Re: Antennas
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Don <k7ugq@...>
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#30752
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Re: Antennas
M ighty F ine J unk??? 'nuff said ...Dave
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Dave Edwards <kd2e@...>
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#30753
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Re: FT-817 and D-104
Hi Mike, Generally, the old Astatic D104s have a high-impedance crystal-type mic element in them. The fact that they've been used for years says something about their value over time, IMHO. There was
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kg6irw
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#30747
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Display failing?
Hi, Since some days ago (to be honest I did not realize until a week or so and now I'm always seeing it) I realized that the display, in the mode SMALL characters and when characters such are 1, 4, 5,
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Juan A. Bertolin (EA5XQ) <ea5xq@...>
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#30744
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Re: Antennas
I have had good luck with the Miracle Whip antenna. It works well on 40 - 10 meters, and on 50 , 144 and 440 also. It will work on 80 meters but not very well. It works without a counterpoise and most
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grogers2@...
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#30754
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Re: FT-817 and D-104
In a message dated 7/14/03 6:58:57 PM Eastern Daylight Time, kg6irw@... writes: << I have one of the newer retro-versions which I converted to use with a Heil element. If you've got one of the
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IamSF5@...
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#30751
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Re: Antennas
In a message dated 7/14/03 7:03:49 PM Eastern Daylight Time, mcginnis@... writes: << I see that MFJ has a couple walk about antennas for sale - one is 6m to 80 and the others are single
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IamSF5@...
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#30750
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Antennas
I see that MFJ has a couple walk about antennas for sale - one is 6m to 80 and the others are single banders. How well do they work and are they worth the dollars??? Todd
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gamcginnis <mcginnis@...>
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#30749
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FT-817 version
I plan to buy an (used) FT-817 as a second transceiver and mountain operation. I'm looking if, over the time, there were different versions of the apparatus and how recognize them (serial number, date
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Massimo Corinaldesi <mc6041@...>
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#30748
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Re: Display failing?
Is the display working normally when used in the large display mode? Are the other icons and the soft keys above the menu keys working also? Please note that the following is what I have observed on
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Didier Juges <didier@...>
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#30746
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Re: FT-817 and D-104
"Lollipop" mic. Been around since...I dunno... the twenties or so More than not, the best mic you can use on most rigs. I used one in the '70s on a TS520, and have one now on a 756Pro. Far surpasses
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Dave Edwards <kd2e@...>
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#30745
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Re: disappointment !!!!
Hi Tim, About an hour after I posted the original "disappointment", I was sent a direct e-mail (thanks OM for the tip) suggesting I try the "service reset" which I did and now the radio works fine...
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Demetre Koumanakos <sv1ens@...>
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#30743
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Re: [ Re: FT-817 and D-104]
The original was a crystal mic and later it was a dynamic mic with a volume control. This later version was popular with CBers. I have an old old one wired for my FT-102. I get lots of compliments on
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Larry Ryan
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Re: [ Re: FT-817 and D-104]
What's a "D-104"?? older style mike, for a home station. CB's loved them in the 80's and htey were sometimes called chicken chokers. Several different models were made, including an amplified version
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Michael Goins <mgoins@...>
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#30741
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Re: disappointment !!!!
That's the first one I've ever heard of that didn't work well right out of the box. Some people blow finals (mine havesurvived terrible abuse (and continue to do so)). I guess it was bound to happen
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Tim Conway
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#30738
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Re: Power shuts off during transmit
try to of the batteries power whenever I hit ptt. At A three watt power supply just isn't going to cut it, even at 2.5W, as the finals are not 100% efficiency, and there is overhead to boot. You take
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Tim Conway
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#30737
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Re: FT-817 and D-104
What's a "D-104"?? 72 de N8PVZ ---bernie
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bfgaffneyjr <bfgaffneyjr@...>
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#30736
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Re: Tape Measure Dipole
I thought I remembered seeing an article on the Internet about a Tape Measure Dipole. I did a search and found it at http://www.eham.net/articles/5523. This is a pretty nice article, complete with
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Michael Colvin <mcolvin@...>
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#30735
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FT-817 and D-104
I got a good deal on an old D-104 at a hamfest this weekend. The D104 is the 3-wire version without the amplifier. Can I connect this directly to the FT-817 or do I need some kind of circuitry to
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Mike Jenkins <k4mnj@...>
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#30734
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Re: FT-817 and D-104
bfgaffneyjr@... writes: Bob AF2Q http://members.aol.com/tcsopr/d104mic.htm
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IamSF5@...
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#30740
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