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Is the THP HL-50B, or other 25-50W amp, available for sale in the US? Any homebrew designs for an 80-10M no-tune amp? Tnx/73, Barry N1EU
By n1eu@... · #7865 ·
Re: wa2phw's 20 M Portable vertical
John, your post referees to this antenna, could you tell me where I could view it? Thanks
By Don <k7ugq@...> · #7864 ·
Re: NVIS Saturday afternoon test
Yeah,john,qrm plays a part in it,where i live i found only 2 places where the noise(in particular 80 m.)is below s1. They are at least 500 m. away from buildings and when i drive to them you can
By THE BOSS · #7863 ·
Re: So 92.64% of you are Nomads
Jim, Sorry I forgot, My apologies if you(or anybody else) thinks my dry sarcastic British sense of humor was to much. Best Rgds - David BTW.. I think it is Pejorative, from the Latin "Pejor" for
By David Henn · #7862 ·
Re: So 92.64% of you are Nomads
Hello Jim,, Many thanks for your comments. I think for the people who live in the region, I don't think there is any ambiguity, maybe only for people who are not familiar with them. I have used
By David Henn · #7861 ·
Re: Birdies on VHF/UHF of the FT-817
Hello Tom I did not do an exhaustive search, I just reported the most obvious. I found the following very loud ones: 3.895Mhz, 7.245Mhz, 28.873Hhz, 50.242Mhz, 144.215Mhz, 432.261 The Radio was
By David Henn · #7860 ·
Re: FT-817 + 50W Amp + Battery (/PM)
Nick WB4SQI wrote: Yes, Nick... I usually operate for 2 or 3 hours at a time with a normal QSO style. Overall, maybe 85% receive/standby and 15% transmit. Maybe a little higher % transmit when
By KQ6XA · #7859 ·
wa2phw's 20 M Portable vertical
Just built this antenna as per his instructions and with a 16' ground wire hanging off the back of the rig, the antenna is lighting up no swr bars and it hears very well. A success. So how many
By jleonard@... · #7858 ·
Re: FT-817 + 50W Linear Amp + Battery
KQ6XA wrote: Bonnie, Can you be a bit more specific on your PM hikes? How much transmitting would you think? How much total time is the radio "on"? I was thinking along the lines of 7ah for use
By Nick Marsh <nmar@...> · #7857 ·
Re: So 92.64% of you are Nomads
David: At the risk of sounding anal retentive, I suspect that many have not bothered with your poll because at best, your choices are ambiguous. For example, if I were living in Belize, what is
By Jim Cummings · #7856 ·
Re: Birdies on VHF/UHF of the FT-817
Didn't find one at 436.025 but I seem to have the others you listed. 73's Julio
By Julio <WB4OOJ@...> · #7855 ·
ssb/test
Would like to check out my new 817 on ssb. I am on 14.285 +- 4 right now. My Qth is the North West ,Mill Creek Wa with a in door attic dipole. Any one on that can point there beam in my direction
By Bob Welch <p326@...> · #7854 ·
Blinky power level icon (Was: Power adjust)
The "blinky" L3 (highest low-power level) icon appears when you select "high" power when on battery power. Or, more precisely, when the voltage (as indicated by the '817 VOLT display) is below 11.5
By cctbcn@... · #7853 ·
FT-817 + 50W Linear Amp + Battery
Mike AC6JA wrote: I'm currently using a 4.8Ah battery with about 25W PEP. That gives me 1 or maybe 2 good Pedestrian Mobile hikes on a charge. It totally depends how much you transmit, how efficient
By KQ6XA · #7852 ·
Thanks
Just a note of thanks to all who responded to my question about the power icon on the 817. It is now clear to me and thank you, Barry, for your detailed comments. Reminds me of a friend of mine,
By ghostusr@... · #7851 ·
Re: Mics _not_ Mikes !!
Heard on the local 2m repeater: local: "So, what's your name there?" mobile: "Well, let's say I'm holding it in my hand" local: "Nice to meet you, Richard"
By kd1jt@... · #7849 ·
Re: Mics _not_ Mikes !!
Guys, come on. Take this to simplex, PLEASE Thanks Pres Waterman W2PW c/o Patchogue Motors, Inc. Long Island Ford and Kia dealer GO BILLS!
By Pres Waterman <pres@...> · #7850 ·
Re: 20m Low Power Window 14340~14350 (Band Plan Proposal)
G4ILO Julian wrote: Julian, you are wrong about 50W sSB being too much for either battery or solar power. And 25~50W SSB is really what is needed to be effective when communicating on 14MHz as a
By KQ6XA · #7847 ·
Re: Birdies on VHF/UHF of the FT-817
David, Does your FT-817 also show birdies on 70cm (e.g. 436.025, 438.100, 438.900 and others)? I've noticed those birdies with 4 different FT-817 at the Hamvention but didn't get any comments or
By df2oo@... · #7845 ·
So 92.64% of you are Nomads
Hello All,, So 92.64% of you are Nomads..mmm With 1345 members in the group, Only 99 indicated they actually live anywhere. Don't forget the
By David Henn · #7844 ·