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I have the antenna about 20' feet up right now till I get the stuff I need for the guide wires, my friend that is 9.80 miles away (straight across) said I am coming in at 5 S-units. I haven't checked the SWR yet, and I am using a Radio Shack TRC-483 40 channel. He is on a Cobra 2000 and a A99...

All what work? I mailed in a money order and drove up the freeway to get a mast.

Picked up the 30 and 40 foot mast today, thanks again to DXman! Now just waiting on the postal service.....

Will do. Could somebody give me a brief explanation of how the sidebands work? I found that if I use channel 8 (where all the action was) I can flip it to LSB and fine tune it to hear them normally, or turn it all the way to the right and make them sound like aliens. I wasn't able to hear...

She works! As far as I can tell. I powered it with the converter and ran an extension cord out to my truck and pluged the truck's antenna into the back of the radio. I parked my other truck about 20 feet away and cranked the volume on each one and its transmitting and recieving, although I...

Lowes didnt have anything, just 5 foot pieces that slip into each and you stack as many as you want. DXman, would you be available this weekend if I can make it up that way?

You thought right. I was going to get a new A99 from somebody local at first but they sold it before I could get it so I ordered the A99 and 100' coax from Sparky. DXman, what do you have?

Hey Beetle, where in Western Washington are you?

I got it to power up 8) I took my 13.8vdc radio shack power supply and I got it to power up with this combo Top O O+ O- O O O Bottom I decided I better try it all with 13.8 volts first before 120. When I get my A99 and coax in the mail I'll test it out. What...

Haha, I wish you didn't say that :D Thanks for the help, I'll see what happens.

I talked to Sparky today on the phone, he seemed like a pretty good guy. My order is shipping out today.

Whoops! I didn't catch that. Heres a few pics.

How do I know what wires to use for the 120v though? There is just one big plug on the back. Does anybody even sell a power cord like this anymore? I'll crack the thing open tomorrow and see whats inside of it. EDIT: I opened it up and I cant really tell what I should do. On the back...

I just got this radio for free off of craigslist, but it doesnt have a mic or powercord. The mic is a 4-pin, no problem, I have a bunch of those, but the powercord has 6 pins, and I believe this radio may have been for base and mobile since it says 120 DC and 12 AC on the back. Its only 23...

I found a couple fiberglass masts online. Will one of those hold up the A99 or should I stick with a metal one?

Ok thanks. I found a 20' for $50 in one of the distributor's websites but I want to go bigger since im mounting it to the supports that hold the roof of our deck up instead of on the roof. I'll call the other guys tomorrow and see what they got. I want to get the base of the antenna atleast...

I cant find prices on that site, what would a 30 or 40 foot telescoping pole cost?

How do I go about grounding the antenna? If the base of the pole the antenna is mounted on goes straight to the ground (dirt) will that be ok? Or do I need to run a copper wire to something else?

I found a good deal on a new A99 so I bought that tonight, as well as ordered 100' of RG8 coax. I'll let you all know how it works out when I get it. In the meantime I'm going to look around for something else to use as a mast, or something to add to mine to put it higher up. Thanks for all...

Does anybody have a picture of their imax or maco setup? All I can find online are the black and white drawings.