geraldw3210
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Hello again Im gerald W. KC3JET out of SE pennsylvania, im a returning operator been off air for about 20yrs, but i am back i now have a general license and am working toward extra.
please bear with me as i ramble on. with my current situation.
ok i live in an older house and the landlord said i can put up a couple of wires, antenna and ground for my radios.
So i have a yaesu FTDX-1200 , jetstream power supply, mfj969 tuner, ultimax dxtreme 53' antenna.
setup by running 10ga wire out 1st floor window too a ground rod near front of house where cable tv is also grounded both radio and pwr supply connected too this ground wire
. Ran about 30 feet of rg58 with a 8turn loop choke at both ends across the room too the window. where the antenna box is.
ran the antenna wire out the window too a tree out back , a sloper i guess but only about 20-25 feet up( im going too try too raise the tree end up another 15 feet or so) WHEW.
so antenna tunes up nicely on all but 80-160 bands usually 1:1, 1:2 range pretty good tune. so i can hear quite a bit mostly 20,40.15,10, meter and get some digital stuff thru fldigi (still learning the digital programs). but i have yet too make any contacts, i call and call but 2 months and nothing. So im assuming my setup is not working.
any ideas or suggestions, Please.
thank you for reading my post GW KC3JET
PS i have many years experience in electronics in assembly and testing of various kinds of electronic equipment, so i am familiar with all this stuff but still need help sometimes.
please bear with me as i ramble on. with my current situation.
ok i live in an older house and the landlord said i can put up a couple of wires, antenna and ground for my radios.
So i have a yaesu FTDX-1200 , jetstream power supply, mfj969 tuner, ultimax dxtreme 53' antenna.
setup by running 10ga wire out 1st floor window too a ground rod near front of house where cable tv is also grounded both radio and pwr supply connected too this ground wire
. Ran about 30 feet of rg58 with a 8turn loop choke at both ends across the room too the window. where the antenna box is.
ran the antenna wire out the window too a tree out back , a sloper i guess but only about 20-25 feet up( im going too try too raise the tree end up another 15 feet or so) WHEW.
so antenna tunes up nicely on all but 80-160 bands usually 1:1, 1:2 range pretty good tune. so i can hear quite a bit mostly 20,40.15,10, meter and get some digital stuff thru fldigi (still learning the digital programs). but i have yet too make any contacts, i call and call but 2 months and nothing. So im assuming my setup is not working.
any ideas or suggestions, Please.
thank you for reading my post GW KC3JET
PS i have many years experience in electronics in assembly and testing of various kinds of electronic equipment, so i am familiar with all this stuff but still need help sometimes.
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