I tried some of the tricks what I did is made a dipole with a peice of rg8x and put a 10 foot wire to the gnd rod and feed it with the coax. now i have to learn how to correctly tune the radio with the tuner
Kristyanna

Some one told me that you need less wire if you use eletrical wire with the insolation on it is this true. I am making a 40 mtr dipole and cut each of my sides to 32' 4" and feeding it with RG8X. to get the RF out of the shack. BTW I had a 8' grd rod put in and gnd the radio and tuner.
I am running it on the 40 mtr phone (7.225-7.3 MHz)
Kristyanna
K6KAV

Some one told me that you need less wire if you use eletrical wire with the insolation on it is this true. I am making a 40 mtr dipole and cut each of my sides to 32' 4" and feeding it with RG8X. to get the RF out of the shack. BTW I had a 8' grd rod put in and gnd the radio and tuner.

Kristyanna
K6KAV

I WAS TOLD that you should not use the telephone gnd.
hammer in a 8' gnd rod outside the nearest window from your shack. and run #10 wire. if you used the telephone gnd you can feedback though the phone (TVI)

How do I get RF out of the shack every thing is grd
 I have not been able to get a dipole up yet because of no help from local hams. I been to both clubs in the area it seems no one will help a disabled ham.

 

are there any modifications for the RS Pro-2056
Scanner.

do you need to be a member of the ARRL to get these awards?

I have been off HF for 17 yrs and due to an accident I am disabled and my memory is not what it used to be I need to know what bands 160-10 are best to operate at what times. I know 20 Mtrs is open during the day. and 40 is open early in the nite just after sunset and before midnite. All I have right now its a very short wire antenna. I am building the funds for the parts for a V dipole. what the length is going to be I do not Know yet. I have two trees 65 feet apart in a straight line. I just got 500' of #12 Strand copper wire and I have several instlators. I have 50 ft of RG8X to run into the house I live in a All metal Trailer. Sould I put up a 10' 1.5 inch galvnized Pole on the far side of my Trailer from the trees so it like a horzontal V dipole. I have a Tokyo Hy-Power Tuner. any recomdations?

kristyanna K6KAV

I just got a Tuner Model HC-400L from Tokyo Hy Power. I like some info on it H ahve been out of HF Haming for almost 15 yrs. I am trying to build a V dipole. and used RG8X coax to the tuner then to the radio (TS 530S)