* On 2018 07 Aug 20:00 -0500, J.K. Wright wrote: Thanks, but what I know I owe to Walt. I just found the original seven articles by Walt, W2DU, nicely collated into a single PDF and available to

Reminder: Wednesday Evening 40 and 80 meter Nets When: Wednesday, 8 August 2018 8:00pm to 9:00pm (GMT-05:00) America/Chicago Where: 40 and 80 Meters Description: The 40 Meter Net will be at 8:00

AMEN! Did a presentation this spring at our ham club on Maxwell's papers and teachings. He debunks a lot of commonly believed yarns about tuners, reflected power, swr....... Jerry, NK2C

Rob, Buy yourself an AA-54 from RigExpert, or some newer model if there is one. You will quickly see how useful it is for almost antenna situations. I swear by mine, and I've been doing antenna

I wasn’t trying to troll the group, I was legitimately looking for advice. I now have said advice, thank you to the people that provided me with solid answers. I do have radio experience but it’s

PS. . I am a real live ham that has been one for over 40 years. I have worked EME, worked weak stations on VHF and UHF. worked Oscar 10 and 13, as well as other lower orbit sats. yes. . .I have had

Correct, an antenna tuner consist of wire cutter, tape measure, and a soldering iron if you cut too much. That said I’m happy to fool my radio (KX3) with the excellent internal impedance match. I

out of habit I use wording that describes the incident or problem as opposed to technical terms. Many of the people reading these posts online are new to electronics and I know that us old elmers

* On 2018 07 Aug 16:01 -0500, ussv dharma via Groups.Io wrote: Please, with all due respect, Susan, let's not use "fool" or "believe" when discussing conjugate matching. The match is real. The 50

So does RigExpert USA and Giga Parts Randy

RigExpert analyzers are sold here in the USA by DXengineering . "Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?”

The "antenna analyzer" I prefer is the Rig Expert AA-54. I bought one of these some years ago, and would not be without it. It's a hand-held unit that shows you a plot of VSWR vs frequency all

One must remember, an antenna tuner only fools the radio into believing there is a 50 ohm antenna....the tuner does not change anything about the antenna or coax feeding it. If you don't change

Couldn't agree more Jerry, the FT450 is an entry level wireless with above entry level performance and functions. Yes the built in ASTU is amazing. Blessings, Wayne - NQ0RP -- QRP - EFFICIENCY AND

Rob, I can highly recommend the Carolina Windom 80 by Radioworks. A well built antenna, mine has been up over 20 years. My Icom transceiver's internal autotuner will match it fine on all bands, so

Also have an FT-450d. It has a built in swr meter and an absolutely amazing built in antenna tuner with great range. Unless you plan on experimenting a lot with antennas, you don't need an swr/per

Sorry, forgot to include the web reference, it's here: www.balundesigns.com/content/OCF%20Antenna.pdf Wayne - NQ0RP -- QRP - EFFICIENCY AND SKILL, NOT POWER. God Bless from Wayne Dillon -

Hello Rob, I did some searching and found this you maybe interested in, at least as a place to start. The OCF Dipole or Windom is quite a reasonable performer. RG8X is also my Co-Ax of choice as being

Bob I hope what I said helped. Please let me know if there's anything I can do to be of more help. Best of luck with the General exam, and I look forward to rag chewing on CW with you.

I didn’t rely to the group. I replied to John instead. I’m not getting in a hurry. I am planning on joining a group, however in my line of work. I work 70 hrs a week and my weekends fall during