Hi All, My original thread seems to have died, still wondering how the folded loop is matched to 50 ohms. (probably isn't? cheap, but works?) I've added a dimensional drawing and some more pics. If more info is needed let me know. Here is a drawing and some more...

For years 3546 has served us vintage equipment aficianados well. Unfortunately, largely due to their robbing us CW ops of most of our exclusive 80 M spectrum, the middle portion of the band has filled with nets and hams who seem only interested in collecting the membership numbers of other...

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Yep, this is an off-the-wall question..... Paging through an old QST, it dawned on me that when schematics are drawn, usually the earliest stages are drawn on the left side of the diagram. The speech input circuits for a voice transmitter; the antenna coupling and RF preamp (if any) for a...

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(paraphrase quote) "if the terrorists are not convicted, we will hold them anyways, since international law allows us to hold people that are a threat to others"? (with a smile on his face) (Fox News with Chris Wallace)? How many people are smiling when they pay taxes in New York? Isn't this the...

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He's been in campaign mode for a while now, huh? LOL. Palin or Beck? Vice President Beck? But that would put him in charge of the Senate, and foreign policy in certain situations? OMG! Kommie Krooks in Kongress would have as much power as Kermit the Frog?

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I just came across an used Radio Shack DX-394 receiver. Is it worth getting? What mods are available? Is there a better (newer) receiver in the same price range that one should look at? Thanks

From a student of the Advanced Institute for Conservative Studies of the Excellence in Broadcasting Network: Top Ten Signs You Might Be Taking Too Many Meds after surgery: Number 10, You mock Carrie Prejean for complaining to Larry King that he is inappropriate for asking about “juicy details” of...

I was thinking about Echolink recently and it’s inspired me to make the following proposal for next year’s New York City marathon. Beginning next year, so long as participants in the marathon either begin and/or end the race on foot, it’s okay for them to ride in cars, buses, etc. the rest of the...

Well, it may face no choice? What if they try Gitmo prisoners in NYC, convict them, and then someone who writes something somebody does not like, is labeled a terrorist, and then denied basic civil liberties because the laws are effectively rewritten by fiat, and not by consensus? Mandatory...

No, the health care debate is not finished Mr. Durbin, I have not heard the details about who will be subsidized, I mean, who would have ever thought, Sen. Schumer, that you could contain your surprise at no mention that your plan is illegal, or that NO ONE WILL GET COVERAGE FOR FOUR YEARS while...