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I ran mine to a downspout and the coax I ran out a window with a through the winter window coax thing I can't remember the name of there about 50 bucks it works great

I know what Otards are but I can't say in this censor riddled world. Peace and censorship!

Take a look at H.R. 4006, Congressman Pfluger out of Texas is working on a bill to address this. Let your Congressman know about your interest in it. I'm a ham in Texas and just heard about this on our ARRL zoom call this week.

HOAs usually end up run by karens. Their interest is having power over others.

You got more things to worry about if your wife is trying to stop you. What else is she trying to control. Sounds like a terrible time

Gotta love how HOA people and spouses often say: "Those few times I look up from my phone or I'm not mowing my yard, the sight of your roof really bothers me." Well, don't look! A friend who had seen one of my videos about my antenna came to the house and asked "Is that wire out your window the shortwave antenna your showed on RUclips?" My wife looks up and asks "How long has that been there?" Oh, just over a year, Dear. Heh heh heh! Not a ham, just a SWL, so that long wire across the driveway is almost invisible.

I also purchased an Alpha HOA over 1.5 years ago and had similar results but using SSB only. Im just not into FT8 although I di try it. Last fall replaced the gutter connection with 300 FT of 50 ohm wire and moved it away from the house in a U shape about 20FT high mounted to 4 trees. I also then added 4 counterpoise wires 25FT in length (now hidden by the grass). The signal improved greatly using the water away from the house lowering the noise. My FT991A antenna tuner can tune down to 160M and my longest contact has been just over 7000 miles. I have been thinking to add another 150 FT to it bringing the wire into the front yard ( 2 more trees) to an open-like rectangle. Good luck !

Good job getting the activation completed.

how much are they paying you to say its a good antenna

I don't do radio, but I'm happy that you were able to beat the machine. 👍

"Congress was interested in promoting competition" read that as Dish and Direct TV had lots of lobbying power in Congress

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Awesome work man!

Nice case!

Great video. Any antenna that will get you on the air is a good antenna. The end-fed long wire and half wave antennas are also great for stealth installations because they're easier to hide the UNUN coil because it's not in the center of your antenna.

IMHO, there is less than zero chance Congress would amend the law to protect amateur radio antennas. They simply have zero incentive to do so and every incentive to not do so.

Yeah it's literally the most expensive 9:1 ever

KENADA? 😂

If you happy with the way it's working out now with the way you have it configured and the coax is not leaking anywhere I'd leave it alone

I did the same thing using a homebrewed 1:9 unun with a common mode current choke. The high side of the unun is connected to my downspout via about 6ft of insulated wire to a soldered lug, sheet metal screw & lock washer. Covered that joint with silicone seal. Low side of unun connects to 16ft (not precise) counterpoise wire that runs horizontally 10 ft below gutter and just above my garage door. Unun is mounted to rafters in garage ceiling just inside door. Feedline is about 30ft of RG58 coax. It works 80-12m with no ATU and SWR averages around 1.5:1. 10m requires ATU. Total cost less than $45.

Use comet window connector splitter it allow to do So239 to pl259, I’m in an HOA sold at any ham radio shop, Giga parts, Dx engineering and HRO

I'd be curious to know how well it performs on SSB phone. DX FT-8 contacts can be made on a piece of wire with a tuner...lol! Keep us posted on your results. 73!

Key words: 'I settled...'

are you somewhere where it snows? What is the affect on the wire and adapter

You do Know that HOA's CAN NOT stop you from putting any antenna or satelite dish anywhere on your property and that you are PROTECTED by FCC LAWS. There is no reason other than look or pleasing your wife to go with the HOA buster.

"Y" I oughta! Great video

I got my Tech in 2011 studying the Radio Shack book, “Now You Are Talking” from 1996. A local ham club directed me to QRZ’s website for the practice tests. I aced the Tech. I then tried the General and only got one answer right. I eventually did get my General after taking a class. I probably did not need the class with as much studying as I did before I took it. However, I did get to ask a lot of questions in the class. I picked up Gordon West’s book for the Extra Class at a ham fest. Two weeks later, and doing nothing but studying in my spare time, I took the test and passed it at 100%. I learned from my studies that a Chebychev (sp) filter has a ripple in the pass band with a sharp cutoff, and that 140° is the correct answer. I just don’t remember the question. The math problems were my main concern, and I spent a lot of time studying them. However, I only had one math question on my test that was modulation index which was a simple multiplication process. Yes, a lot of it was memorization. I read each question, and only read the correct answer in the book (and maybe the explanation). Each answer on the test jumped out to me as I did not recognize the other answers at all. When I took the test, two other applicants were already taking their Tech exam. I went into the testing center after them, and walked out before they were finished. Bottom line, I learned some things studying for these tests. Passing them got me my license, but that license is my license to learn. Join a club, or two or three, and get involved in the ham community. That is where you truly learn ham radio.

whats the range you get out of your setup?

I'll take one!

Thanks! About to start my Extra studies. 73+

I use u-d and still have problems

I printed the tall version of the buttons, scaled down 0.2mm on the Z axis, and for me it was a perfect fit, not popping out much, definitely no accidental push possible. Printed in BambuLab PLA basic. For the switch I used two M2 screws, and it holds it very well.

This is great for people with drones in areas not flat enough to send msgs long distances

I use the same batteries but the charger I use does not charge them. Using Solar causes the battery to drain fast when the sun goes down.

I have yet to find the pinouts for the 820 barometric pressure board. Do you have any links?

WLW used to be one of the strongest transmitters in the world and there's still quite powerful. I live really close to the current transmitter site anything that could pick up the signal

Thanks so much! This worked like a charm. I was needing to use Ubuntu because I didn’t want to upgrade my Windows 8. So I installed a Virtual Box and used this to set up Chirp. Made it easy! Thanks again!

Thanks, I've been struggling with installing CHIRP that worked with all my GMRS radios on my Linux Mint distro, and now I am able to get CHIRP to work provided I fudge the radio model number to get the data from the radio to download. Baofeng GMRS-9R radio on CHIRP is Model UV-9G and Baofeng UV-5G PLUS on CHIRP is Model GM-5RH.

Should I have the USB sound card as windows default or not?

You will lose good phone operations if you upgrade... 179B2 is BEST OPTION for Phone use... FYI N3WER 73's

Your noise is coming from your environment. It looks like a charger to me. You can try turning off different circuit breakers and seeing if the noise stops. You can then focus on what is causing it. Power supplies for leds and chargers are very noisy to HF. If you put your radio on a battery, and shut off the main breaker, that will tell you for sure if it is at your shack.

that brass filament is sick

Any Link to the models? xD

Thank You! A few days ago I spend a few hours figuring out why line in does not work on 1.79/1.80. At the and I flashed 1.77. Now I flashed 1.79/1.80 switched to U-D and everything works like before

Was this with the “smooth” timelapse setting or an external camera??

never noticed it seems to work better now thanks

The G90 has a 3k filter in USB/Packet mode. That is why you see the cutoff @ about 3000hz in the middle of the waterfall. Some other radios can handle 4k+ worth of audio. 73

I had the same thing with my waterfall on the bottom, only showing half of the spectrum. Not just you. I thought it had to do with upper or lower sideband or something, but it kept with only the left side, even with being on lower sideband. Idk. Looks like you got it done! I got 14 contacts myself. More than I expected. 73, K1MAZ

Also by selecting U-D or L-D the audio is automatically routed in/out of the 8 pin connector on the rear of the G90.

Great video. I used to walk around all these places for exercise. I miss living downtown.