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Well I placed the order for the ft-891. I would have sprung for a 7300 but the extra features wouldn't have done me much good living in a cardboard box after the wife found out I spent that much.
Also got a power supply and single band dipole I have to cut to length. Probably going to setup on 10m until I get my general ticket.
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make the dipole a bit too long.
hang it up where you decide to keep it, set the 891 to low power, CW or something with a carrier(not SSB), and check your SWR
trim it to DIP the SWR around 28.400
set the radio to USB and tune around 28.300 - 28.500
here's a 10m, heard from the US, DX spotter link...
https://dxwatch.com/dxsd1/dxsd1.php?f=717the very first contact I ever made was on 10m. I heard a 6 lander calling CQ and answered him
He was so happy that I picked him for my very first QSO, that he mailed me a card that same day.