Yes, the rotational force applied to the smaller guy WILL be far less. The way I visualize it to understand this is to imagine another guy equalizer plate but with only two guy wires instead of thre
Stretching before and after the climb also helps prevent muscle soreness the next day, particularly for folks who climb infrequently. 73, Dave WD5N -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/towertalkf
Greetings: I thought I would pass on some info about a fairly unique (to me) concrete mixer that may be of use to others, particularly for small jobs. It is called "Od-Job" and I ordered it from a He
<snip> Okay, I admit that I know nothing of insurance matters, but I wouldn't think that a lightning surge would be considered "artificially induced". Lightning is about as "natural" as it gets! 73,
I have the 40 add-on on my cushcraft A4. It works fine, although the bandwidth is very limited (pick CW or phone, can't have both without a tuner). I have heard people in the past say that a full-siz
Charlie, W0YG, gave a very good brief tutorial on sniffing noise. Here is a bit of additional info. SSB is also a good mode for locating noise. I use a Santec 2M Handitalkie (made by Bellcore) that h
Steve: About 20 years ago I tried making a 40-10 inverted vee using flat 4-conductor rotor cable. I had seen an article describing it. Didn't work, very high SWR on all bands. I discovered that as I
Brent: I just put a regular PL259 connector on the end of the coax. Then I take a panel mount SO239, solder a short wire to the center pin and another to one of the flange mounting holes, and attach
Hi Terry, In this case, the SO239 is just laying on the fiberglass center insulator. I use #12 solid insulated wire from the SO239 to the elements, and the wires are just barely long enough to reach
We have had some difficulty with the systems here at work and they say that some mail might not be getting through, so my apologies if someone else has already provided this info: The Rohn catalog I
Since grounding seems to be one of the major threads these days, I throw in this info, FWIW: Another local ham told me his "secret" to getting a good ground was to take copper flashing (I think he us