Please don't use #6 for your radials. Too inductive and small for the current. If you must use round members, #2 is the minimum recommended although 2/0 would be the best. Even better than round memb
Sure. The area providing current flow, however, will be just the outside circumference (IMHO). This is kinda sorta the same thing as using copperweld or in cable TV copper-clad aluminum or steel. I'm
I had no problems with an unguyed Titan. The tuning tubes did get out of absolutley perfect alignment, but that didn't seem to have much of an effect on SWR etc. Some folks had problems, which I assu
Well, the more acid it is the quicker the aluminum/tinned/galvanized will be zapped; ditto the copper in alkaline soil. Howewver, yes, if your soil is acidic go with aluminum tinned or galvanized mat
No, they don't contradict each other, I just wasn't clear. Let's start over. 1. If your soil is acidic, you want to go with aluminum/tinned/galvanized. 2. If your soil is neutral or alkaline, you wan
Actually it didn't. Look at the map at the beginning of each show (or come to northwest Nevada). The Ponderosa itself was located on the eastern shore of Lake Tahoe. Virginia City was where the Ponde
Whoa, Easy, big fellah. With that attitude you'd wind up with LESS than zero. THEY hold all the cards. THEY tell you what is possible. THEY levy fines. THEY issue building permits. YOU got squat. Che
-- what do you think the good folks in Tombstone would have done >g< 73 Stu Stu Greene WA2MOE 7537 North 28th Avenue Phoenix, Arizona 85051 USA E-Mail: wa2moe@doitnow.com Phone (602)864-1990 And if t
Actually, had George and his friends been around today, the revolution would never have occurred! Too apathetic. Still in all, the Revolution was fought by the poor at the behest of the rich, who wer
Sometimes common sense and a cool andrational approach works too. Over a decade ago I lived in an area of northern NJ which had no really restrictive controls at all (well, you needed building permit
Or in this case ethics cleansing (Doesn't apply to either Fred or Stu, I just couldn't resist the pun) Bob AA0CY -- It's so simple. The problem might not be rooted in atorneys but they exacerbate the
Once again, this subject (as well as lightning) proves the veracity of the saying we in the dog show world have used for eons (or at least a couple of decades): Those who think they know everything r
No, no, you have it all wrong. This is America and if enough people do it incorrectly, it eventually becomes valid. That's the "American Way" and is why "payed" is now an acceptable variant of "paid.
For LMR, the post designationd DB (as in LMR600DB) would indicate direct burial. However, it was my understanding shortly before leaving PolyPhaser (which, like Times Microwave, is owned by Smith Ind
You didn't misread. However, those who believe that continuous guys can significently affect the pattern insist that the study didn't take enough permutations into account and is hterefore valid only
Oh Oh, sounds a bit like what happened with PolyPhaser! 73, Bob AA0CY Greetings, TowerTalkians -- I have just found out that Art Hambleton, K1ART, ex-K1LL, is no longer with Cushcraft. That combined
While Anchor Guard was one of the major forces behind EIA/TIA 222 F which precluded the use of copper in the grounding system, I think they tried to solve a complex issue simplistically. There is mor
PolyPhaser does not use these coils as a static drain. It is part of a filter design (L-C) which has been found to yield the best voltage and energy let-through results ever (picoJoules). 73, Bob Wan
Contact Ron Block at W.R. Block and Associates, Clarksboro, NJ 800 421 7170 for PolyPhaser's Tutorial on Lightning and Grounding "The 'Grounds' for Lightning and EMP Protection" as well as their cata
PolyPhaser won't. The philosophy is that they had no control over the installation and cannot verify it was done properly. Tongue in cheek, if their main guru came and supervised. Then they'd pay out