I use paracord to hang the balun and tie off the ends to trees. Home Depot has large eyebolts to screw into tree trunks. Drill a pilot hole to ease insertion into trunk. You are welcome to come see if near Tomball. Keith On Tuesday, September 14, 2021, 10:26:29 AM CDT, Jonathan Guthrie, KA8KPN via BVARC <bvarc@bvarc.org> wrote: How do you support the ends of your antenna? On 9/14/2021 8:47 AM, Keith Dutson via BVARC wrote: I will suggest an antenna for HF (80 thru 6 meters). I have the Buckmaster OCF Dipole. There are several models covering from 160 thru 6 meters, both low and high power. They are high quality, designed to last many years, so are higher price than others. If you decide to run more than 100 watts, I recommend an RF choke at both ends of the feed line. I run up to 1500 watts and have good results with the Palomar Engineers Maxi-Choker MC-1-3000. 73, Keith NM5G On Tuesday, September 14, 2021, 07:29:57 AM CDT, Terry Leatherland via BVARC <bvarc@bvarc.org> wrote: Congratulations. Stick with a major brand. Yaesu. Kenwood. Icom Alinco eleckraft Buy used for a while and then gradually sell up. There are great major radios available for 300$ Range. When you get your feet wet, then you’ll know what you like. Add in a Signalink for digital. Add in a mfj or other tuner. Antenna is the most important piece. Continually perfect them starting with dipoles. The fun begins. 😀 K5PGF Sent from my iPhone > On Sep 14, 2021, at 4:32 AM, D. Howard Bingham via BVARC <bvarc@bvarc.org> > wrote: > > I have an un-used Yaesu FT-840 with power supply & antenna tuner FOR SALE > at $ 350.00 if interested (Formerly owned by 2 Former BVARC Presidents & > used at field days. > > Can't use at current residence due to no antenna permitted at the House. > > If interested, my address in Deer Park is listed in BVARC Directory. > > My Phone: 281-684-5301 > > 73 > > D. Howard Bingham > > KE5APJ > > -- > >> On 9/13/2021 9:38 PM, cw3sting via BVARC wrote: >> The FCC already has my upgrade to General in the database. Much thanks for >> the excellent job by the VE's who gave me the exam and took care of the >> paperwork. >> >> Now that I have more of the HF world open to me, I'm looking for advice on >> an entry level (i.e. cheap) HF radio. I don't do CW, so my initial needs >> will be voice and data. >> >> My leaning is toward the MFJ-9420X, but I'm open to suggestions. >> >> Thanks in advance. >> >> 73 >> Mark Stingley >> KI5QVL >> >> ________________________________________________ >> Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club >> >> BVARC mailing list >> BVARC@bvarc.org >> http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org >> Publicly available archives are available here: >> https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc@bvarc.org/ > > -- > D. Howard Bingham - * e-mail: ke5...@earthlink.net > 2722 Wisdom Drive * e-mail: binghamdav...@gmail.com > Deer Park, Tx. 77536 * ph: 281-684-5301 (Voice - TEXT) > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Supporting an Expanded Amtrak in Texas - www.TEXARP.org > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > ________________________________________________ > Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club > > BVARC mailing list > BVARC@bvarc.org > http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org > Publicly available archives are available here: > https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc@bvarc.org/ ________________________________________________ Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club BVARC mailing list BVARC@bvarc.org http://mail.bvarc.org/mailman/listinfo/bvarc_bvarc.org Publicly available archives are available here: https://www.mail-archive.com/bvarc@bvarc.org/ ________________________________________________ Brazos Valley Amateur Radio Club
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