medin@lll-crg.ARpA (Milo Medin) (11/22/85)
Hi. I'm considering purchase of a TS-430s HF transciever and was wondering what all the people on the net think about it. Its very capable, reasonably priced and has a general coverage reciever in it which appeals to me. Any suggestions on where to buy it from? Also, it'd be be plugged into an antenna on the roof of my apartment building, and I'm relatively unsure what my manager will let me put up there. My first thought would be to go with an all band vertical like the HF6V, but there might be enough space to put up a wire antenna as long as it didnt have to be too obstructive. That way I wouldn't need a radial ground system that I gather most verticals need in order to work well. The HF6V has a roof mounting kit option with stub tuned radials, but I'm unclear how well it would work out. I'm in the ground floor of a 2 story complex and the view from the roof is pretty clear in all directions, so I should be able to get out fairly well from there. Any suggestions? Thanks, Milo Medin KB6ADT
CRC.DlosLV@Xerox.ARPA (11/25/85)
Milo, I have the TS-430S and like it much. I would suggest you get a good Antenna tunner too. My Antenna is a Ground-Mounted HF6V and it works well. Dont know what you could expect without a good radial system. If you mounted it on a 35 ft mast it might look like a good radiator for all but 80 mtrs. (?) I have all the filters and the FM Module for the 430. Also, have the Filters re-wired so the Narrow SSB filter is the Wide filter for cw. I also have the 10hz tuning rate option selected. 73 Chuck... W5USJ
ai2q@ky2d-2.UUCP (Alex) (11/29/85)
Milo: We are also a cliff dweller, and although restricted in what we might put up, the advantage of having the building height makes up for some of the limitations. In the past I have very successfully used a Hustler 4BTV trap vertical but I modified the feedpoint with a large brass disk to accommodate many, many #12 wire radials. As in your situation, this is somewhat unwieldy (don't want the super tripping over a spiderweb of wires!) The use of a vertical antenna invites some TVI as the majaority of TV feedlines are also vertical. I am presently using a simple end fed wire, well insulated with glass and steatite at all points and fed against ground at the point where it enters the shack. The ground is a steam pipe! I use heavy 2-inch wide braid to make the counterpoise connection. It works quite nicely on all bands 80 through 10 with a simple L-tuner made from an old ARC-5 (remeber those?) roller coil and a xmtg varaible. the proof of the proverbial pudding is that I often run my Argonaut at abt two or three watts output and am having a ball. this setup works especially well on amtor and my neighbors have no tvi whatsoever! Good luck with whatever you finally get going there. By the way, am thinking of extending my simple end fed and creating a full wave loop out of it. Very 73 de Alex, Freeport, Long Island >>AR>>