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I've also been doing this a long time.. and in all that time I've yet to see really good predictions. The old charts they used to print in the back of QST were good about a month out some of the time but years? Other than the cycle peak, which they even got wrong last cycle (remember the double...

BJ gave you a great explanation, and a lot of sound advise. One thing to add to that is another way to check propogation. I use Pskreporter. If you don't operate PSK it's not a big deal, just go to the map and find a station near you and select that. The map will show you where that station was...

Congrats! I'm on the west coast US so may be able to work you some time. When props good I hear DUs quite well. My wife's from Laguna so she's always interested when I work someone from there.

If I remember right, that amp requires 60 Amps. Don't remember if that is nominal or max but look it up and don't try and go less. If 60 is max, then get a simple 70 amp switcher with a variable voltage. Most of them are pretty clean now a days and check to be sure once you power it up. Just...

That one reminds me of when I learned that LMR 400 wasn't the end all sweetness I thought it was. Tuning my little toy at the time to see how much I could get with a monster transformer I found. Hit between 3k and 4k and totally fried the coax end, PL, and SO all in a couple seconds. Fun stuff...

Thanks Ratso, yeah that was what drew me here. The hams and the CBers get along and don't slam each other. No elitist attitudes. I fall into all 4 of your categories btw haha so I shouldn't be bored. I also saw the club frequency info but go figure, I'm remodeling my bathroom (read keeping my...

I just cut the 15 or so wires on that 6" multi jumper with the two long flat connectors and inserted a 15 foot long 25 conductor cable on my dx70 with a dab of solder and heat shrink each time till done. Took a couple hours to do a neat job if I remember right. That was 10 years ago and the...

Just signed up, been reading for awhile hear and you guys are a great bunch without the egos at a lot of other places. sounds like fun.

Imteresting read, I'm pretty new here so go easy haha... If anyone has access to QST magazine(if you're an arrl member) or arrl.org (non member area/no paywall) there used to be a monthly section on FCC enforcement. I think its still there. Anyway, it shows some of the things they are doing...

RTTY switch on your radio usually engages filters and accepts an fsk input.

Best amp I've owned and will never sell is my 1984 Alpha 76A. Its not original though as I modified it for 2 3cx800a7 tubes. Thing just keeps going and as lomg as I watch the grid current, I don't think it will ever fail me. My favorite amp to mess around with is my Dentron Clipperton L. Not...