It may have SOME effect, but the main thing is to lay down plenty of radials. In my experience, and opinion, the length of radials in or on the ground is not as important as the number of them! A rad
Here's a brand new big hammer drill for $69 -- I have one .. 73, Mark AA6DX http://tinyurl.com/iz0x -- Original Message -- From: "Jim Harris" <jimsportal@netscape.net> To: <nq4i@contesting.com>; <tow
Yep .. I was a "postee" ... There are new folks aboard, apparently ...And, if you will recall, my solution was to have an SDS bit become the "donee" ... lopped off with my 4?" air cutoff tool - Then,
Well .. here comes the non-engineer solution .. I used HEAVY DUTY stainless hose clamps for that. Never had a problem. Of course, that depends on the weight of the mast, and if you've stuck an 8? M 3
And .. as I always add, when the "stuffing" is brought up .. think about using OAKUM .. check here for some pix.. 73, Mark AA6DX http://home.pacbell.net/aa6dx/oakum.html -- Original Message -- From:
That is why I use Epson printers .. I can get the non-OEM cartridges .. NEW ... CHEAP .. and, in over 70+ cartridges, only had to throw ONE away .. my cartridges cost about 3-5 bux apiece, and I don'
Hmmm ... should be on the TT archives. Well .. here is the scoop I have been sending now and then.. It WAS a sale item up until now .. a Harborfreight special. Like $65 ? -- and a fine piece of equip
Well, each and every Mosely I have ever had .. several ... preformed (sic) exactly as I expected they would, and I have been quite satisfied. My 5 el 20m (46' boom) came a little off on the pre-drill
Bob, NA6T, and I, have the 15M version of the original LONG JOHN ... it is a MONDO beam! Unfortunately, it is stored in the horizontally grounded position .. Boy, did it play at my Redding, CA contes
My Wilson DB-54 of the 70s @ 75' played just swell ... 40' boom, 5 on 20, 4 on 15 .. The design was also featured in the ARRL Handbook of the era -- or was it their antenna book? Hmm .. nope, think i
I concur ... it is not the 10M causing that problem, for sure! 73 -- Mark ../ AA6DX -- Original Message -- From: "Michael Tope" <W4EF@dellroy.com> To: "Scott R." <w4pa@yahoo.com>; <towertalk@contesti
Don was my favorite contact on 40M CW in the late afternoons, when I would come home "early" after having been to work for 8-10 hours... he would be mobile, and give me a "shout" -- we would swap nor
Well.. are you expecting a hurricane or like that, in the meantime? .... About 6 days works swell. 73 Mark -- AA6DX Weather Stations", and lot's more. Call Toll Free, 1-800-333-9041 with any question
Hey ... you that are wanting to lay some ground wires for your verticals, check out the Black & Decker EdgeHog ... about 90 bux, at Wally World, and you can use it for other "normal" edging, too! Bur
Hiya .. anybody out there that can help me with the specs on a 7' Alinco aluminum roof tower (quad-pod) -- just bought one, but don't want to overload (too much .. HIHIHI) ... I have the thrust beari
I have the ferrite beads on the pigtail on my PRO-67B that came from ye olde WA7NIN ARRL SS contest set up .. They are stored along with the aerial (which is for sale) on my flat roof .. if anybody n
How many times have you found the "remnants" of duck tape on a tower leg, or wrapped on the boom of a beam? When I lived in the hot Sacramento Valley, the tape just disintegrated! I can never think o
Well .. just FYI .. my Mosely 5 el 20M monobander (46' Boom) would kick the britches off of a brand new Sabre Log Periodic .. same power, approximately same antenna height .. located about 3 miles ap