I put together a station after a few years off (about 16) Ha Ha. Nice little Kenwood rig like I had before, bought an end fed Windom on EBay put in a good ground. Supposed to cover 80-10 meters. Now, it's kinda low...fed end about 20 ft other end about 30ft. Last night I turned it on for the magic moment, and heard one weak signal from a guy down south on 40 meters, running a 3 element Yagi (on 40!) not another QSO on any other band.
The rig loads good thru a tuner, SWR almost flat. Duh........are the bands really that dead. 30db noise level is all I heard?
I used to be pretty active, never had a problem like this. Just tell me if you can hear anything. Then I will know where to start...or stop
Buddy
KB5QA
The rig loads good thru a tuner, SWR almost flat. Duh........are the bands really that dead. 30db noise level is all I heard?
I used to be pretty active, never had a problem like this. Just tell me if you can hear anything. Then I will know where to start...or stop
Buddy
KB5QA