Many thanks guys! (KW7R, N1HWC and pfds531 in VE2-land) With all of this help, I'll have no problem getting them on order tomorrow. 73, Roger W5RD Murphy, Texas ______________________________________
I have been reading the aluminum tower threads recently and thought I would add some data on the aluminum tower I had a number of years ago, maybe before some of you were born!. Anyway, in the early
There's an interesting demo program from the British consultancy firm Plextek, which shows how a 'four-square' configuration can be adjusted to produce two simultaneous nulls while still maximizing t
I have a HDX555 and am wanting to mount 3 vertical antennas above my CL-33. I would mount a Comet 3 band antenna (long and skinny co-linear) centered on top of the steel mast above the CL-33 and to e
In October, I put up a UST HDX555, 55 ft. crank up. It called for a 5 X 5 X 7 ft hole, but we ended up been slightly larger (5 X 6 X 8). We ordered 10 yards ($85 a yard) of 3000 psi concrete, as the
Anything you say, Ken. Right now you're reading about 5000 counts per second. -- 73 from Ian GM3SEK _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ Tow
Hi I wish to lift a 60' Bergey tower. They sell a winch kit that attaches a winch to a guy anchor. The kit is pretty expensive. To use my own winch, what would you recommend I attach the winch to..bu
Last month, my son dug a specified 5 X 5 X 7 ft. hole for my HDX555. It ended up being more like 6 X 6 X 8, but a bigger hole is never worse in this case. It only hurts you in the pocket book (I had
With one more capacitor, it probably wouldn't be difficult to make the same network match on 40m as well, without switching. As a starting-point, try doubling all the L and C values in this 40/20m de
Welcome to the Wet Coast of Europe, Barry. The main cable entry here is in a similar exposed situation. First of all, don't use a large diameter unless you absolutely have to... and it seems like you
Tin/lead solder will continue to be available. Assuming the US regulations follow those already existing in Europe, tin/lead solder will be legal to sell, legal to buy, and legal for us to use. The E
Well, I couldn't wait. The HDX555 arrived here on a mogo sized flatbed semi-trailer at 10 AM this morning. We had it off the trailer in a few minutes. No problem using the BobCat with forks. We laid
The Bobcat is over at my older sons house who is using it this evening. I will get it back tonight for tomorrow. We'll put the forks on and be ready for the shipper tomorrow at 8 AM. Weather still ho
We have had clear and no rain weather here in North Texas for more than a month. So far, I have been fortunate to be able to dig the hole, order the rebar and get it bent, get hole with rebar cage in
[...] http://www.sm2cew.com/plow.htm Not quite big enough for Bill's cables, but a very good source of ideas. It also confirms that just everybody needs to own a red Volvo tractor. -- 73 from Ian GM3
Have you downloaded the latest HFTA instructions from the ARRL site? http://www.arrl.org/notes/9876/HFTA.pdf (updated Sep 10th, 2007) -- 73 from Ian GM3SEK 'In Practice' columnist for RadCom (RSGB) h
Thanks for the confirmation, Roger. Heat shrink tubing lined with hot melt glue is readily available in Europe. I use it a lot for waterproofing, and also to increase the pull strength on small conne
Please can we confirm what is meant by 'flooded' heat shrink tubing? Are we talking about tubing that is coated internally with fairly normal type of hot-melt glue... or can it also be something else
As well as locking the threads, Loctite is designed to seal them against penetration by water and moist air, so it's one of the best things you can possibly do to prevent corrosion. Nyloc nuts. That
We beat 'grades of Loctite' to death in August of this year. The archive is at http://tinyurl.com/yoxjdg I'm not a high-volume user, but have never had a single failure with Loctite 242... and that d