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Call Sign : 26-CT-954, M7PLD.. Posts : 242 Times Thanked : 2 Join date : 2020-11-27 QTH or Location : Ellesmere Port Equipment Used : icom 718,cobweb,anytone 667, Age : 70
Subject: First Hf radio Mon Jan 18, 2021 8:13 pm
Have just bought a icom 718 off a g7 member, hopefully that should get me up and ready for the end of the month... Can I use a silver rod for receiving no transmit until I get a long wire up
Sydthecat CT Directors
Call Sign : 2E0VRX Posts : 773 Times Thanked : 46 Join date : 2019-06-26 QTH or Location : Yorkshire dales Equipment Used : Yaesu FTdx 101d, MD200 mic ,Mosley 3ele Yagi Age : 59
Subject: Re: First Hf radio Mon Jan 18, 2021 8:46 pm
Yes you can indeed use a silver rod for RX , should hear very well on 10 and 12m but will be fairly deaf on say 40 and 80m
Enjoy
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Victor CT Directors
Call Sign : 26-CT-3228 / M7VIC Posts : 5803 Times Thanked : 352 Join date : 2019-11-10 QTH or Location : Bedford Equipment Used : Various
Subject: Re: First Hf radio Tue Jan 19, 2021 7:16 am
Nice one Chris!
Finally, you've got yourself a HF radio!
As Craig says it'll work for a start, I'm assuming you already have the silver rod installed?
For as long as I can remember all my radio listening days were accomplished with nothing more than the longest piece of wire I could muster and hang up. Couldn't be more simple, work well as a receiving antenna and hence that ubiquitous name of a 'long wire'.
Doesn't take much to turn those 'long wires' into transmitting antennas too.
Enjoy your new radio.
All the best, Victor
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Alan Pilot Major contributor
Call Sign : 163-CT-220...MW7TTA Posts : 2516 Times Thanked : 69 Join date : 2019-11-19 QTH or Location : Anglesey North Wales Equipment Used : Yaesu FT-991A,,Yaesu FTDX-10,,Icom ic-7300,,Anytone AT-D878UV PLUS",,LINCOLN II+. Age : 150
Subject: Re: First Hf radio Tue Jan 19, 2021 7:25 am
Not long now then your up and running.
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26ct954 Major contributor
Call Sign : 26-CT-954, M7PLD.. Posts : 242 Times Thanked : 2 Join date : 2020-11-27 QTH or Location : Ellesmere Port Equipment Used : icom 718,cobweb,anytone 667, Age : 70
Subject: Re: First Hf radio Tue Jan 19, 2021 7:28 am
Got it coming in a few days, I think I paid a fair price picked it up with delivery £267.hes got a at 100 ATu which I am hopeful get for a reasonable price..
43CT016 Major contributor
Call Sign : 43-CT-016 Posts : 357 Times Thanked : 22 Join date : 2019-11-17 QTH or Location : Perth Equipment Used : iCom IC-7610/IC-9700/IC-705 Age : 55
Subject: Re: First Hf radio Tue Jan 19, 2021 7:53 am
Yeah, you don't need a resonant antenna to receive, but you will do better with a long antenna for the low bands like 40-160m.
Is the ATU the iCom AH-4, or something else?
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26ct954 Major contributor
Call Sign : 26-CT-954, M7PLD.. Posts : 242 Times Thanked : 2 Join date : 2020-11-27 QTH or Location : Ellesmere Port Equipment Used : icom 718,cobweb,anytone 667, Age : 70
Subject: Re: First Hf radio Tue Jan 19, 2021 8:16 am
LDG IT 100, ATU
Victor CT Directors
Call Sign : 26-CT-3228 / M7VIC Posts : 5803 Times Thanked : 352 Join date : 2019-11-10 QTH or Location : Bedford Equipment Used : Various
Subject: Re: First Hf radio Tue Jan 19, 2021 8:19 am
Absolute bargain at that price Chris!
They're great little radios and I'm surprised you got it for such a good price. Well done.
I know they don't have a built in antenna tuner but then most with such tuners usually can't accommodate a wide range often a 3:1 SWR difference and sometimes as low as 2.5:1. Pretty much means you need an antenna in the ball-park of resonance to start with! An external ATU makes all the difference but make sure you get a good one, (or even build one, they're simple enough once you find a variable capacitor or two ), otherwise you're limited to the same range. (Here come the arguments about to ATU or not ATU....)
The only 'complaint' I've ever heard about these radios is the old chestnut of how the speaker is small......Really?
Well done again and enjoy that radio
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43CT016 Major contributor
Call Sign : 43-CT-016 Posts : 357 Times Thanked : 22 Join date : 2019-11-17 QTH or Location : Perth Equipment Used : iCom IC-7610/IC-9700/IC-705 Age : 55
Subject: Re: First Hf radio Tue Jan 19, 2021 8:21 am
26ct954 wrote:
LDG IT 100, ATU
Ah, OK.
Excellent tuner - I had one, but have since upgraded to it's big brother, the AT-600 ProII, to handle the amp.
26ct954 Major contributor
Call Sign : 26-CT-954, M7PLD.. Posts : 242 Times Thanked : 2 Join date : 2020-11-27 QTH or Location : Ellesmere Port Equipment Used : icom 718,cobweb,anytone 667, Age : 70
Subject: Re: First Hf radio Tue Jan 19, 2021 8:24 am
Just got the LDG for £80 off the same person.. Now i will have to treat the wife spent enough lol..
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Victor CT Directors
Call Sign : 26-CT-3228 / M7VIC Posts : 5803 Times Thanked : 352 Join date : 2019-11-10 QTH or Location : Bedford Equipment Used : Various
Subject: Re: First Hf radio Tue Jan 19, 2021 9:24 am
Another bargain mate
Yes, treat the wife or as Alan and myself call them.....The Station Master
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Sgt Bilko Major contributor
Call Sign : 108 ct 302 - mm0ibe Posts : 261 Times Thanked : 17 Join date : 2019-07-20 QTH or Location : Prestonpans. East Lothian Equipment Used : SS9900 Age : 55
Subject: Re: First Hf radio Tue Jan 19, 2021 9:47 am
Good radio's. Hope you're only using Ham bands and / or 11mtr SSB as no FM for CB.
Paul.
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43CT016 Major contributor
Call Sign : 43-CT-016 Posts : 357 Times Thanked : 22 Join date : 2019-11-17 QTH or Location : Perth Equipment Used : iCom IC-7610/IC-9700/IC-705 Age : 55
Subject: Re: First Hf radio Tue Jan 19, 2021 9:50 am
Victor wrote:
Yes, treat the wife or as Alan and myself call them.....The Station Master
That’s wasted money....far better to hide the purchase so there is no need to spend equally on the missus!
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Victor CT Directors
Call Sign : 26-CT-3228 / M7VIC Posts : 5803 Times Thanked : 352 Join date : 2019-11-10 QTH or Location : Bedford Equipment Used : Various
Subject: Re: First Hf radio Tue Jan 19, 2021 9:58 am
Ha! Ha!
Love it Jeff!
(Of course I'd never do such a thing..... I'd be brown bread if I got caught!)
43CT016 Major contributor
Call Sign : 43-CT-016 Posts : 357 Times Thanked : 22 Join date : 2019-11-17 QTH or Location : Perth Equipment Used : iCom IC-7610/IC-9700/IC-705 Age : 55
Subject: Re: First Hf radio Tue Jan 19, 2021 10:02 am
Victor wrote:
Ha! Ha!
Love it Jeff!
(Of course I'd never do such a thing..... I'd be brown bread if I got caught!)
Yeah, divorce would be dearer than the radio....but she’s thankfully given ip asking how much I spend. She’s just mastered that “wtf have you bought now” look.....
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26ct954 Major contributor
Call Sign : 26-CT-954, M7PLD.. Posts : 242 Times Thanked : 2 Join date : 2020-11-27 QTH or Location : Ellesmere Port Equipment Used : icom 718,cobweb,anytone 667, Age : 70
Subject: Re: First Hf radio Tue Jan 19, 2021 10:18 am
I know it keeps popping up on her phone when I spend money she would find it hard to divorce me, have been living over the brush for 33years, many happy years, got keep her happy I don't want to move into the spare room lol, well unless my radio is in there..
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Alan Pilot Major contributor
Call Sign : 163-CT-220...MW7TTA Posts : 2516 Times Thanked : 69 Join date : 2019-11-19 QTH or Location : Anglesey North Wales Equipment Used : Yaesu FT-991A,,Yaesu FTDX-10,,Icom ic-7300,,Anytone AT-D878UV PLUS",,LINCOLN II+. Age : 150
Subject: Re: First Hf radio Tue Jan 19, 2021 10:29 am
That's an old one i haven't herd for years "living over the brush" lol. To be fair the station commander just say's "if you need it get it" but she doesn't have a clue where radio is concerned lol. I am out in the back so all parcels come through her but she never asks.
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Dave1949 New Member
Call Sign : 26CT1949 Posts : 17 Times Thanked : 0 Join date : 2019-11-14 QTH or Location : Stamford Equipment Used : Yaesu FTDX10 Yaesu 450D Whistler Txr1 2x Baofeng GT-3TP
Subject: Re: First Hf radio Tue Jan 19, 2021 11:30 am
I AM USING A SIRIO 2016 AND WILL TUNE DOWN TO 40 METERS.
26ct954 Major contributor
Call Sign : 26-CT-954, M7PLD.. Posts : 242 Times Thanked : 2 Join date : 2020-11-27 QTH or Location : Ellesmere Port Equipment Used : icom 718,cobweb,anytone 667, Age : 70
Subject: Re: First Hf radio Tue Jan 19, 2021 11:31 am
Big antenna
John123 CT Directors
Call Sign : 26CT763 Posts : 4122 Times Thanked : 148 Join date : 2019-06-27 QTH or Location : Manchester Equipment Used : Optima, Superstar 360fm, Stalker 9fdx, President Jack Age : 50
Subject: Re: First Hf radio Tue Jan 19, 2021 3:41 pm
Today at 1:25 am by Mike90
Subject: First Hf radio 
), otherwise you're limited to the same range.
