Been such a rough year, we really need this one! Pirate Jeep Tour scheduled, and hoping to do another day of Adastra Gardens and the Atlantis Aquarium.
Not sure what could be going on. I have an 814+ score in all credit reporting agencies. I have 0 new cards in the last 6 months, 4 in the last year. 0 inquiries in the last 6 months, 3 in the last year. Salary is greater than $150k a year, keep my balances to under 3%, have a bit over $130k in credit. What could be preventing me from qualifying for this card?
Can't figure out how to accomplish that task. I don't see a way to put a time range in the "AND" section of the automation. Ideas?
I recently got an FP300 from Aqara. It didn't come with a metal disk that I could mount to the wall to attach. I can't seem to find anywhere that sells those discs. Anyone have a place I can get one?
Greetings all!
Here is my situation. I had a 119' End Fed Random Wire antenna, going to a 9:1 unun, then 17' of coax, then a 1:1 choke, then 50' coax into the shack, then another 1:1 choke, into my MFJ-939 Auto-tuner, then to my IC-7300 transceiver. Everything was working great! Less than 1.6 SWR across the bands from 6m to 160m. With the majority less than 1.3.
I went outside one day last week and noticed the antenna drooping more than normal. So, I went to the tree, and pulled the slack back to where it was. Went into the shack, and noticed everything was completely out of whack! Here were the new SWR readings:
6m - 2.22
10m 1.98
12m 1.36
15m 1.48
17m 1.29
20m 2.07
30m 1.00
40m 1.13
60m - Wouldn't even transmit, so must have been well over 2.50
80m - 1.27
160m - Same as 60. In fact, keying up in 160 and 60 reset the USB out of the transceiver.
I went outside again, checked the length of the wire. It was now 121'. So, I reduced it back to 119' (I had 20' of extra and a knot must have slipped. Checked the cable for breaks, checked the feedpoint end which looked good. Powered back up and zero changes! Still crappy on 160, 60, 20, 10 and 6. I replaced the unun just to make sure it wasn't that and no change at all. I'm outta ideas. What the heck could have happened? I ordered another 150' of wire just in case it broke somewhere I couldn't see, but I just don't get it. Why only those bands, especially 20m?
An update. I checked for continuity of the wire and it was good. Put the antenna back up and rechecked. Still had a massive problem transmitting on 160, it would shut down the USB. That said to me it was RF backfeed, but I knew I had an RF choke. Looking closer, I put the danged RF choke after the ATU, not before. So, I fixed that. Now it's antenna in, rf choke, atu in, atu out radio in. Rechecked and that problem is fixed. Things are looking good again except the SWR is still a lot higher than it was on 20m. Here are the new numbers (after the ATU):
160m - 1.34
80m - 1.01
60M - 1.00
40M - 1.22
30M - 1.00
20M 1.84
17M - 1.03
15M - 1.44
12M 1.21
10M 1.02
6m - 1.36
Sure would like to get the 20M back to where it was before this mishap! Everything else looks awesome!
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A recent thread I saw many state that US credit cards require a US address to apply or bank accounts, etc, etc. Does this mean that if I move to say Panama after I retire, I would have to cancel all 11 of my US credit cards and close all my US bank accounts?
Greetings all, I'm not an expert in this, and have just been getting cards to get the best cash back value. Not really chasing SUBs, not really interested in miles as I only fly once a year mainly to the caribbean on American Airlines for my yearly vacation.
Stay in hotels (95% Hilton) about 8 or 9 times a year.
Grocery spend about $600 a month
Gas spend about $280 per month
Restaurant spend about $800 a month
Amazon spend about $1000 a month
Income $200,000 a year
FICO Average 795
Discover IT (0 AF) - 5% categories
Amazon (0 AF) - 5% Amazon
Hilton Aspire ($550 AF) - 5.6% Hilton Stays and free night
Wells Fargo AJ ($95 AF) - 5% other hotels, 4% airlines
Costco (0 AF) - 5% Costco gas, 2% costco purchases
USB Altitude Connect (0 AF) - 3% non-costco gas, Priority Pass
NCFU Flagship Rewards ($49 AF) - Amazon Prime membership
Capital One Savor (0 AF) - 3% dining, 3% groceries
TMobile (0 AF) - $10 discount per line
BofA Sandals ($99 AF) - Sandals stays
Wells Fargo AC (0 AF) - 2% everything else
Anything I'm missing?
Was rather surprised they can't control their own cameras, or am I missing something?