Due'ly "echoed", Steve Davis, DAVIS RF Co. www.davisRF.com << To: towertalk@contesting.com Hi Kevin, Any amount of water in the coax will cause the problem you see and potentially others as well as t
<< Subj: Re: [TowerTalk] New QTH To: <towertalk@contesting.com> Date: 98-04-29 08:48:44 EDT From: DavisRFinc To: N3SL CC: Orion@connriver.net, n8ug@juno.com Hi Steve, My firm is a distributor for Pol
<< Why bother to hose your coax? If it doesn't need armor, get direct burial and be done with it! Unless you provide drainage, air, or desiccant it will get wet. Jim Bradshaw, ac6tk >> I have to agre
<< I recently bought and am now using a most remarkable stealth wire, Davis' #WM-34, 26 AWG 19-strand copper clad steel with HDPE black jacket. I defy you to find it near or in trees, etc! And, runni
<< I have gotten a pretty good deal on about 300-400ft of an RG8 type cable. I'm hoping someone can tell me something about it. It is marked "Comm/scope Network Cable 3222 RG8 vsat type II Burial cab
To those of you who asked for details and have been patiently (I hope) waiting, my apologies. I obtained a copy of some data I had given to Jim KF4HK, Comtek Systems (phased array switch boxes) as I
Bill, ref your need for specs for Comm/Scope 3222: As I thought, it is a discontinued item, but that's not an evil, as this item should have a quite long shelf life. Also, it is a Polyeth jacket as I
Hi I have a 4 el vertical phased array, 1/4 wave high / spaced, on 80. I'd like to replace the fold over 65 ft alum verticals with towers due to ice load, etc. haven't bught tower for years. What wou
<< Sounds like you have already done what I would like to do. I now have the land and was wondering if I could use Alum mast to make my 4 sq. I do not have the ice and snow problems here in Tennessee
<< Hi Steve! I enjoyed reading about your 80M phased array. I have a question that perhaps you can answer for me about the old Colatchco switching system. Hi Dick. I'll do some digging and see what I
<< Thank you, very much, for your description of the 80 Mtr 4-Square antenna! It was the sort of reflector information that I wish we had a lot more of on the reflector! Rod, N5HV >> You're quite wel
<< give it a shot! Press Jones, N8UG, The Wireman, Inc. >> Kent, if you would, please advise Press or myself as to your results. I'm curious because we carry RG22B for various non-RF applications. On
CA, QSL? Steve -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/towertalkfaq.html Submissions: towertalk@contesting.com Administrative requests: towertalk-REQUEST@contesting.com Problems: owner-towertalk@con
<< could anyone tell me the losses of rg8 and 7/8' cellflex cable. or any place in the web to find a table with this numbers Hi Ernesto, Using Belden as a reference for RG8, the loss data for their #
Hi folks. I would appreciate any input as to the following. Occassionally we hear that certain pieces of equipment (xcvrs, etc.) require a special cable to interface to another peripheral, etc. As cu
Tnx for being patient. I dug thru the archives to try to find the 80 m. vertical spec's, to no avail. I then contacted Jim Miller at Comtek and he sent me a copy of a drawing I had sent him years ago
Hi Roger, as my first input to TT, I hope this answer doesn't sound short or presumptuous. Do beams have more than one wind load specification? Yes; however the industry assumes that the max. load sp
Hi Roger, your points are well taken: In a message dated 97-11-11 00:07:08 EST, you write: << I'll try once more to clarify by restating my question.... Is it preferable to turn or park one's beam in
Hi, I'm looking for reliable/quality mfr/distrib sources of 75 watt, 24 vdc solar panels and associated VR's, deep cycle batteries and low wattage fluorescant lighting (all items not necessarily from
<< Would you take info from someone who has made solar energy a hobby? >> Hi Mary Frances, yes, I certainly appreciate your info and experience. Commercial solutions often are facilitated by ham and