...sounds more like the olde W6AM antenna farm 73, Jim, K4OJ k4oj@ij.net TWO WEEKS until Sweepstakes CW, make sure you work me so you will not miss the elusive South Floirda multiplier! Proud member
"Maybe if/when I put a non-conducting compensating element at the other end it will balance the weight okay." I have found that the convenient fact of plumbing being sized for ID versus booms being s
didn't K4VX use a dipole which had two parallel wires either side of center, one slightly longer than the other (think I saw it in NCJ) 73, Jim, K4OJ k4oj@ij.net TWO WEEKS until Sweepstakes CW, make
I like to use plumbing supplies for the cap motor........ Get a little short piece of PVC pipe, glue a cap on one end and glue an internal female threaded fitting on the other......then drill two 1/8
...if you look at the schematic for the Telex rotors you will see that that capacitor is always hard wired on those two terminals......so why spend money for hundreds of feet of conductor when you ca
It is very sticky and sorta globs together after a few weeks. You'll hate it when the time comes to remove it - very gooey. when using gooey sealants, a good idea is to initially tape the joint with
"Usually my feet feel like an owl's when I come down, but the platform really helps." Steel Shank work boots are a cheaper and more flexible solution ...the platform limits your working location...in
is your mounting point at the center of "moment"....the fact that they wanna keep breaking lose tells me mebbe you should re-investigate your mounting location. pinning is always an option, bear in m
"Not only is my bride a great antenna construction groundman, ahhh...ground person, but a superior go-fer as well. She has been my field day class 1B partner too. She's KE4CXI." And I might add she i
agree with the other side of the pond 100% here.... let the rotor (which is designed to do just this:) take the weight...... thrust bearings should be to maintain horizontal play, other than when you
I sorry guys to reopen this can of worms. But why do they call it a THRUST bearing??? It is used to take most of (40-60%) of the weight off of the rotor. Yes the rotor is designed to handle it, but t
Two tools used recently were very effective in easing rebuilding of a "new to me" yagi antenna. Where the telescoping aluminum pieces overlap, there needs to be good contact (GOOD CONTACT) - when reb
...are the two able to be used for wire antenna support...if so either 70 or 140 foot targets work well! 73, Jim, K4OJ k4oj@ij.net Less than 2 months until Sweepstakes CW, make sure you work me so yo
For that matter, the local big tower guru talked me out of using any sort of bearing at all for my tribander, suggesting instead that I use a Rohn pointy-top. As he says, a bearing that isn't there c
K9OFG asks: "So, how about locating the open side of the rotor bell such that the set-bolt is opposite, and loosening the u-bolts a bit at a time while tightening the set bolt till the set bolt has t
Zippo or Bic lighter......light the end of the rope...once it gets going blow out the flame and hole the rope still....the fibers turn molten - ABOVE ALL RESIST THE TEMPTATION TO FORM THE MOLTEN BLOB
The screw-in anchors I have are an over-kill, compared to the ones sold for the Rohn 25, and have a forged eye desigbed to rtake three cables. (at least that's how they look. They are 60 inches long,
Tailpipe Stretcher ...a coupla weeks ago someone put J C Whitneys web page up here and I told them I wanted a catalog.....thanks whoever did that.... I see some interesting tools in there, including
Jeff...... I am curious as to why you want to turn through South......most North American stations prefer having a dead spot NOT between EU and Japan! GL 73, Jim, K4OJ k4oj@ij.net Less than 2 months