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Jonny 290 posted:i've had antenna 200 feet long and 5 feet long, and if you have an apt balcony with a railing (preferably metal) you want the mfj big stick. https://mfjenterprises.com/products/mfj-2286 Could the big stick be attached to something like a tripod instead? My balcony is iron but designed with mostly thin slats so I don't think the stick's mount would be able to grip to it.
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# ? Apr 26, 2024 22:43 |
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It looks like it comes with a pipe mount, so you can attach it to a speaker tripod. I'll also be a contrarian and throw out the Yaesu FT-710 as a radio suggestion. The IC-7300 is fantastic, but the 710 is comparable, and typically a few hundred bucks cheaper. I picked up one last month and have been happy with it so far. It also has the least bad menu user interface Yaesu has made to date! But you really can't go wrong with either.
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Supersonic posted:Could the big stick be attached to something like a tripod instead? My balcony is iron but designed with mostly thin slats so I don't think the stick's mount would be able to grip to it. Oh sure, that's what my camping setup is. You need counterpoise wires then, though. at least one quarter wave counterpoise for each band you wanna run.
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# ? Apr 19, 2024 00:16 |
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Merv Burger posted:It looks like it comes with a pipe mount, so you can attach it to a speaker tripod. I've heard good things about its receiver, but the ergonomics make me a little nervous. There's currently a sale on at DX Engineering, and Icom also offers a mail-in rebate which puts the price comparable to the FT-710 AESS so I might jump on that in a few weeks.
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# ? Apr 19, 2024 02:17 |
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Supersonic posted:I've heard good things about its receiver, but the ergonomics make me a little nervous. There's currently a sale on at DX Engineering, and Icom also offers a mail-in rebate which puts the price comparable to the FT-710 AESS so I might jump on that in a few weeks. There might be some sales around Hamvention in mid-May as well. Any Goons going to Xenia?
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# ? Apr 19, 2024 02:39 |
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I have set up rotator for satellite use and tested it. It worked but i discovered i need to use other type of clamps for my yagi antenna (square boom). and i put the antennas the wrong way so when i want more elevation it stops. classic noob mistakes. also need to consider how to put the cables for the rotator so that it can rotate 360 degrees freely. I am happy i put it 1.5 meters over ground so it is easy to test and fix things.
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Ended up writing the exam at a cafe tonight and scored high enough for basic with honors qualification so I have access to the HF bands. Looking forward to getting on the air once I figure out my optimal balcony setup. I'm likely going to go with the IC-7300 and MFJ Big Stick but I need to figure out the counterpoise situation as Could I mount the antenna to a tripod and then connect a counterpoise wire to my iron balcony fence? I don't want to mount it directly to the balcony as the balcony supports are pretty flimsy.
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# ? Apr 25, 2024 02:13 |
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Yeah, but you may want to try it without the balcony tie. Just hang two 1/4 wave wires off the ground side of the mount. you can bend em a bit, they don't have to be straight
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# ? Apr 25, 2024 02:50 |
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Jonny 290 posted:Yeah, but you may want to try it without the balcony tie. Just hang two 1/4 wave wires off the ground side of the mount. you can bend em a bit, they don't have to be straight My only issue is that my balcony is about 8’ long and 5ft’ wide so I really don’t have much space to work with unfortunately.
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# ? Apr 26, 2024 22:43 |
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Lay them out in a zig zag kinda pattern. It'll probably work. Edit: I wonder if helically wound counterpoise would work reasonably well. I feel like it should, but I'm unsure. yoloer420 fucked around with this message at 03:31 on Apr 26, 2024 |
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