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I'm a newly minted ham (general) and just impulse bought a used FT-991A. I now have way worse decision paralysis about what kind of HF antenna to buy/make for it than I experienced buying the radio. should I just do a random wire? the internal tuner is only 3:1 or better so I guess I need to buy one of those too
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Oct 17, 2022 21:51
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I have plenty of both but anything I put up must pass wife review. I have been thinking an inverted V would be cool and probably something I could build myself without too much hassle. RF in the house causing an actual problem would be a quick end to wife sanction of the hobby.
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Oct 17, 2022 21:53
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I have a fence long enough to set that up that backs up against some trees, but it's something like an 80 foot run from the tree line to my house. Do you think it's feasible to do that with buried coax? I want to make a 2m/70cm dual band colinear (https://www.hamuniverse.com/2m440collinearvertical.html) to put on the closer side of the fence also, i'm currently only using HT whip antennas or occasionally my signal staff on a tripod for VHF/UHF. andrew smash fucked around with this message at 03:48 on Oct 19, 2022 |
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Oct 19, 2022 03:46
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If the apex height off the ground is less than the total length of the ladder line, what do I do with the extra? Also, would I need to buy a tuner for this setup? I'm not against getting a tuner, i'm just trying to figure out what I do and don't need before i buy a bunch of poo poo i don't have immediate use for.
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Oct 19, 2022 06:16
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I may be able to convince the wife that a 40 odd foot pole guyed into the trees isn't a big deal. Jonny 290 posted:As far as tuners go, yes, you'll want one. It will be useful for your whole rear end ham career. is it better to use one that connects at the transmitter or one of the automatic weatherproof ones that connects at the feed point? are they each good with different use cases?
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Oct 19, 2022 18:54
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I decided to go with the specific antenna you mentioned (ZS6BKW) and have been reading up on grounding and bonding but I feel like I'm falling down a rabbit hole. this seems like it's going to be way more work and expense than the antenna itself, lol. I'm looking through N0AX's book on the subject and every page is more stuff I had never considered before. oof.
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Oct 27, 2022 19:06
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is an arrestor and ground rod at the feed point only good enough or should there be another at the entry point to the house? also, is grounding my shack equipment into the ac ground more or less good enough? this book has a very frightening diagram that shows lightning voltages passing through my radio in the instance that I have ground rods on both sides of the house that aren't bonded directly to each other in a perimeter ground, which I doubt my house has though I have no real idea how to determine that.
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Oct 27, 2022 19:26
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that makes sense for the lightning protection but does that also mean I can't ground the radio chassis ground studs to the 3rd wire?
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Oct 27, 2022 19:37
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Internaut! posted:my dad and I used to mess around on CB bands with his Kenwood, but shortly after that the BBS scene came online and we went that direction instead That's awesome dude. my 7 year old is currently working through my tech license study materials as he loves my radios and we picked up a solid 2m handheld for him at a recent ham swap meet. (got him a well-loved vx-170, that thing feels like you could drop it out of an airplane without issue. It's got a 2008ish vintage NiMH battery though so i wonder how long that's gonna hold out).
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Mar 7, 2023 21:36
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I'm hoping the new Kenwood depresses the used market a bit so I can grab a 72
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May 24, 2023 20:45
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