Exactly. And yes, on my Little Tarheel II, using a really long whip, bandwidth on 80m is really narrow and even one turn moves the resonant point pretty far. As far as batteries go the battery backed

Milt, I'm using the Baby Tarheel II on a HUGE three magnet magmount. On top of the Tarheel I've got a quick release whip mount, and I have the mate to the mount on the end of several different whip op

I've got a Little Tarheel II, and I've been using a very long assembly of Buddipole parts totallying some 15 feet or so (obviously not while moving). It makes a big difference in how effective the ant

No, I don’t think you have a problem. But you’re calling CQ probably every 20-25 seconds, not 10. I do get frustrated when someone calls CQ, I go to respond, and before I can hit the button, they’re c

It takes me 13 seconds to transmit ‘cq cq cq de W7PFB cq pse k’. Paring that down to ‘cq cq de w7pfb pse k’ gets it down to seven seconds. If you’re calling every 10 seconds how can you hear when some

Depending on what you call high power, and what your planned operating time would be, you might be surprised at what your power needs are (I’ll bet you won’t need anything like the 50AH that a 105 AH

The radios I have used for psk31 (and other digital mode HF stuff) are: * Tentec Eagle * Elecraft KX3 with PX3 panadapter and KXPA-100 linear amp * Icom IC-7300 The Eagle is a really great radio and I

fingers crossed! -p W7PFB 73, Don’t forget to smile and have fun!

The SignaLink USB PTT control works exactly as you have described. It’s essentially VOX based on the audio coming from the computer. The nice thing about the SignaLink USB is that you can just buy a c

“No annoying clutter on the table” has ten syllables, the right number of syllables for a sonnet although the syllable emphasis is wonky for iambic pentameter. I will leave it up to you to write the r

I find the S/N number more useful than ‘599’, as pretty much everyone sends 599 for signal reports unless something really unusual is happening. I try to override the default 599 and send actual signa

Yeah, Jerry, I was responding to Geary (and Paula) about how to have different sets of settings for different uses. Bummer that your 7300 is DOA. But I think you will like the radio when you get one t

Set the radio up the way you like it for PSK, and save the settings to an SD card. Set the radio up for voice, and again save the settings to an SD card. Now you can load either setup in its entirety

Congrats! I like my IC-7300 very much. All you need is a USB cable to go between the IC-7300 and the computer. The USB connection will appear as two devices: a sound card, and a USB/Serial converter.

I would be interested in 160m antenna designs as well! -p W7PFB 73, Don’t forget to smile and have fun!

Welcome to the fun, Alex and Michael! -p W7PFB 73, Don’t forget to smile and have fun!

Now on 15m. 21070 -p W7PFB 73, Don’t forget to smile and have fun!

18.097 is where the party is. -p W7PFB 73, Don’t forget to smile and have fun!

Called 15 minutes ago and got nothing. Now I see KG5OIB and KC3FL. Calling CQ now. -p W7PFB 73, Don’t forget to smile and have fun!

I’m on 10m now. I can see KC3FL calling CQ but I guess he can’t hear me. He’s very very faint. -p W7PFB 73, Don’t forget to smile and have fun!