Or get the BC station filter from MFJ...it works very well. 73, dave wa3gin -- Original Message -- From: "Mike Rhodes" <weightdn@roadrunner.com> To: "Towertalk" <towertalk@contesting.com> Sent: Satur
Great web site for those interested in the history of KFI...many great pics of the historic radio site. http://www.oldradio.com/archives/stations/LA/kfipix.htm 73, Dave Wa3gin _______________________
Out here in Virginia we watch the input impedence and as we add radials it drops...we stop adding radials when the impedence stops dropping.... Verticals ssem to be working fine...on the 40m cage it
Another approach might be to use two 30ft sections of 3" irrigation tubing. We did this for a Field Day antenna. Used a block of pressure treated 4X4 that was turned on the ends to slip into the tubi
TB6-EM for sale. Reasonable offers will be seriously considered. The antenna has been stored in doors for the past 10 years. New stainless hardware kit from factory (unopened). Bought from original o
Hi Folks, Looking for comments regarding questions about the Pan Cake dipole antenna: What is the theory behind the antenna configuration? Has anyone attempted to model the antenna? What is the expec
Whole house protects the big gear like AC compressors, HVAC blowers, for sensitive electronic gear like your HDTV, Ham Radio, PC you are required to installed end-point surge protectors. I put all th
Who said I bought cheap UPS gear, haha. Yes, your points are well taken. Been there... spent plenty of time running on NOC UPS for a few minutes till the gen got up to speed...hate having the severs
It is one cable per section. The bottom of each section has a two cables connected that run up to the top of the section over a pulley and back down to the top of the the preceeding section. They all
Same here...complete cable set for CT-100. Excellent customer service. 73, dave wa3gin _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailin
What caught my eye was the way they mounted the trust bearing on the crank-up mast. Looks like three solid rods that connect the rotor mount plate to the thrust bearing plate....taking the side momen
Did it occur to anyone that perhaps the firm in Italy has acquired the rights to reproduce the product. Why all the drama. Why doesn't someone just email Stepper and ask them. geez __________________
Did anyone mention the PVC sewer pipe compression caps used by plumbers? They fit inside the pipe, you twist a butterfly knob that expands a rubber seal which presses up against the inside of the pip
NOTE BENI: The ANC 4 has a RF sensor for switching...if you operate QRP or drive an amplifier with less than 100 watts there is a potential for the ANC-4 to not switch over which will cause the sensi
Hi Folks, In search of replacement transmformer for Tailtwister control box. The little transformer just fried about a week after an EZROTOR control board was installed. It was working great then pti
Thanks to all those that responded direct. I replaced the little meter transformer with a replacement transformer (120VAC input 27VAC output). This time I fused the output of the transformer. I conne
Interesting thread. The Triex CT-100 is a 100ft crank-up tower. It is a guyed tower (at three locations). The tower sections are lifted by a single cable. Each section raises the next section by use
YUP...our emergency command vehicles have 60ft pneumatic mast and each tube has two pins. The entire weight of the mast rest on two pins with a surface area of less than a 1/2 inch square (that inclu
Here are a few links that might be useful to better help understand how baluns are used and the effect they are hoped to produce. http://www.qsl.net/iz7ath/web/02_brew/11_balun/pag01_eng.htm http://w