1969
I listened to the thrill of Shortwave Radio on a borrowed Hallicrafters S-38E. I got my Novice ticket 1 year later.

Dave NT9E

K7AGE shows you how
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ypVUoRVv3U

Been using a GP-6 since 2003 with no problems. Just the right amount of gain to talk simplex within a 50mi radius(50w). Hardware is heavy duty and keeps the coax connection out of the elements. 2 thumbs up!

I know the stacking distance between V/UHF yagis in roughly half a 2m wave length between a 6m yagi and a 2m yagi but what would the stacking distance be between the bottom HF yagi (3el SteppIR)and the 6m yagi? The steppIR would be only for 20-10m, not 6m.

Overheard at the AES Superfest April 4th 2009. New HF radio due out in 2010. NO ROUNDED CORNERS. All black. No other info was available.

Anyone know of an applet for FoxFire that will display a current list of DX spots via an RSS or XML feed?

Looking for a mfgr of a good 5:1 braking winch for tower(Wilson TT-45) for raising and lowering.

Make sure you follow the wiring diagram EXACTLY! I second guessed the wiring and had to take the beam down again to re-wire it.

Dave NT9E

My HF radio has a built-in SWR/Watt meter and my VHF/UHF radio does not. Once I have made any adjustments to my VHF/UHF antennas and have the SWR as low as possible I remove the meter (Diamond SX-600) until the radio behaves abnormally that maybe caused by an antenna system failure either in the transmission line (coax) or the antenna. The SWR/Watt meter will let me if there is an external problem. Hope this helps.

I bought an FM-2033 as my first mobile 2m radio back in 1985. It came with the (adjustable freq., 1 tone only) plug-in module. As I remember it, the only way to turn it off was to remove the module.

Dave NT9E

I have a TT-45 with the raising fixture(rotator at top of mast instead of bottom of tower). There are 4 "J" bolts that come up through the concrete and attach to the bottom of the raising fixture. I can mail/email/fax a copy of my manuals(it may take a while to find them)to you.

Dave NT9E

You can see a picture of the tower on my web page at:

http://users.foxvalley.net/~nt9e

Has anyone ported AEA's DR. DX over to the PC yet? Are there any CW sim programs for the PC that let you use your own keyer paddle? Pushing canned message buttons is not my idea of cw contest training.

Try this link. Lots of info on the 756PROII.

http://www.qsl.net/ab4oj/icom/icom.html#IC-756Pro2

Which software are you referring to? I run TRX-Mgr which provides MUF plots.

There is a test function on the PK-232 so that you can check your PTT line. There is also a command that if set will not key the ptt line as well. Have these 2 things been checked?