[bars] Testing

[KC1SOZ]

Yaesu FT-840. I have the YF-112C 500 hz and YF-112A 6 khz filters
installed. They help a tiny bit, but not a lot.

On Mon, May 29, 2023 at 10:29 AM Stephen Crook <scrook at comcast.net> wrote:

> What transceiver? A narrow CW filter should help w/ the static, but if
> one’s not installed you’d have to but one. Search for signals w/o the
> filter, then switch it in to limit the bandwidth.
>
>         = Steve — KB1LKR =
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> On May 29, 2023, at 12:41 AM, Tim KC1RET <kc1ret.radio at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>  There was a huge CW contest this weekend so that may explain the
> abundance of CW signals.
>
> I take it that your rig does not have a built-in tuner?  Do you have
> anything to check the SWR of your antenna system?
>
> T.
>
> On 5/28/2023 18:57, KC1SOZ wrote:
>
> Been playing with HF, finding it very easy to hear CW from all over the
> world particularly on 7 and 14mhz frequencies. But there is a tremendous
> amount of static in the background, don't know if that is me or something
> external. I am finding it very difficult to get myself heard and I think I
> really need an antenna tuner. Still trying to find a Yaesu FC-10 to make it
> easy to do the tuning, but I may have to break down and buy something else.
> The FC-800 I bought is for end-fed wire antennas or long whip antennas. I
> don't think it will work with my HyGain AV-14.
>
> Oh, well, maybe I just picked a less than optimal week to get started with
> HF. We'll see.
>
> 73,
> KC1SOZ
> Juan
>
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