In the Southwest, perhaps we are lucky, but RF current meters frequently turn up in ham swap meets. Look in those crowded boxes under the tables of more recent stuff! -Stuart K5KVH
George, and the group. I had a chance to study the cable choke bead arrangement for the Force 12 Sigma 5, 20 to 10 meter vertical dipole we use on a lab project. Interestingly, the control cable lies
I believe your beads are about the same as Force 12's. Well, it may well be the coupling is increased with all the individual control wires. If forget if they use an overall shield braid. Certainly m
Oh yes, but I always look on the back for the extra screws of the internal thermocouple mounts! More of them have been turning up at Belton than external mounts. I have not seen an external thermocou
Excuse me, but the Argonaut V has a very effective attenuator and wide enough dynamic range that I do not miss a variable RF gain control. -Stuart K5KVH
There are many places for reviews to happen; however, since eham is just one user's opinion (Hopefully); the accepted standard of reviews in the technical side are those in QST Laboratory reports. (w
Mark, Are you sure the mic is rated in "dBm"? usually mics are rated in relative dB below one volt which is the audio standard with volt often left off the spec. A mike might be advertised as having
Perhaps there are two inputs? And they are rating the back panel connector and the mike connector. The mike connector would be the more standard so many negative dB implying the one volt reference. A
Ken, You are thinking of dbmw dB re one milliwatt; and the VU "Volume Unit" both of which are usually spec'd across 600 ohm impedance. VU was used in radio Broadcast consoles while the dBmw was in th
Folks, it was called to my attention that the get together for La Palapa restaurant at Cameron and 290 Hwy, shows the restaurant "west" of Cameron, when it is EAST. You turn north on Cameron Rd. from
The direct URL for Austin's Summerfest ham convention and swap meet is: www.austinsummerfest.org It is also linked from the clubs web pages, www.austinhams.org, but I had trouble seeing the link in i
The bands have been pretty poor to rely on WWV for the past couple of weeks. Wait until propagation is not so affected by major solar storms. 73, Stuart K5KVH
Thank you Bill for the good wishes, I expect us to use either W5KA or W5TQ for Field Day call. Hope to work you, it is also hoped conditions will pick up for Field Day! We use 1.5 wave horizontal loo
Another source of the TT mic connectors is any distributor with the import line of connectors with brand name "Philmore". Austin Amateur Radio Supply who advertise in QST is one vendor of those. Prob