I bought an Icom AH-705! 

The menus are not identical but they are very very very close to being. And no, I hadn't found the "Tune on PTT" yet. I really should sit down and read the owners manual on this radio. Thanks for the info.

Very nice!

I checked this morning, yup I'm still a man.

That's the idea. I'm hoping to use it for oddball band stuff that I don't have an antenna cut for.

Thanks!

I thought he would have it for sale already but he is still getting the final details hammered out.

Now I need to dive down the Rybakov rabbit hole. Thanks Mike!

Why is 25 feet the length for a 4:1 though? Rybakov is a fisher /angler in Russian and the recommendations I've followed for my 4:1 were "Any wire length that is non resonant, like those shown above, will work with the 4:1 ratio. As an example, a 28-31 foot wire will typically allow 40 thru 10 meter coverage and a 43-50 foot wire will provide access to 80 thru 10 meters. Longer wire is always more efficient but is usually best kept under 300 feet as the characteristics of a Beverage antenna begin to show up beyond this length. Always keep the non- resonant length requirement in mind. The same counterpoise, radials or ground as described above for the 9:1 ratio is also required". (I don't think I can link it here).

@@HAMRADIODUDE In addition to the regular Rybakov, I’ve made mine a linked Rybakov too, which adds another 25 feet, making it 50 feet long. I did that to make it better for 40-80m. I did a few videos on it and even did QRP POTA activations with it on 60m and 80m. While I’ve used the 25’ Rybakov for 40m, it’s much better with the longer wire.

@@MikeN2MAK this makes sense then. Thanks. I thought you were saying that essentially it must be 25 ft. That threw me off and I was wondering if there was some kind of magic to it. I appreciate it

@@HAMRADIODUDE No problem. 25 feet also happens to be the length for a 3/8-wave on 20 meters, which has a lower takeoff angle for DX. The impedance for that should be around 200 Ohms too, which is is where the 4:1 UnUn comes in. Carlos is right, the Rybakov is a rabbit hole, LOL.