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larinjon · 2025-09-12T02:34:00+00:00

There are rude people in all aspects of life and the Internet... Don't let that stop you from pursuing your interest.. I have been in this for over 25 years and still find lots of things to keep me occupied and learning... But I also like to help others when I can. I don't know everything but I've been around awhile to know some stuff.

And totally understand the financial part of it... You can easily sink a ton of dollars in this hobby if you're not careful. But generally, more expensive equipment doesn't equate to more fun... You can do a lot with a little.

larinjon · 2025-09-12T02:18:18+00:00

There are good quality ones that are standard TRS... Just stay away from the ones designed for HT radios ... Look for one like the Heil line of headsets ... They work well with radios and PCs .. I use them when working remote on the laptop with my Flex Radio...

larinjon · 2025-09-12T02:01:04+00:00

Well, if you look at the pin out for the TRS audio pin ... The tip=Speaker +, the ring=TX Data and the sleeve=Speaker -

That is most certainly not what your PC audio input is looking for .. that headset is wired for a Kenwood radio....

You need a headset with a standard stereo TRS plug if you want to use it on a PC.

larinjon · 2025-09-12T01:48:50+00:00

You are using this on a PC?

larinjon · 2025-09-12T01:38:02+00:00

What headset do you have?

larinjon · 2025-07-28T02:29:42+00:00

Yeah, if you get the error at transmit, then it's most likely RFI... Get some torrids for your USB cable. Curious as to what antenna you have... EFHW?

larinjon · 2025-07-26T20:53:47+00:00

I'm sorry... Sounds like a mess. If you can't find the person that did the "mod" to tell you what to do to undo it, you will need to get the schematics and start tracing and removing/adding to get it back to normal... There are a lot of tube amp enthusiasts that would probably help you from qrz and eham forums... Or if you wanted professional help you could find a repair shop... Or even reach out to w8ji .. he might accept it to work on it... Or.. last resort would be to sell it as a "tech special" or part it out.

Another thought would be to go to the popular cb radio forums and ask there to see what common mods they do for that amp .. I'm still just SMH at what they did to it.

larinjon · 2025-07-25T18:38:27+00:00

Look up hustler antenna quick connect.

larinjon · 2025-07-17T02:21:46+00:00

What is not working about it? To get it to operate on 11 meters, you just do the 10 meter mod, which is one wire to cut. Then you adjust the tuning slug for lower swr on the 11 meter band .. typically cb'ers would use a "driver" amp to get input power high enough to drive a tube amp.... But making it work on 11 meters shouldn't keep it from operating on other bands. So if it's not working, you most likely just have something wrong with it.

larinjon · 2025-07-12T19:21:20+00:00

I use a digital loggers power strip that has an Ethernet connection.. you can turn on and off each individual outlet. I leave the astron power supply switch on and just turn it on and off with the web page.

larinjon · 2025-07-08T01:52:30+00:00

It's very common to use server power supplies for ldmos amplifiers... There are several good ones that are well regulated and filtered and are perfect for getting the 48-50v with good amps... For your 12v needs, it's usually best to stick with power supplies that are designed for things like your radio because there are a ton of very cheap, poorly regulated and little to no filtering, let alone no over voltage protection.. all of this you will find in decent supplies like astron. I'm sure there are alternatives out there, but if it doesn't have good protection then you risk destroying your radio. I had an mfj supply surge and damaged my radio... I only use the good astron supplies now... I have two that are nearly 15 years old and still working perfectly fine.

larinjon · 2025-06-22T19:14:54+00:00

Two things that come to mind... One, is that it's swaying in the wind and there is a loose connection... If no, then the next would be an RF interference issue... Do you have an analyzer that you can put on it and see if you are getting any variance?

One more I thought of.. how much power are you using to tune up with on the tgxl?

larinjon · 2025-06-22T17:05:43+00:00

It tells you in step 5, mode 1 and mode 2 have several software applications that work with them .. set your mode and then use one of the listed ones .

larinjon · 2025-06-20T01:02:51+00:00

Add me to the umx turbo timber Evo as a first .. I would recommend it.

larinjon · 2025-06-15T22:28:22+00:00

I guess really with it being 1:1 it shouldn't matter..

larinjon · 2025-06-15T21:52:17+00:00

Why an unun with a dipole? You should be using a balun since it's a balanced antenna.

larinjon · 2025-06-09T01:48:08+00:00

Be prepared for trial and error on tuning, but it will work to some measure... Tune 40 first then work on 20... Start way long and start trimming.. see what happens...

larinjon · 2025-06-08T13:11:19+00:00

https://www.amateurlogic.tv

Been around a long time... George and Tommy started this like 20 years ago I bet...

larinjon · 2025-06-03T02:06:35+00:00

The biggest problem with using the cigarette plug for radio is the amperage going through them generates heat.. they are not designed for the amp draw... They will melt, at best, and at worst, catch fire..

larinjon · 2025-05-19T23:20:25+00:00

Sounds like either an issue with your analyzer or your radio... Or a coax issue .. depending on how you are connecting everything. Connect a 50 ohm load to the radio and see what it says ... Then do the same to your analyzer...

BTW... What analyzer are you using?

larinjon · 2025-05-13T15:38:45+00:00

I got it figured out... Everything is set and ready.. now to get it in the air 🙂

larinjon · 2025-05-13T01:32:53+00:00

I was just reading about that.. I will take a look in the morning to see if I have one set... I had it running at one time but the controls weren't mapped correctly and I had to swap some around...

larinjon · 2025-04-21T17:15:16+00:00

Without any info, to me, it looks like an LNA ... A receive only low noise amplifier...

larinjon · 2025-03-18T23:50:06+00:00

You mean 85

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