I have bought toroids before from this bay seller ... and other "stuff" .. good to deal with. These are small ones, like the size of a quarter, might be OK .. I am using his larger ones on my main br
Hmmm ... all this got me to thinking ... I never have used a flexible coupling twixt the mast rotator aerial .. BUT .. wonder how a super-duper radiator hose, with spring in it and all, would hold up
http://www.mpja.com/ 73 Mark Nelson - AA6DX mailto: AA6DX@ARRL.NET Does anyone have any idea what has happened to Marlin P. Jones and Associates? I have bought all kinds of stuff there for my station
As to the epoxy ~~~ I spent a couple days a while back researching that subject, and I have NO qualms using epoxy ... if you get the right one, it provides better adhesion to the J bolt (not used any
No waaarrrsss in trees? Wow ... first I have heard of that one. Kinda makes you wonder, whatever happened that made the solons decide to enact that regulation? Musta been some kind of "trigger"? Or a
Double Thrusts? Been there, done that more than once ..Rohn 45 Flop-Over and straight-up, old Richfield gas station tower, et al ... never had a problem, just be sure the alignment is correct. Would
For safety's sake ... a quality clamp (muffler type) very slightly above the top --or for that matter, the one in the tower on its mounting plate ..thrust bearing will address that issue... as to the
re: Hy-Gain BN-86 -- dirt and dust and moisture, especially during the ARRL SS and CQWW DX contests. Phhhht! core ... and leave you in a lurch. (Especially during contests) Done all of the above. Int
Back in the 60s-70s, Hy-Gain advertised/sold the 204 and the 3-L 15M -- I had that setup in `73 ... was on a 10 foot mast, so spacing must not have been over 7 feet ... on top of a 67' crankup .. wor
These patents are up for grabs... interesting, ehhh? http://www.patentmonkey.com/PM/Home/tabid/94/ctl/List/mid/857/Default.aspx 73 - Mark Nelson - AA6DX AA6DX@ARRL.NET _______________________________
It came up here with no results found. Hmmm.. try this .. go to this website and in "Term 1" type antenna rotator http://www.patentmonkey.com Sri bt tht ... Mark _____________________________________
I would suggest the HY-GAIN part no. 5137000 -- the fold-over bracket for the DX 77A -- which I have for going camping, field day type activities, etc -- have a mount the wheel of my SUV goes over, -
Hi .. not surprised the Empire State Building gets hit 100 times a year, but ..... there is a ton + of electronics and antennas, and transmitters up there! Whew! 73 ... Mark .. AA6DX http://tinyurl.c
Actually, pull multiple messenger lines. .. . you will `preciate it down the road.. Make the conduit BIG in the first place... whatta hey? Worky worky 73 .. Mark AA6DX@ARRL.NET Use the messenger line
Art-- don't worry about being "underground" -- when the time comes to move, simply go rent a Bosch electric jackhammer, and wham bang the concrete down a foot or so, and then cover... worky worky ...
Good buys on big wire, fuse blox, etc.. Can get that voltage out the the BIG rotators! Nice to deal with, have bought from them before .. 73 http://www.sherco-auto.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=C
Too bad they don't put Coca-Cola in the small bottles any longer .. HIHI (Actually, in 60s-70s we did use coke bottles for insulators for verticals!) Try Comtek http://www.comteksystems.com/tower-ins
In the way far past, in my climbing/constructing days, I did it thusly: Take some regular cardboard box material, then rough cut it to fit in the tower's triangle ... then, cut the ears for the legs,
Bob-- there were at least 3 versions of the TH5DX -- the latter one had a 19' boom, the earlier 2(?) were 18'. The one offered in the 1982 era was the TH5Mk2, which was promoted thusly: "The TH5 is n
As an ex-beekeeper, and from a family of them, you can find wax at any hippyfest selling honey, and also at health stores, at times ..Look for apiary shops and bee supply stores .. have it by the ton