Some great info there guys thank you so much. just a final few questions if you dont mind bearing with me just a bit more ??!!

1/ is there a recommnded length / type off coax to use with the cw80s ?? reason I ask as I noticed within the review section off an owner saying he was using 66 feet of rg8 as per instructions ??

2/ the antenna was bought used and as such the previous owner had removed the coax from set to antenna and as such there is no longer any " coaxseal " on this part, just wonder if one off thse plastic rubber boots slid on the coax / pl259 would be enough to keep out the good old scottish weather ??

the rest off the wire has been well " coaxsealed " just the so239 off the cw80s itself requires sealing between there and the new pl259 / coax.

Okay plan to run the 66 feet off the windom`s length from the very front off my house to the rear fence off my back garden, plan is to run the first leg off the windom about 2 feet above the roof tiles supported by a two foot tv aerial support pole just not sure if I will get away with this ?? the tiles off the roof likely to detune the antenna ?? then I want to have the second leg off the antenna going to a telescopic alloy mast that I will have , the height off the mast is only around 22 feet as opposed to the 25 feet off the first leg off the antenna, any likely probs there ??

will the 25 feet running down to around 22 feet height off the wire still be okay or ideally would I be looking to get it any higher ?? not sure I could actually get teh wire any higher at this particular qth and feel sure this layout would be about the best I could get away with.

have roughly measured out the distance from the very front off the house to the rear fence off the garden and I feel sure I will be short off around 3/4 feet off space to have the aerial totally flat top, will I be okay in having the excess wire at an angle running along the front off the house before it turns to give me a flat top all the way back to the support at the rear off the back garden ??

having never used wire antennas before I am not sure just how directional an anteena running north / south actually is compared to east / west - would there be much off a difference, appreciatte the the design off the windom means that the vertical section does radiate but as I say having never used a wire before just not sure how directional a flat top wire can actually be ??

Hi, anyone able to help me out, looking for a magazine review off the Ameriton 811H linear, appreciatte there are many happy oners on here who have taken the time to submitt there review on eham.net but just wonder if anyone can help me out with any indepth reviews off this particular linear- QST / RADCOM ETC ?? or even any online in depth reviews would be fine also.

Kind regards,
                 john - gm1zvj  Scotland, UK

Hi, given the fact that most vhf / uhf / HF amateur radio gear nowadays can be asily modded to cover wideband tx-rx  it now seems all lot off folk are using amateur radio equipment   for use on freqs outwith the amateur bands ie. licence free bands etc,just wonder what potential damage using these sets well outwith there original tx freqs could be??  apprecdiatte that receive sensitivity etc will not be at best on these freqs but again just wonder how well the sets cope with being used on wideband tx as surely these owners are shortning the life off there new vhf/uhf sets are they not ??    

Okay thanks appreciatte your thoughts on this new, anyone else operate with software audio equalizers as opposed to harware versions, would love to here the thought from some other ssb audio guys ??

Having   recently got very interested in improving my ssb audio for both dx and local qsos just come across   various websites offering downloads for computer based tx-rx graphic equalizer`s etc, obviously working out vastly cheaper than adding various audio harwdare units just wonder if software off this type really can match the performance off harware offering to do the same job ??

Great stuff appreciatte that will check it out.

Hi wonder if anyone can recommed any freeware software for the following ??

1/ Looking for a simple sound recording / playback programme, store qso`s in mp3 formatt and possibly play back audio to any station being worked who requests to listen to there audio.

2/ Log book- simple log book software

3/ locaor map off the world that will allow me to fill in squares worked for each band.

anyone know anything in particular that suits any off the above ??

regards,
         john

 

 

Okay thanks for the info. will check it out.

Anyone here much experience with these mini simplex repeater units or parrot boxes as they are sometimes refered too ??!!  belive there is one produced by radio shack but not sure if they are still in production these days ?? I see there is software nowadays that will with the aid off your pc and a second radio retransmitt any incomming audio back out thus acting as a mini repeater, just wonder how well this works when compared to the actual hardware units like I mention above ??

anyone know where I may obtain one off these parrot repeaters from ?? tried ebay etc but no joy on there, located here in the UK so worldide posting would have to be an option.

any advice on any off the abovbe would be very much appreciatted.

regards,
           john  gm1zvj

Okay thanks james appreciatte that, kinda thought at least one journal would have reviewed it but will keep on searching !!

again thanks for the link.

john - gm1zvj

Looking for any magazine reviews off the Cushcraft ma5v vertical, anyone able to help me out ?? do appreciatte the user reviews on this very website but again would just like to view an actual magazine review off this particular antenna .any help would certainly be very much appreciatted.

regards,
          john - gm1zvj  scotland - uk

Thanks guys really do apprecatte your replies and am now convinced that even I, a complete beginner can build one off these kits !!

 

Anyone here advise me just how the range off ramsey radio kits are to actually build to a complete beginner in kit building ??

thinking of ordering one off the ss70c voice inversion scramlers / unscamblers but having never actually built anything like this before just wonder how I would get on ??!!

plans easy to follow for the beginner ??
anyone here use one off the ss70c kits ??

regards,
          john


 

Thanks so much for your very interesting replies folks, very interesting indeed !!

regards,
         john