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eHam Forums / Elmers / Mounting a 2-meter mobile
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on: May 07, 2004, 10:31:50 AM
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I made an obtuse angle plate (about 8" high and 6" wide) and have it bolted to the center of the floor.
I have two radios on in and a cell phone handset bracket mounted to it.
There are companies that make a mount that is in the form of that flexable pipe used in desk lamps. Then you can bolt the bracket in any postion (like on the floor or under the dash) and twist it to get the radio orientated the way you what it.
Good Luck !
Steve
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eHam Forums / Antennas and Towers and more / Antenna Design(?) Question
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on: May 07, 2004, 01:07:29 AM
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WOW !! did I blow that one. I missed the part about you connecting the CENTER of the coax to the braid.
This connection, then to the single wire post of your tuner would be like some sort or "center fed random wire deal" if there is such a thing. hi Hi
I am out of my league on this one !!
73 again
Steve
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eHam Forums / Antennas and Towers and more / Antenna Design(?) Question
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on: May 07, 2004, 01:00:53 AM
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Connecting the braid to your tuner really does nothing more to what you would have with a regular connection set up(using strictly coax) as with the braid being connected to the (a) SO 239, it already is electrically connected (bonded) to the negitive side of everything in that piece of equipment, and everything that piece of equipment is connected to as well. i.e. "daisy chained"
As far as adding to the electrical length of your antenna...... NO, as with coax, you have an "unbalanced" feedline to the antenna.
That's my take on it.
73
Steve
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eHam Forums / Antennas and Towers and more / Receive Only Antenna
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on: May 05, 2004, 02:29:56 PM
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The OLD-CHEAP-SIMPLE method:
Inside around you baseboards or the trim of a ceiling or better yet outside your house (around the roof edge for eg.), just run a
"random" (as in length) single wire. Anything even if its thin in diameter and insulated if it touches things,which it probably will. The longer the better.
If you get some REAL fine wire (not too breakable though) string it high from some trees and no one will even see it.
Put a bannana plug on the end,(if you don't run coax to it outside) or just jam the wire into the SO 239 on the back of your reciever. Make sure you unhook it if you get some lightning in the area.
You'll be AMAZED at the difference to that discone.
There isn't a PERFECT antenna, for ALL bands or ALL situations, ALL conditions. EVERY antenna has it pros and cons and some will go crazy with what's the "PERFECT" set up.
I'm just giving you a favorite, REAL, basic old time PROVEN wave catcher !!
73 and have fun !
Steve
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eHam Forums / Elmers / Icom W32A and MFJ hand mic
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on: May 05, 2004, 11:31:30 AM
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I have one (MFJ) and not to be a wise guy but,you get what you pay for. Mine is nothing to brag about either, but I don't use it much so it does the job for me.
73
Steve
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eHam Forums / VHF / UHF / 6 Meter Question
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on: May 03, 2004, 01:50:08 AM
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If you have a bypass switch (bypassing the tuning components of the 6 M tuner) in that tuner, you'll be O.K. running HF through it. If not, naturally the 6 meter tuner will have an effect on what you run
through it, that being the HF frequencies.
73
Steve
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