4x 2879's in it :) Still the owner of the biggest Galaxy Radio in the WORLD!!! 98VHP with 4X2879's doing 600 watts! :)
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    Z-180, anyone else have one?

    LOOK! at the post above you! :) hotrod's used them. With good results it seems. I would buy one, but it probably works better on a roof than on a mirror mount.
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    Ground Planes

    Francis antennas are 1/4 wave. and the a99 is 1/2 wave. Will that pose a problem? It's going to be used on 10m and 11m. Also will length of the antennas or radials being used make a difference?
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    Ground Planes

    I just got a old ground plane kit for HF vertical antenna and the radials are very old, and sun beaten. I was wondering if I could replace the radials with francis 5' antennas or larger. Are these radial just antennas? They look just like Francis antennas. If they're not Francis's then can I...