Nor do I. I have read some good things about certain conditions making for long distance comms.
Thatās totally true. Sunspots affect us a lot and the conditions there are bad for another year or two (or so Iāve read). That said, while my experience in HF is minimal, I know that (as with so many things) you just need to forget the theory and try it and itās often amazing the results youāll get.
The only thing Iād worry about is tuning because not doing that can fry your equipment. Tune at 5 watts, then crank up the power.
Agreed on tuning. I need to start getting my antenna together. Going to hire an electrician to get my coax through the wall as I no longer have tools plus I think I will get a better job.
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Homebrew moonbounce antenna.
It looks like itās just a yagi aimed at the moon but maybe thereās more to it. Anyway, I have no room for that and your HOA would ask for the death penalty if you tried it. lol.
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Once again I have changed my mind. Sending back the vertical (just too visible) and going with a 1699s from MFJ.
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I couldnāt find much about the 1699 but I have heard a lot about the 1899 which looks very similar. This is one of my favorite ham radio videos and it shows that guy from Florida (Eric) on a beach using that 1899 antenna with a Yaesu FT-817 QRP rig making contacts all over the place.
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My head is spinning. My antenna came, At the bottom is a pl259 connector. At the tuner is an so-239. The coax is male 259 on each end. Iāve been up all night and I am in a fog. Iāve been looking at so-239s and pl-259s in different configurations for so long at this point I am throwing up my hands and not thinking about it until Iām rational again. lol Iāll probably dream about adapters.
I donāt know if any of that made sense.
lol try duct tape? just make sure its not from china or people may boycott you
You always have the best advice.
worked for macgyver
Well if ya see Macgyver send him over.
oki doki! wait, they did a newer tv series about that which i refused to watch, so if you want the new kid i cant help ya
I should go to bed.
Itās noon and you havenāt been to bed?
good idea perhaps it will all make sense in the morningā¦ nite nite;)
not yet
Goodnight all.
Good ānightā.