Got on the air this weekend (Sat and Sun morning). Had the normal precontest problems: 2m swr off the scale. Pulled down antennas 30 min before contest. Ended up only getting 6m up for Saturday and o
1) How do you account for a log periodic? Say I want to get my feet wet as a rover so I grab my FT-897 and a pair of KMA 4113's (50-1300) there would be a total of 60 elements. Seems unfair that it w
I have a number of DEMI transverters that I use w/ my FT-847. The STBY port on the back of the FT-847 provides ptt to ground for 70 cm (pin 2), 2m (pin 4), 6m (pin 5) and HF (pin 3). Pin 1 is ground.
Best place to look for mod info is here: http://www.vhfsouth.org/ tutorials/902.htm Bias is set by the yellow wire. If you have the 300W version you can pick it up from second pin from the right on t
Just wanted to thank everyone on the list who responded regarding bending and soldering UT-141. I also found the June 2005 Scatterpoint article by Paul Wade regarding making a bender helpful and I ma
It was a Clark QTM telescoping mast. However it was only 15ft and had the hefty price of $750. I booked marked it myself as I though it would have been very cool to have for uwave hill topping. http:
Tony, If you have an unmodified unit the mods to get it on 222 are not too bad. There is lots of info on the web. Start with the NEWS/WZ1V sites and the Packrats site. I do occasionally see fully mod