Hi Tom, You may want to try opening the RCS-8V remote box and cleaning the contacts. I recommend a business card sprayed with a contact cleaning solution on both sides. Just run it beween the contact
My guess is that it is just atmospheric corrosion on the contacts. It does not seem to be related to burning/arcing. Jim W4LC symptoms the the SWR only the
I have used a ProSearch controller for years. It has given flawless performance. I have the Owner's Manual which I can copy, if it would be a help to anyone. Jim W4LC Weather Stations", and lot's mor
I believe Bill is closer to being correct. Comparison of a quad may be described as stacked, quarter-wave, end-fed 2-element Yagis. Perfomance (from what I've read, and also from my past 9.5 years ex
Amen. I operated second floor for years without an "RF Ground". No problems. I now use an MFJ961 artificial ground and counterpoise on the 2nd floor, but I am not convinced that it does much. Maybe o
I put together a Force12 C3SS two weeks ago. My Swingline pop riveter would not grab the mandrils of the supplied aluminum rivets. I bought a cheap store brand riveter at Ace hardware and it worked p
I had a Lightning Bolt 5-band quad up for 11 years, until an ice storm snapped the boom last Feb. When I took it down, the wires were still like new. I believe they were conposed of an alloy used in
I have one and the tuner in the TS850SAT seems to handle it ok. One thing you will want to do with this is to drill a couple drain holes in the bottom of the "line isolator" and "feed balun". Water W
I have had an Alumatower crank up in use for 11 years. No problems and no complaints. Still looks and functions as new. It is virtually maintenace free also. It has a stainless cable. Just periodic l
Also, running a business card lightly sprayed with contact solvent between the contacts occasionally will be beneficial. Jim W4LC _______________________________________________ _____________________
My AlumaTower crank up has a positive pull down, and has a lock mechanism whereby the tower can be locked at any cross member point at any height. This is a spring powered piece that flips down and l
It's a smaller one. The T-40H. Only two sections. Jim Jim I'm wondering which Aluma tower you have? I have a 75 ft. HD and there isn't a pull down cable on it there are 2 more cables that are called