Everything looks ok in there, it's just that the grease they used dried out. Tuning was getting more and more "thick", and finally it got to the point where I could crank the knob forever and the tuning wouldn't change much. I suppose the PAR could be strung around the perimeter of an outside auwning or porch, and would probably work pretty well.Īll of these items I've mentioned have links in our wiki, which has a few more ideas on the subject.Well, my Omni D has been needing a PTO job for a while. The hard part is finding a 365pf variable cap needed to tune the loop (an old junker radio has these, or I understand there are some distributors that still sell them - again, inexpensively.) In addition, if you're up for a little homebrewing, the Carpet Loop is an excellent choice - being a loop, it rejects certain kinds of noise (something that's the enemy of all on HF.), as well as being able to be fed as a random wire (there's a switchbox that needs to be built - very simple construction, actually).
Rare as it is these days, it's a kit, and the reviews I've seen on it are universally positive. If you have a small area to mount something outdoors, I understand the North Country active antenna works very well. Hopefully the prognosticators are right and solar activity will start to improve in 2008, which means HF conditions will also improve. Yes a good antenna will be a big help, but right now propagation - which, unlike that on vhf and higher, is greatly dependent on solar activity, and right now, it's way down - which means that it's harder to hear things on the higher freqs above 10 or 11 mhz or so.
Oh, you may consider correcting your FCC ULS listing, Austrian should be capitalized.
You'll find them a wealth of knowledge and experience and they'll be more than happy to help a beginner. I strongly suggest you join a local Amateur Radio club and ask the old farts to Elmer you along. Last but not least you're barking up the wrong tree here on this kind of forum and the QRZ Elite will surely take pot shots at you for asking such a question. (I may be an NCT but 40 years in radio communications qualify me as an old fart.) If I should mention the Pez candy dispenser, now THAT'S sarcasm. Not to be sarcastic, just expressing the feelings of the majority of old farts who had to pass a real test of knowledge given by the FCC. I won't explain further, I want you to actually learn something and do it yourself, not to be content with being an appliance operator. There's a lot you can do with them so just use your noodle but first in order to do that you'll actually have to learn the theory behind the NCG test you just aced by memorizing the answers. What you're looking at here are (obviously, hi) mobile antennas so treat them accordingly.
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