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I'll keep this open but i'm going into FCC hiding (thank god i did not update my address when we moved recently), cancelled my weekly net and all the radios are being boxed up for a while. A bunch of white supremacists here in Denver have my callsign and I fear for the future. No reason to build a station to just hear more of the things that are about to surround us in every day life. I'm sick.
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1500 bucks is pretty much open season for all the mid-tier radios. If you don't need 2 meters and want a new rig, i will throw in a bid for the FTDX 1200. Sniep has one and it is pretty much the stone nuts for HF and 6. Prices are good right now.
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Nov 13, 2016 02:27
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I'm calmed down a real bit. My hobbies have shifted a little bit buying a pistol this week/end but i won't lie i havent ebayed all the rigs yet. The suggestions to play digital stuff are pretty good and i might just pack up the microphones instead.
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Nov 15, 2016 08:50
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that sounds like some trans-equatorial jam, hell yes. very nice E-skip season is upon us. Keep an ear on 10 meters (and 6) if you have it. Remember there is a very active beacon band 28.200 to 28.300
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Nov 23, 2016 10:16
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radio.garden owns and i've been screaming for years that HRD is hot garbage
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Dec 17, 2016 05:06
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^^ such an ill setup, i love it Updates: Have installed a 100 foot ladder-line doublet, 125feet to the feed. Playing nicely. Even tunes on 75! Keeping ladder line taut but a foot from any metal is a pain in the rear end when you're surrounded by chain link and live in an all-metal building
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Jan 3, 2017 02:07
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Negatory. Sadly it needs a bit of free air around it for pretty much the whole run. I've got it tensioned between trees and stuff, and salvaged some old wooden fence posts to keep it away from the chain link. If you wanna do a non-resonant doublet and bury the feed, my suggestion is to get a run of siamesed (2 runs side by side) of RG6 75-ohm coax. Connect the shields together at both ends, connect the shield to ground at one end. Then just use the center conductors like you would any other parallel feedline; impedance will be 150 ohms and RG6 has pretty low loss. Wouldnt run 500 watts through it, but barefoot is fine.
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