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Call Sign : 108-CT-370 & MM3TAM Posts : 77 Times Thanked : 2 Join date : 2023-08-17 QTH or Location : Clydebank, Scotland Equipment Used : CRT SS6900, Leixen 2/70
Subject: Dipping my toes into HF Sat Sep 14, 2024 8:12 pm
Having never used HF(Apart from a wee go on 10m a while ago), I have a wide-banded box being delivered midweek. I have been using a silver rod for 11m and it works ok, so can I assume this will be fine for the HF box on 11m until I get an antenna solution for the other bands?
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GaryWilson CT Directors
Call Sign : 26-CT-1836 Ham 2E0GGQ Posts : 4404 Times Thanked : 378 Join date : 2019-06-27 QTH or Location : Redcar, North Yorkshire. Equipment Used : Radios & Wires & Stuff! Age : 59
Subject: Re: Dipping my toes into HF Sat Sep 14, 2024 9:50 pm
Hi Tam,
Yes it will be fine with your HF set. If you're lucky and your HF set has an internal antenna tuner you'll also be able to use it for 10 and 12 meters as well.
Best 73 Gary.
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TamGlasgow Contributor
Call Sign : 108-CT-370 & MM3TAM Posts : 77 Times Thanked : 2 Join date : 2023-08-17 QTH or Location : Clydebank, Scotland Equipment Used : CRT SS6900, Leixen 2/70
Subject: Re: Dipping my toes into HF Sun Sep 15, 2024 4:55 pm
GaryWilson wrote:
Hi Tam,
Yes it will be fine with your HF set. If you're lucky and your HF set has an internal antenna tuner you'll also be able to use it for 10 and 12 meters as well.
Best 73 Gary.
Thanks Gary,
It does have an internal tuner so that will allow me to play out of the box so to speak. I will worry about the other bands as I go.
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Spider281 New Member
Posts : 11 Times Thanked : 0 Join date : 2024-09-01 QTH or Location : England Equipment Used : All sorts
Subject: Re: Dipping my toes into HF Mon Sep 16, 2024 10:35 am
You might even be able to tune the CB antenna down to 20 meters depending on how long the silver rod is, you may get a 1/4 wave on 14MHz with some added ground plane wires.
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TamGlasgow Contributor
Call Sign : 108-CT-370 & MM3TAM Posts : 77 Times Thanked : 2 Join date : 2023-08-17 QTH or Location : Clydebank, Scotland Equipment Used : CRT SS6900, Leixen 2/70
Subject: Re: Dipping my toes into HF Mon Sep 16, 2024 12:09 pm
Spider281 wrote:
You might even be able to tune the CB antenna down to 20 meters depending on how long the silver rod is, you may get a 1/4 wave on 14MHz with some added ground plane wires.
Thanks mate, will have fun trying and see what works. never had a multi band rig so quite excited to see how it goes. It also has digital modes but that's for another day too.
Alan Pilot Major contributor
Call Sign : 163-CT-220... Posts : 2593 Times Thanked : 70 Join date : 2019-11-19 QTH or Location : Anglesey North Wales Equipment Used : Yaesu FT-991A,,Yaesu FTDX-10,,Icom ic-7610,,Anytone AT-D878UV PLUS",,LINCOLN II+. Age : 15
Subject: Re: Dipping my toes into HF Mon Sep 16, 2024 1:38 pm
A m8 of mine has a silver rod and it will tune on several bands and he gets some good contacts on it as well.
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peewee norfolk Senior contributor
Call Sign : 26-CT-4879 / M7PCA Posts : 189 Times Thanked : 8 Join date : 2023-07-16 QTH or Location : North Walsham, JO02QU Equipment Used : FT1000MP !!!!!!binatone 5*,alinco dx10 135,sirio4000,silver rod,G5RV,beofeng 17 pro max, X30 duel 2m/70cm,full size G5RV, TS120v,soon new toy Age : 56
Subject: Re: Dipping my toes into HF Mon Sep 16, 2024 7:35 pm
i can use my silver rod for 11/10/15/18/20 and at a push 20 with the atu but mosly use the g5rv or the 15m vert fishing pole for every band have fun playing
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