Hello, 3 questions on improving a purchased ICOM IC-255A. Looked at CommSpecialists 'fax' sheet to add a CTCSS / PL board to the ICOM IC-255A....
I'm on site and brought my 891 along, threw a 12m spiderbeam mast up and an endfed 40/20/10, vertical, slopper, horizontal. I have a 1:1 choke...
Hey everyone, how do you get rid of RFI? I think I see a lot of it on my HF and VHF rigs. On my HF rig (IC-7300) I see ripples, waves, and...
Hi All, Finally built myself a 33’ tilt tower (which I am kind of proud of!) and hang one end of my OCFD from a tree branch at 15’ to that...
Hello all. I am now experiencing some impressive noise that my antenna is picking up. Here is what I have found. 1. my station is normally...
Hey All! I'm having serious issues with USB noise using my Icom IC705. My entire 144 MHz and 70cm bands is covered with small spikes up to S5....
I am thinking of adding a CLR Speech speaker unit to my (stationary in home) FT-857D. I have no really objectionable noise per se but am wondering...
I'm new to SDR and have a NooElect R820T SDR & DVB-T and a NooElect Upconverter aka Ham It Up I'm using SDRsharp software and I have it all...
When I transmit, it there seems to be something mixing and reflecting my signal. For example, when I transmit on 14.300 MHz, I see signals above...
I turned my ic-706 yesterday and the noise was way higher than usual when I finally found a local friend 2 miles away (he's normally 40 over) and...
I recently purchased a Samsung Gas stove. It has electronics that control the oven part. Just this weekend it started to try and program its own...
Consider this very simple flowgraph below. It should broadcast FM silence at 104.5 MHz. There is no station in my vicinity at 104.5. When I tune...
I've completed my F-350 diesel and FT-857D install. Not too shabby if I do say so myself. Radio is in a compartment under the rear seat. Now...I'm...
Hello there, QRZers. Resorting to the Community Knowledge. Scenario: FT-991A. Without a computer connected to it, just the radio and the...
Hi there, list! o/ I consider my FT-991A fan a bit noisy and I was considering replace it. My FT-991A ships a Panasonic ASFN60371 fan. After...
No matter the day, no matter the weather, no matter anything whatsoever, 5.332MHz is always distinctly noisier than 5.348MHz on the 60m band....
For some time when talking with my brother in CW mode, I have noticed a slowly building up and a sustained amount of noise and static. At first, I...
Hey all, I'm looking for a little advice. I am back on HF after almost a year off the air and I've been getting my shack back in order. One thing...
I have been playing with EZNEC, iterating my way through a dozen different variations of phased, triple magnetic slot antennas. When I have a pair...
Looking for thoughts on some peculiar behavior from a fairly brand new radio. I tend to be verbose so I'll just put a few of the "highlights" up...
