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Equipment / Wellbrook help
« on: January 24, 2020, 0820 UTC »
Hi all,
I'm a retired US citizen presently living in Amman Jordan. We'll be visiting Glasgow Scotland in April and I'd like to pick up a Wellbrook FLX 1530LN then.  I'm using an Alinco DXR8E  (European model 0.004- 35 MHz).
The user supplies the coax for the antenna and Wellbrook indicates 3-5 meters of JMR 400 or RG 58c.  The values translate to
3M 9.8 feet 3.1 feet diameter
4m 13 feet 4.1 feet diameter
5m 16 feet 5.2 feet diameter
The cost and size go up with increasing circumference, so is there a difference and in what areas for increasing size...is it worth the larger size/cost?  Recommendations?
Also, LMR 400 or RG 58c... and why.
Thanks in advance for your suggestions and input
73's
Jim


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Equipment / Recorder suggestions
« on: October 28, 2019, 0716 UTC »
Hi all,
I started looking at recorders for my DX R8E setup and became quickly bewildered.  I haven't bought a (tape) recorder in 40 years, so...
I don't use my radio in conjunction with the PC, so I want something to patch into the radio and later download to the PC to share my catches. Are the hand held voice recorders the way to go? What features to look for? Any suggestions or information would be greatly appreciated. I've Googled the questions but only come up with PC based solutions.
Thanks in advance.
cheers
Jim

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Equipment / Re: Parr end fed help
« on: October 23, 2019, 0816 UTC »
Thanks so much for the extremely helpful and detailed reply. I now understand the problems and potential cures much better.

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Equipment / Parr end fed help
« on: October 22, 2019, 1325 UTC »
Hi all,
In spite of reading the instructions a number of times, I'm not sure about the grounding of the Parr end fed SWL antenna.  This is how I understand it, please correct me if I'm wrong...
there are three connection places 1,2, and 3. The antenna is connected to #3... if I take out the 1&2 jumper I twist the braid on my coax and attach it to #1, the central coax wire goes to the center part of the PL 259.  I can add a ground wire to #2 AND ground my receiver at the receiver end.  Since the antenna is on the rood of my apartment, 5 stories up and my apartment is on the second floor I'd be using a wire 1/4 wave length insulated wire along the roof edge and the wire attached to the ground of my radio in my apartment is 1/4 length as well. The 259 at the receiver end is put together in the normal way with braid on the negative side.
Is this correct?? 
Is this the best way to set up the antenna?  Thanks all for reading this and any help that you offer.

cheers,
Jim

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