Hi Ron,

The Alexloop i quite expensive, especially the Walkham one, especially after shipping. A cheaper alternative can be had from
http://www.g4tph.com

I haven't made any contacts on mine yet, but part of that is no doubt down to needing to finding/building a good support for it. Tuning on 20 meters is quite sharp, too. I'd really like to find or build or get help building something a bit more like the Alexloop Walkham antenna, as the aluminum rails of the G4TPH antenna are each over a foot long. Can be carried, but having the loop element more flexible might be good. Or might not. Anyway, maybe for the G4TPH loop, something made from PVC electrical conduit or something would be the thing. My challenge is to find something that's A) self supporting and B) can be broken down into approximately one foot long sections for ease of transport.

--
Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA
Phone: (814) 860-3194 or 888-75-BUDDY



On Jan 15, 2012, at 3:46 PM, Ron Miller wrote:

> Hi Eric,
> many thanks for the warm greeting. I'm glad you're using your 703. I'm very
> interested in the Alex loops, have read good comments about them from a
> couple of blind hams. I just don't have the shekels to get one, yet.
> 
> I believe I've got the directions for turning up the synth speech volume in
> a file somewhere, let me see if I can find it. It is Very Important to take
> the radio apart with great care. The wires to the speaker are rather
> fragile, so when you take the rig apart you've got to be very careful not to
> rip them out. You'll need to lay the top half of the radio down very close
> to the bottom half and oriented so as not to twist, or pull the speaker
> wires.
> 
> More later, if I can find the info.
> 
> 73
> 
> Ron Miller
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> On Behalf Of Eric Clegg
> Sent: Sunday, January 15, 2012 1:15 PM
> 
> I'm still figuring out how to turn up the speech board on the Icom but have
> no idea how to do that.