I found the problem with the coax that was connecting to the DX Commander – it was bad coax all along, the DX Commander is still happy after all these long winters!
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When you encounter extreme weather conditions for a Parks on the Air activation your best defenses are preparedness and adaptability. On this particular POTA activation I encountered very high winds. I had to change my plans and adapt to those conditions. This was also a Summits on the Air activation – a combo. The SOTA peak is within a POTA park. Dan KC7MSU and I hiked up this summit and activated it for both.
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While we weren’t looking, HRN’s 10th Anniversary rolled by last HRN 427 Ten Point Tooth Anniversary plus MARS Interop
February. We’re gonna make up for it now.A little. A very little.
And last week we noted the MARS/Amateur Interop event all last week. That caught our attention more than we expected. So we listened, and now we review.
Ata, TA3KVO, asks maybe a little too much about Baluns, nevertheless Dave will do his best to answer and explain all he can, but if you would like to point us to more sources please do so by sending it to askdave@arrl.org.
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In this weeks episode we talk Safe Distances to be from your Antenna While Transmitting, What are the Best Wolf River Coils Antenna Configurations, Affordable Amplifiers for Icom IC-705, What is the Best Messi & Paoloni Coax for HF, & What is the Best Portable Antenna Wire?
00:00 – Intro
00:52 – Safe distance to be away from your antenna while portable.
04:29 – Best Wolf River Coils Antenna Configuration
07:50 – Affordable Amplifier for Icom IC-705
11:27 – What’s the Best Messi & Paoloni Coax for HF
15:51 – Best Portable Antenna Wire
20:19 – Outro
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In this video, we assemble and test a small inexpensive signal/function generator. It was a fun little kit build that I thought I would share…
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