Thanks so much, Dan!!!! Hi Nate,
I just scored an ICOM 735 from Jeff, a club member, for $350. Please let me know if you get other offers for equipment!
I have a uSDX+ (white buttons) QRP unit. I have made contact with it on 20 meters and 40 meters. There are lots of variants, all based on the same design. See: https://youtu.be/3SF-0ApxCNgI use a linked end-fed half-wave, screwed to the top of the backyard fence, for these two radios. I start on one side of the fence and just keep going. There are linked breaks at 20 meters and 40 meters, and the full length is 80 meters. For 2 meters and 70 cm, I use my TIDRADIO H3 and an external antenna, set up in the back yard. I have made several different 2m antennas, including 1/4 wave ground plane, 1/2 wave vertical dipole, J Pole, broomstick/flowerpot, and Yagi. All were huge improvements on the rubber ducky that came with the HT. I set them up and take them down any time I use them.
I am happy to share my notes on antennas!
73
Dan KJ5IZK Good morning all,
Looking for a used HF transceiver or some ideas to get on the air and put my general class license to use. At this point, I wouldn’t count out QRP. I’m dying to get a setup and start making contacts. I live in a very restrictive POA and will have to run a stealth/ portable setup.
Any advice, help or know where to go for some used gear please email me. All the best.
-KO4YFB
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