Knowing your disgust with ugly wiring I could never picture you with a (gasp) random wire. lol
Oh youāre so wrong. I mean, ok, mine wouldnāt be random but a long wire can be neatly hidden just about anywhere if you have a lawn. A feedline can even be buried up to the property line and then split out to a long wire if you have wilderness behind the house. If itās a super long 80m long wire, you can use brown wire and run it up a tree. Tons of stuff you can do to make it invisible.
The thing Iām concerned about is connecting to the radio. It has the common screw on coax connector. Any ideas?
Iād just hack that off and put on a new connector. If you donāt like mucking with connectors, an adapter should be cheap on Amazon Iād think.
Will probably look for an adapter as I donāt fancy hacking on my new radio. Also, I do have wilderness behind me now that you mention it.
What do they call that connector?
The FT-891 has a PL259 connector I assume. I didnāt mean hacking that off. I didnāt understand you, I thought the wire you bought had some funny connector that wouldnāt fit it. If itās just raw wire, you need an SO-239 connector and just connect your long wire. Youāll actually need to connect it to your tuner first, though, not the radio, but the connectors are the same as the radio. Youāll also need a cable to go from your radio to your tuner now that I think of it.
Thanks. I have cable for tuner to radio.
My new radio and other things arrived.
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Congratulations! Love radios.
Itās like Christmas. Have to wait for my son to come over. I gave him all of my tools. Now I need to drill through a block wall. lol
ah nice, a family projectā¦ enjoy;)
Thanks. Family project then drunken Monopoly.
fun lol
although monopoly brings back memories, it would always end up in a fight in my family
lol. A game of Risk always ended in a fight with mine.
I have decided to put up the vertical antenna. The top may be visible from the street. If the HOA complains I will resist. I think everyone is too overwhelmed with the virus to bother with an antenna. In fact they should be grateful. I can stall them for awhile. I might not even get a complaint.
Do you need a repeater to get out on 6 meters?
Definitely not. There are no 6 m repeaters out there that I know of. You just have to call CQ and hope someoneās listening.
Oh good. Both my radio and antenna have 6 meter capability.
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6 meters is the preferred band for moon-bounce guys. They take great joy in that. I donāt really care how my signal reaches its destination.