I did, and it worked great--no RFI!
73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gerry Leary" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, April 22, 2011 10:05 AM
Subject: Re: What A Difference A Day Makes!
Oh boy, now fire the Amp up.
----- Original Message -----
From: "tom behler" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, April 21, 2011 7:53 PM
Subject: Re: What A Difference A Day Makes!
> Danny and all:
>
> Just got on the air--20 meters around 14.250, and had a nice qso with a
> ham
> near Clearwater, FL. I used the Alpha Delta DXCC antenna, and my RFI was
> gone, using the Heil mic and foot switch, and even the processor in the
> TS480.
>
> SWR's look reasonable on most bands with both the Windom and DXCC. Windom
> even tunes now on 160 using the auto tuner in the TS480.
>
> So, definite progress has been made today.
>
> Will do some more experimenting tomorrow night and Saturday, and look
> forward to the 40-meter round table Saturday afternoon.
>
> 73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dan B Dyer Jr,/Danny" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Thursday, April 21, 2011 8:18 PM
> Subject: Re: What A Difference A Day Makes!
>
>
> Yay, Great News, keep us posted, thanks, Danny.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "tom behler" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Thursday, April 21, 2011 8:02 PM
> Subject: What A Difference A Day Makes!
>
>
>> Hi, everyone.
>>
>> Well, this evening, I'm happy to report that I appear to be back in
>> business
>> on HF!!
>>
>> Today was one of those nice Michigan Spring days, and one of my good ham
>> friends came over and successfully installed my Radio Shack 10-foot mast
>> extension on top of my 30-foot telescopic mast. I need to do a lot more
>> checking, but initially, my SWR's look reasonable with both antennas on
>> the
>> various bands. I also will now be in a position to really see if my RFI
>> problem with my Heil mic set-up has been resolved, so there will be lots
>> of
>> testing ahead for me here. I'll be out of town tomorrow, but should have
>> some time tonight and tomorrow night to get a better feeling of how
>> things
>> are working.
>>
>> If everything goes according to plan here, I should be available to do
>> the
>> 40-meter east-coast mid-west round table Saturday afternoon. So, if
>> there
>> is enough interest, and if there are no ongoing contests, I'll be on or
>> near
>> 7.185 MHZ at 4 p.m. Eastern (2100 Z) Saturday afternoon.
>>
>> If things change, I'll let everyone know, but for now, I'll plan to head
>> up
>> the round table if that's ok with everyone.
>>
>> More later for sure!
>>
>> 73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
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