So I've been plagued, since I got set back up two weeks ago, with a noise level that made phone contacts near-impossible and digital contacts difficult.

I'd put a G5RV up in the tree in the back yard two weeks ago, and it's been picking up some severe electrical noise on most frequencies up to and including the 20M band. What few contacts on phone ( Read more... )

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I now have 10M, 6M, 2M, and 70CM in the car... Super successful installation, there, thanks to a friend who decided I needed a Giftmas present.

He also sent me a power supply to run the old HF rig in the house...

Unfortunately, both HF rigs I have are dead. Probably a good thing, because if they had powered up and/or worked, I'd want to ( Read more... )

I've been wanting to get back into my HAM radio hobby... and, when money starts coming in more regularly, I'm probably going to jump on the things on this list ( Read more... )

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REWARD OFFEREDA REWARD OF 500 MICROFARADS IS OFFERED FOR THE INFORMATION LEADING TO THE ARREST OF HOP-A-LONG CAPACITY. THIS UNRECTIFIED CRIMINAL ESCAPED FROM A WESTERN PRIMARY CELL WHERE HE HAD BEEN CLAMPED IN IONS AWAITING THE GAUSS CHAMBER ( Read more... )