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tcp2525

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  1. If you're looking for a trunk lip mount this is the best one on the market and comes with everything you need. And the Midland antenna will work perfectly with the Comet mount. https://www.dxengineering.com/parts/cma-cp-5nmo
  2. A little family history. My great, great grandfather seventeen generations back on my mom's side was the Chief of the Zamboni tribe in Malawi. Does that mean anything to anybody? I don't think it should. Bottom line, we are all members of the human race and there's no need for all this pigeon holing and placing people in irrelevant boxes. Just my opinion.
  3. Yep, one of the hallmarks of an unused repeater broadcasting into an empty room. Too many idiots out there ruining on others.
  4. I'm just a Buffalo Soldier In the heart of America Stolen from Africa, brought to America Said he was fighting on arrival Fighting for survival Said he was a Buffalo Soldier Win the war for America
  5. I highly suggest a quick phone call to Comet, they are very friendly and will answer your question. My guess is use it if it makes you sleep better at night.
  6. I did read the article, that's why I responded the way I did. There's no benefit of using anti-seize on an antenna other than making the person putting the antenna together feel good. On the other hand, if it makes you feel good, buy the 16oz. can with the fancy brush.
  7. Too much internet and not enough real world experience. One can put K-Y Jelly on their antenna and get the same results. I reconditioned my 18 element 2-meter beam that was on the tower for 30 years with no anti-seize or K-Y and all was good. I had to replace several broken elements and feedline. Antenna is as good as new and still being used. You gotta use whatever gives you peace of mind, even if it's a sugar pill.
  8. No need for it. Just put the antenna together and stop overthinking the situation and enjoy 20+ years of trouble free use. Only thing you need to do with that antenna is to wrap some good quality electrical tape around the joint in the center of the radome.
  9. I'm looking for an antenna that is pretty much waterproof as it will be submerged at times. Possibly a Laird Phantom antenna will work? The surface area and curvature of the roof should give ample ground plane and have an optimal takeoff angle. It will need to withstand impacts from underwater obstacles. When on land, grounding shouldn't be an issue as there will be four grounding points, plus one auxiliary ground.
  10. You guys are lucky that you have 220 activity. I have four repeaters in my area that I can get into and they are totally devoid of any human life. What a great but wasted band.
  11. Oh, come on, show the man a little sympathy. What he's suffering from is a very common disease. Many years of not using the proper coax can fester strong emotional and cognitive disorders.
  12. The stainless steel radials aren't screwing into aluminum. Even if it were, it's a non-issue anyway. Nothing to worry about. Just buy the antenna, assemble, mount and enjoy for many years.
  13. The one on the right is the exact one I'm using. Thanks for the photo as it helps a lot. Again, I put it real close to the original balun on the antenna.
  14. Keep the original balun on the antenna and put the 1:1 current balun right before it with a short jumper of good quality coax. Get a good balun rated for 5kw from DX Engineering. They are decent quality.
  15. What type of antenna you using? I had the problem with my 80m OCF dipole. I don't think it is a USB problem. A current balun cured my issue. I have USB cables going to all the radios and amp. Even have ethernet cables going to a few radios.
  16. I generally don't do FT8, but when I do, the amp gets turned down to 600 watts to keep the spirit of making weak signal contacts. When I retire I think that will be a great time for EME.
  17. Rubbish, that only points out the bare minimum requirements, but not what is optimal and yields a higher degree of safety and functionality. I look at the NEC the same way, a guide to get by with minimal effort. I've seen way too much substandard abominations the "met" code, but is an embarrassment to the trade. Plus, not all inspectors are created equal..
  18. Proper grounding can only be achieved by using 500MCM wire. Using anything less is totally and utterly foolish and breaks all safety and grounding requirements.
  19. A Rohn 25G makes an excellent light duty mast, just pick your height and get the amount of 10' sections and a top section to get off to a great start.
  20. Yep, this is why "you share the road" on GMRS. You only have eight lanes and should you want to deploy a repeater, just pick a lane. This means that ALL users are on that lane and they learn to coexist as nobody would intentionally interfere with the other repeater. Of course you will always get that ONE person that will try to get you to move because they bought their equipment and think they own the frequency. Hey, it's all about community spirit and working together.
  21. Yep, point proven. Had he been polite when you urinated in his territory everyone would have been cordial and respected each other before moving on. I have time for idiots like that.
  22. And go ahead and enforce it.
  23. Tough crowd, no. Just a lot of selfish and self centered mindsets.
  24. Let me see if I am understanding this correctly. You deploy a repeater on a frequency that is open to anyone that paid for a valid FCC license and you act like you own the frequency? Really? How are you going to stop licensed squatters using your repeater? It's people with your mindset that put up a repeater and never use it, or very rarely, and the first to complain about interference when someone puts up a repeater on the same frequency and uses it. Totally mind boggling. Oh, and if I were local to you I would use your repeater for free until you accepted me or shut it down every time I got on it.
  25. Yep, that's what I do. All those closed repeaters ID every once in a while.
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