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someone gave me a sirio 4 element beam today but its missing its gamma match is there a simple way to construct one? ive never had one apart to see how its made I have an antenna analyzer to test it but wasn't sure where to start thanks
Marconi thanks for the reply I was hoping to use radials for receive and tunning,
ok my antenna mast is 40ft then have my rotor and another 6ft mast ontop 4ft on the 6ft pole is my beam and my a99 on top cant get a good match on my a99 when I take it off my beam gets perfect match when I put...
yes Robb you are certainly right I could buy one... but I like to learn about antennas and find it interesting to build they are fun ive just not done anything with ground radials yet....
I have an antron 99 and would like to use some aluminum tubing for ground radials but am not sure what the length needs to be or what angle I want to have 4 radials someone told me to build it straight out and another person told me either 45 or 90 degree angle for better takeoff what is the...
i currently have a sirio 3 element beam and can talk from north Carolina to califonia but I haven't been able to hit Hawaii yet I hear them all the time im pushing a little over a kilowatt but no contact I just cant seem to make I out of the USA will more elements get me out farther?
I screwed myself here I traded this oldtimer my 4 pill for a palomar skipper 300 and he told me it worked got it home and hooked it up and nothing :confused:called him back to told me the driver tube was weak I looked through the top and 3 tubes in front are bright and 1 in back is dim so im iso...
hi, thanks you for responding iv spent all night on this radio lastnighti replaced both those transistors and two diodes next to them but I do see that black diode with yellow strip I have not replaced that one when I took out one of those transistors I loose receive installed new one and...
ok it wont light up red on any of the channels and it started when my swr's went up and I changed the coax soon as I plugged it intothe radio the it would spark then the channel selector would go off I removed the coax and bought a new one now I have no transmit receives just fine radio usedto...
would you happen to know what pins are what and witch woul have rf? also I noticed my rx/tx light is green in rx and light up half green and half orange dosent light up red like it used to
thanks shockwave...ok, I replaced driver so driver and finals all new checked insulaters they good they are half as thick as the transistors but no shorts what am I missing here? any other ideas on what to check /? thanks
I have a connex 3300hp It has dual1969's iv replaced both transistors and still no power out I hook my volt meter to center legs on finals and key up and it shows power and increses when I talk into the mic however I did not replace the driver because I had power at the finals but I do have a...
I have a palomar amp that has 2 2879's and one is bad is there any way I can pull both out and just run a single 2290 in it what would I have to do to convert it to a single pill ?
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