Loops
I have been reading about loops in various antenna handbooks. Not only are they useful at HF, VHF and UHF ops can use them very effectivly (unfortunatly my balcony is too small for a 20 meter loop,
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Mike Agner <ka3jjz@...>
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#6787
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Re: USER REPORT: DX, ANTENNAS (MP-1), ETC!!! Long Post...
work Arlan..I'm just using the Alpha Delta DX-EE 40-10M dipole. I picked it up at HRO. It has an OAL of about 42'. I just stuck it up in an Ash tree in my back yard. One end is only about 7' AGL(!).
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harry.edwards@...
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#6719
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Re: Which Performs Better: ATX or MP-1?
I would echo Ed's comments on hotel operating and go a step farther. I've never been able to work a single station yet using the '817 without having the MP-1 sticking out the window and good
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Steven L Herman <steven@...>
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#6718
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Re: Loop antenna
The magnetic loop antenna is excellent for QRP. If you wish to do some research on the subject locate the 1985 book by Ted Hart, W5QTR or the June/1986 issue of QST. In addition to it's small size,
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Don <k7ugq@...>
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#6716
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Re: Which Performs Better: ATX or MP-1?
I've found that many hotels, especially the high-rise ones, have heavily leaded glass. I can take a GPS and put it in front of a window and it will see absolutely nothing, crack the window and all of
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Woodrick, Ed <ewoodrick@...>
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#6717
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Re: Best Price FT-817 at Dayton Hamvention?
I got one at the local HRO store and they only gave me $20 off. for a total of $749.. I would assume that was the at dayton price only. Oh well.. -Ryan ka3wut
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Ryan Stapleton <ryan@...>
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#6715
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Repeater Offset shows both -+ ??
Can't figure out what's going on as I have one memory channel for a local repeater that was originally set with - offset now showing offset as both -+. The transmit is still on the - but the icon
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lhilborn@...
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#6714
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Re: Best Price FT-817 at Dayton Hamvention?
I called HRO this morning and asked about the price, they said that the $639 (USD) price stopped yesterday at 5 pm. -Peter --- Marty Purselley <ranchonodinero@...> wrote: ===== Peter C.
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Peter C. Abraham <peter_abraham@...>
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#6713
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Re: Best Price FT-817 at Dayton Hamvention?
Anyone locate a vendor who would honor the prices? Hamcom is coming up in Arlington, but we usually don't get "Dayton" type deals. Marty AA5UN
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Marty Purselley <ranchonodinero@...>
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#6712
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Re: USER REPORT: DX, ANTENNAS (MP-1), ETC!!! Long Post...
Harry, Could you gives us some more details on your dipole? Thanx, Arlan W8OW using 10M
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howlingwolf@...
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#6711
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Loop antenna
I remember an article some years back in PW that had a 2 merte loop about 4 inches in diameter and it worked quite well. Any one have a copy as I want to make a loop for 20metres for my FT817. Any
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theshadow@...
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#6708
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Re: I thought this was an FT-817 group, not a Kenwood group...
Its only a hobby you know
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theshadow <theshadow@...>
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#6709
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USER REPORT: DX, ANTENNAS (MP-1), ETC!!! Long Post...
I have been using my FT817 for several weeks and wanted to post some feedback to the group, especially with regard to my field trials of the MP-1 antenna, etc. My goal with the 817 is two fold: a QRP
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harry.edwards@...
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#6706
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Re: I thought this was an FT-817 group, not a Kenwood group...
PLEASE KILL THE THREAD AND STOP COMMENTING Thanks Pres Waterman W2PW c/o Patchogue Motors, Inc. Long Island Ford and Kia dealer GO BILLS!
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Pres Waterman <pres@...>
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#6710
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Re: Antennas
I use Moonraker Ampro's (Dunno where they got the name). Only because they use hollow fibreglass Rods and the ants are lighter. I have had sucess with 20m and 10m dipole using the whips but on 40 the
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theshadow <theshadow@...>
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#6707
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Re: Best Price FT-817 at Dayton Hamvention?
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Brian B. Riley, N1BQ <n1bq@...>
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#6705
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Re: InRad 300Hz CW Filter
I started with the 300 but it was too narrow. Inrad was great in sending me the 500 before I could slap postage on the return package. undecided
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ermisch@...
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#6704
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Re: I thought this was an FT-817 group, not a Kenwood group...
Lighten up ... there is some wrong on both sides ... but the better way to have gone about it would have been to wait until a day or two had gone by and then gently reminded the forum as a whole or
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Brian B. Riley, N1BQ <n1bq@...>
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#6703
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Re: Repeater Offset shows both -+ ??
I believe this is the case when you have programmed the radio using the same method you would use for split band operation. I have not tried it with the 817, but my FT-2500M does that using the same
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jduffy@...
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#6720
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Re: FTBasic/817/Kenwood users
John, The idea of an additional 'description' field of say 25 characters has already been suggested by David Henn. I am pondering on the best way to implement this, and the current thoughts are to
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bob.freeth@...
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#6702
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