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well its been a while not getting to use the computer but heres what i have going..the past yr i have learned a lot and addicted to to antennas :) my homemade 2 element quad kicks butt in every way..it has a 1972 astroplane coming out the center of it at 65 ft also..it is diamond shaped and fed...

hi,as a few here no i have a 2 element homemade quad antenna..best thing i ever did for sure! i set it up in diamond shape and its fed from the bottom tip for the flat side.i used dx engineering rg11 iirc, 75 ohm to match it and works great. i need vertical now..astroplane dont work well below...

recieved the 8 band eq from w2ihy.com monday and got the night eagle mic sounding better then ever per reports i get.. this lead me to wanting to play more searching for that "top shelf"sound we all love to hear.. so next i used the d104 head from an old amplified desk mic.. it is just the...

been playing with mics all day,,sedelta echo master,3 diff d104,s and a cobra dynamic low compresion desk mic..my locals hate the night eagle on lsb but everyone loves it and get great reports from far away, so its time to make if comfy for where i sit and the way id like it to be.. dont care...

well its took me a while but i just got a new"less than yr old" rci 2995dx with the green digital face..sadly it came from a good friend that passed away last yr so i traded his brother out of it..got about 400 into it so not too bad.. decided after reading for 2 nights to install a switch in...

well i finally started a couple of the sections for the quad i decided to build. figured id post the build process,and also say this is my very first antenna build. why a quad..well,i have a buddy"ham" that has a sweet antenna farm. he has a maco 5/8 wave,super penetrator,2 element cubical...

my buddy just got a cpi cp400 moble radio and he has had them before and loved them. the den plug has a wire that came loose "5 pin iirc"and cant tell where it came loose from so wodering if anyone has a diagram or link,or any info on the power plug wires..we both searched online for hrs with...

ok,early 70,s tram d201 23 ch radio hand wired in the usa.."in sig pic below" just did a mod to transmit on the manual tuning"vfo" to slide in between 55 channels am/lsb/usb and works great so far. but when i talk i have a humm..guys say it sounds like an a/c hum thats stronger than my...

ok..im trying to fix up the tram d201 myself since shipping is outrages.. the mod for talking on the manuel tune"vfo" is fairly easy and i have it done except the part that says..clip d126 and d125,, please help; heres a pic of the mod,1st pic. i understand that the x shows where to "clip"...

tryed to find this in the many phantom threads here but no many folks post pics. i can poss add this to my small collection..a old "ham" :whistle: amp but not certain what it is. the guy says its a phantom 3000..so id think thats the triple stage,but in the cbtricks link the triple stage has a...

well after waisting a lil time with a 36ft crank up tower i got that needs a lil work and time,,i did a trade today and drove 160 miles total to get a better one. this one dont need painted..has a newer electric winch,all new cables,the tubes are 1/8inch thick on the tower,and has a stand to...

i installed 1 of 2 small pre amps i have..question is to make sure its ok there with a amp in the future.the way i installed everything is per this forum"thanks"and just added the pre amp. got pre amp to back of the radio. ant side pre amp to xmtr side of amp ant side of amp to power meter...

i said i was gonna stop with the tube suff but couldnt turn it down for fiddy bucks..was gauranteed it worked and it seems like it does. it has 3 6je6c and 1 6lq6 tube that says under 6lq6,6jec..the driver is 6je6c,and the 6lq6 is mixed with the other 3..id think the 6lq6 should be taken out of...

HOPE I POSTED IN RIGHT AREA. i have a midland 898b base thats had a vfo hook up for yrs before i got it.it has the pigtail coming out the front corner for the siltronix mod 90 vfo to plug into.po said it worked. cant get it to work so took covers off the vfo. its missing 2 of the 3...

the po said he was talking on it and it just stopped working. so he gave it to me..im not the guy to work on this stuff but trying to learn. took the cover off and everything looks good,except where it burned a hole in the board. i belive its where the main power starts to feed everything.. the...

well after talking to death some great members on this awesome forum i finally picked up a few boxes of radio stuff today..all i was after was the amp but couldnt turn down all the stuff so brought it all home.. the amp;abc 250 plus..looks to have a small tube driving a bigger tube,driving 3...

ok fellas,i have a local with this amp,,he says it puts out right at 1kw. says its all homemade he was told and he had it for 30 yrs and not used it since 94.. he if so confident he said i was welcome to bring someone with meters and tools to check it out before i payed for it also..that tells...

well i hope im not breaking any rules,but im real happy just listening to everywhere when the time is right..early morning seems real good everyday. ive made a few good contacts but nothing far away as im not ready as of yet. i havent got much to contribute to this forum as you guys have all...

i may soon have the oppurtunity to get a exc cond nitro 300 or a very good cond varmit xl450.. it will be run by my 70,s tram d201 23 channel radio. i have a old skipshooter 125 but figure thats a waste of buying a power supply to run it. i assume the varmit will be a lil more power but...

the small drive tube in my tram d201 glows blue flames when keyed but my father says its normal..but not from what ive read on wikihow about tubes?any thought on that? captain k,,i think i have gotton more from your original post than i have from any other threads on the web..thanks for...