Only in Cali would you have to pay $$$ and jump though hoops and loops to put up a tower. So glad I live out in the country in Texas.

Still digging this radio???

Does the ed fong gmrs j-pole need to be grounded?

How does the versatee do with inclement weather with the top being open and fully exposed?

Is there ssb and a phone mode

This is good showing how radials affect things. But does coax length matter? I did a similar thing with a half wave length of coax for a video to show C.B.'ers their 'tuned coax' is not needed. They are obsessed with it. I made mine for 14.040 MHz and measured my loss on an oscilloscope and 50 Ω dummy load, results below.: 14. 04 MHz, 1 Volt lost. 10.10 MHz, 1 Volt lost. 18.10 MHz, 1 Volt lost. 'Tuned coax' theory would say it works at only 14.040 MHz. It's not tuned to these other frequencies. My 'tuned coax' worked as well at 10 and 18 as at 14. I put my two parallel 100 Ω dummy load resistors on my tuned coax and my VNA showed it was almost flat from 1.8 MHz to 29 MHz. Where has my tuned coax gone? I say almost because I don't know how good the resistors are and are certainly not good above 50 MHz My five dipoles on two coax cables can't work very well because I didn't tune the coax!. G4GHB.

what happened to the cleanup? did you guys give up?

I like. Would look great in my 4wd.

Red on the right when the "A" is right side up!

I want 2m 440 in a base station and others might say just buy a portable but there is no comparison to the features you get with these bands in the 991a. Why others dont include it is beyond me. I've been out of it for 30yrs and cant believe they haven't incorporated a rig like this into a uniden like sds 100 scanner as well. If it's all about information in a diaster, it's impossible to leave out the best trunking scanner.

Or just pick up an ICOM AH-710. Marvelous antenna. Comes with the perfect length of coax. Pretuned.

This is a great Video. But it did not help me with my Yaesu FTDX 10. I don't think I need all for this. Can I not use the EQ setting to do the samething ?

Oh no! Not coax length again. Look, adjust the aerial not the coax. My dipoles must be bad then. 20m to 10m, five dipoles with two coax lengths of about 25 feet. My inverted vee for 60m has about 45 feet of coax. SWR on all at or below 1.5:1. He's saying I can't adjust them! I'll remember this when I'm communicating with people. Do people not realise the coax length to the 'aerial side' of the SWR meter and the 'transmitter side' do not exist? There is one length of coax with a meter placed in it. There is one cable even though two can be seen. Cutting the 'aerial side' is wasted as the length changes when the SWR meter and jumper are put in. Tx to SWR meter I choose either 20 inches or 45 inches of coax depending where I put things. Wrong lengths again! Nothing changes here if I join them together even at 28 MHz.. What about my 4 element 2m collinear. What coax length would he say I should use for that? I've about 10 or 12 feet. G4GHB.

You will probably never see this. I bought the same radio from the same place DX engineering and they gave me about a dozen stickers. They must have heard you. I won’t leave my call sign because I don’t have a P.O. Box set up don’t want everybody to know where I live. Nice watching just used my radio the first time tonight and you thought me a lot. Much appreciated. Thanks. 73

I ended up using XT 60 connectors on my 991A. Loving it so far.. dual band VFH/UVF X510N going up next week!

Ed mailed 2 antennas yesterday!!!!

This is not HAM connection if you use an internet!!! If in case of emergency, an internet disappears wires-x will not work!!!

I still have to watch the whole video...but coax length ?? Are still talking about that. I'm not an EE but I've studied physics. What I remember, is that coax has a characteristic impedance. That means it's always 50 or 75, whatever, Siemens. The Smith chart will be a circle as you walk along the length of the coax. The load doesn't care if it sees a reactive input or not. Phase would matter if we are running a phased array or something complicated but not for a single antenna. Now I'll watch the rest find how wrong I am. EDIT: I didn't add, that shorter is always better with coax b/c of Ohmic losses and dielectric leaks.

W1AJF It would be help full to know the size of the rack box that is being used . IE. 4U, 6U etc. , so we can get an idea of how much gear will actually fit into what size box.

No idea where I first got this from, but this is solid info, always served me well to ground in this fashion. Maybe HRCC. Vehicle info was new, never heard that approach before, I'll have to give that a shot! Thanks!

Question you also need to factor in the length of your jumpers right? Example you figure out how long your coax needs to be lets say (X) so then it would be X minus the length of any jumpers right?

I would get both if I had the money. But since I don’t, I bought the FT 991A. And coincidentally, I got mine from DX Engineering as well.

Laughing about the cost of copper in 2024 😅

I got the 7300 about 3 years ago and last week I got the 991a so happy birthday to me LOL

just disapointing. just show how dificult it is to actually find people that actually understand what they are talking about. funny how to the question: "how do you know the number of turns" the answer is "I've got this number of turns". Huh?? Instead, the right answer would have been to talk about the winding ratio as it relates to the input and transformed impedance ratio.

Thank you for the excellent information. What was said is a practical way to have a safe and low-noise ham shack. Doing this will go a long way to enjoying your radio. I do wish the slides he showed could be downloaded for reference.

Grounding, in actual practice, does little or nothing to reduce RFI or noise. Ferrite donuts with your cables wrapped around them reduce or eliminate it. Grounding was covered by Kristen K6WX recently, and confirmed that we are overthinking grounds for day to day operation. It does next to nothing. In fact, running the rig "ground log" with wire to a buried ground rod actually invites lightning into the shack. It is Physics 101. No EE required.

Neat product, but it is not lightning safe to run the feed line straight down into your attic. If you have fire damage after a strike the insurance company is going to deny any claim for compensation unless it is consumed in the fire.

Got a condenser mic, Mackie mixer, pyle direct box, 1/4 to 1/4 unbalanced cable, heil xlr to rj45 plug for my FT-991A and put out nothing but RF over the air. Sent the Condenser mic back. ordering a Heil PR-781 Dynamic mic tomorrow to try and can eliminiate the mixer and direct box.. hope it works.

I still think they are finicky to install. I hear it click, but yet the wire pin assembly pops out. Then if there is a tension on the connector, the plug pulls apart. I love the locking connectors with soldered pins. More secure and easier to install. That’s my personal opinion.

How to set up speed scanning cause my radio si slow scanning

I have a NOOB question, so thanks in advance. Is there a distance to respect between the radio's body and panel ? If i want to mount the radio body on the back of the jeep and the panel next to my steering wheel, its about 3 mt, i guess. would this be an issue ?

Microphones have same purpose as bellybuttons?

Do these antennae have an adjustment mechanism for tuning ? If not then that's a huge flaw

I want to learn how to use it. Is there any way to join your classes?

Cave? ,back too the tree, watched stealing honey,, again.

Up too a savage,quest for fire,bic,flick,cave forgotten knowledge of riding a stone wheel,yet? ,,BC comic found here once,our history ha ha.

Old style Canada forums BC Tel,relay-stations on mountain here free Canadian way rebroadcast signal,, satillite,space freight charges ,?

Massive grids sysmic cable, geophysical research letters of recommendation,time slips,spin of planets orbiting satellites of signal relays,,

As I see, glimse,here multiple transferrable skills, layer's interest,7 layers 2 track audio, signal multiple too one comic math ,

100 ft=*0.3048=30.48m. .

Auto point circle tune , unity's calm.

Large areas surges, pipe, unlisted cable underground,, but city size overall from every pnt, radiation lux math bulb lites again quickly gone..

A system history of maintenance time marks percentage points..

Can you wrap a added ground surg ground? At known felt pnt leaky wire replacement note.?

In surged wires from pole from damaged LK ine near, fryed station, auto, DC PW, maintenance, ,in notice period immediate current location, ground rods are very important...

Surveys,trarawatts released from star source,, Solar events, unplugged main ,, switches from melted, position,, John.

Pw: limit 4 unit monitor systems automatic transmission,err reciever,,say a" unlisted plane". But private company categorized comments on Army notice flags as real-time tracking.. links..

1:4 unit power source,, magnetic fields,leads too outside of room sensor motion sensing,, too track objects over large areas many stations pnts , instantly,grid graphics of interest, john.

So here we are 4 years later. I'm adding things to my FT-991A here and have picked up the PROFX6V3 and have all my channel 1 knobs set to be mid-range which seems to be right, but I do have a questions. on the Mixer, Low Cut on or off? Also on the Pyle PDC21 direct box that you have there. on the input, Ground button on or off and on the output side for the ATT switch, should it be set at 0, -20, or -40db? Anyone?