i hate cross posting, so please don't shoot me :-] i have built one of the 1296 as seen on this thread the person the posted it had pictures:  http://www.worldwidedx.com/home-brew-mods/35899-homebrew-1-2-ghz-10-element-...   it is the WA5VJB version, i have also built other versions 145,220 MHZ...ect so if you hear me on AO-51 with a messed up signal it will be the IC-x2a's falt. Rodney kc0zhf