Yeah, I'm not contacting them again. As far as I can tell, their answers are useless, often incorrect, and contradicted by their own agency's behavior...

Don't kick yourself about this; you were trying to make something happen that the seller didn't really want to do in the first place. You got really c...

Oh, man!!! I looked at this same deal but saw the local pickup and knew I couldn't do it. Would have been a sweet deal for you; I'm so sorry!

if you're installing close to an obstruction (i.e., in your house), I think that wiring and the materials in the house will absorb part of the signal....

I'd prefer to have the transmitter outside, but I'm in Oklahoma where we get up above 110F some summers, and down to 0F some winters... and while New ...

I'm now looking at (over time) having the Hurricane inside, running coax out to a 1" copper pipe with a choke to keep the signal from feeding back and...

@richpowers Looks like I'm "15" on the FCC's map, although I'm not sure exactly what that means...@artisan-radio Should the radials be 3 meters as wel...

Now that's an interesting possibility!I'm going to stop sweating a lot of this, try to do the right thing, and get my station going. If I can get 1/4 ...

Not sure what you're saying there Grounding the transmitters could benefit some transmitters more than others. Most of us will run a 3 meter anten...

@artisan-radio I am starting to get the feeling they're annoyed I'm even asking about all this. Even the first response back was pretty snarky.I want ...

I'm with you that the ground leads count. I was looking at an old test on Hobby Broadcaster and they GROUNDED the transmitters! That tells you how all...

@richpowers I misspoke on the Rangemaster. I was thinking about the Talking House and didn't think about the Rangemaster putting the entire transmitte...

@richpowers Yes, I joined a decade ago but never got serious about it; I'm getting serious about it now. :)I'm not as knowledgeable as I'd like to be,...