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    New Mast Setup for FM Yagi

    Added a metal pole to the wooden mast to give me a new total height of around 14 feet long with a wood plank to even out weight distribution of the overall mast design, and its sturdier than ever. Thinking I might add a guy wire or two later on.

    Otherwise, I also now have the yagi hooked to up 100 ft coax to get to the shack and now that theres no mismatch on coax impedance. Signals are now a little more clearer, and the noise floor dropped by at least half an S-unit, with RDS now being easier to decode again as before. MS pings look much better than before, so lets see how things go (:

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    -SkyWaveDXBird (Mat)

    DM04XN
    High Desert in Sunny Southern California..

    Record FM DX: WBVM Tampa, FL - 90.5 FM [2,130 miles]
    Record AM DX: HLCA Dangjin, KR [5,989 miles]
    Record HAM Contact: BD9ATY Xian, CN (10 meter FT8) [6,792 miles]

    Current Setup:
    Stellar Labs 30-2640 4-Element Yagi
    MLA-30+ Active Magnetic Loop (with 1/4 diameter copper pipe loop mod)
    Homemade 20m/10m fan wire dipoles
    SDRPlay RSP1A

    https://skywavebirddx.neocities.org/

    "Keep your eyes on the skies..."

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    Click image for larger version  Name:	image.png Views:	0 Size:	1.01 MB ID:	363​Here's how my waterfall looks like as of now (:
    -SkyWaveDXBird (Mat)

    DM04XN
    High Desert in Sunny Southern California..

    Record FM DX: WBVM Tampa, FL - 90.5 FM [2,130 miles]
    Record AM DX: HLCA Dangjin, KR [5,989 miles]
    Record HAM Contact: BD9ATY Xian, CN (10 meter FT8) [6,792 miles]

    Current Setup:
    Stellar Labs 30-2640 4-Element Yagi
    MLA-30+ Active Magnetic Loop (with 1/4 diameter copper pipe loop mod)
    Homemade 20m/10m fan wire dipoles
    SDRPlay RSP1A

    https://skywavebirddx.neocities.org/

    "Keep your eyes on the skies..."

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