Michael,
If you want the most versatility, my suggestion would be to look at the
SteppIR vertical antennas. They are continuously tunable and will work all
the way to 6 Meters. The big one covers 40 meters, and there is a loading
coil that can be used for 80.
73,
Bob AD3K
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For the last six years I have used a Hustler 4BTV with 17M and 30M added.
It is ground mounted with 10 radials of various lengths buried in the lawn.
I don't own an amplifier, so mostly 50-100W, using an automatic tuner. The
antenna has held up well, made here in Texas and was cheaper than
Grant,
It's a matter of personal preference, and you'll get as many yeas as nays. I
subscribe to the old school, If it ain't broke, don't fix it!. I suspect
some of this comes from VHF/UHF usage of coaxes, and they DO make a tremendous
difference there, but under 30 megs, loss is minimal in
I have had good performance from a Hy-Gain DX-88 vertical. It is a bear
to put together, but it works well. I have not had much luck on 80CW on
QRP, but have worked numerous European and South American stations with
100 watts on that band. One item I highly recommend is the DX
Engineering
I'm with you , Don - I was wondering : what am I missing? Actually, from
what I understand, we should all go back to the old ladder line to feed the
antenna because it has the lowest losses - not convenient in most cases
73 de Grant
I
On Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 7:32 AM, Don Cunningham
I think a 43 foot vertical (with sufficient radials) would make a decent
antenna on 160 meters and an excellent antenna on 80, 40 and 30 meters.
On 20 meters the antenna is a bit more than 5/8 wavelength in length and a
significant portion of the radiated RF will go nearly straight up and will
Will a Drake TR-7 radio work on a Drake L-4B,without any mods?
Thanks
Bob w0vu
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From: Doug Smith [W7KF] d...@w7kf.com
Cc: drakelist@zerobeat.net
Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2011 10:28 AM
Subject: Re: [Drakelist] Station upgrade?
I think a 43 foot vertical (with sufficient radials) would
make a decent antenna on 160 meters and an excellent
Hi All!
My name is Bill and I'm a boat anchor-aholic. ;) My shack consists of
mostly 60's era rigs that I have restored including National, Swan, Ameco, etc.
I do have some modern stuff like an R8 that I bought new and a few older Yaesu
and Kenwood rigs.
I just picked up a pretty
On Wed, 9 Mar 2011 15:06:06 -0600, ROBERT SMITH wrote:
Will a Drake TR-7 radio work on a Drake L-4B,without any mods?
Yes.
73
-Jim
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TR7/RV7/R7A/L7, TR6/RV6, T4XC/R4C/L4B, NCL2000, SB104A, R390A, GT550A/RV550A,
HyGain 3750, IBM PS/2 - all
Bob -
Yes and no. There are jacks on the PS-7 (RCA) for VOX and ALC connections. If your L-4B still has
the two conductor VOX connector on it, you'll need to either make a two-pin connector or replace it
with the RCA jack conversion from John Kriner. If you have the two-pin connector then
Back in the early eighties there was an interesting verticle in QST that was
a multiple band homebrew vertical that consisted of small-dimension 1/4 wave
elements that were bolted to sections of 4or 6 PVC rings. One vertical
for each band. That provided a no-tuner-needed vertical that, of
Lloyd,
I don't know that particular meter, but it sounds like someone may have taken
the cover off and then not gotten the meter adjustment pin back into the
meter adjustment slot.
If that makes sense, see if you can look inside the meter to see it looks like
that is what has happened. If so,
Hi Lloyd,
I was going to suggest the same thing as Ron. I have a Collins meter on a
312B-4 that had that problem and it acted the same. Mine was caused by a sudden
jolt when I accidently dropped the B-4 on the floor. Thank goodness it was on a
rug and caused no other damage.
73,
Steve W7JSC
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Bill,
Welcome to the Drakelist!! Sounds like you have the Drake 4 Line fever, for
sure. You will find a lot of knowledge both here and on the Yahoo list as
well.
I have the dial plate you are looking for, but I have put out at least once
a hope that someone would take this NOS one I have
There have also been a number of articles in QST in the
past year or so about the 43 foot vertical, and how to feed
it, and how it will perform on various bands including
75/80 160. The articles, along with the referenced
materials are worth a read.
73,
Gene K1NR
On Wed, 9 Mar 2011
Bill,
You will love the B-line. The B-line is my daily
operational rig. Check with Ron WB4HFN about methods to
clean the dials. His web site has a lot of great
information.
Also once the you are sure that the Tx is running
correctly, a good speech processor such as the new Ten Tec
or
On Wed, 9 Mar 2011 17:12:37 -0700, J. Steven Cochrane wrote:
I don't know that particular meter, but it sounds like someone may have taken
the cover off and then not gotten the meter adjustment pin back into the
meter adjustment slot.
If that makes sense, see if you can look inside the meter
Hello-
I am going through an R-4 receiver and the 100 KC calib output is weak. The
receiver sensitivity is very good. The calibrator will only push the S-meter up
to 5 dB over S-9 on 80 meters, and it barely moves the meter pointer on 10
meters (S-meter at max sensitivity setting). Some of
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