A few quick clicks in Google Maps, and you are there. Yes, Terry, a nice chap, that I mostly remember from the 3Y0PI Peter I DXpedition, and the follow up DX Convention in Visalia Here is an aerial p
I think Dave Leeson mentioned in his book, that he used a similar rubber donut steering coupler from a BMW automobile. A Google image search of "steering coupler" brings up many examples: http://www.
Looking for 4 sets (24 Bolts, 12 ea of two sizes, as I recall) of Rohn 25 Bolts.... Also looking to transport 40 ft of Rohn 25 from Fresno to the Bay area, or perhaps Monterey. Maybe someone headed i
Due to space storage problems, I have to reduce my stock of high power RF Capacitors; Inductors, switches, etc. Anyone building a tuner or antenna that needs, vac variables, doorknob caps, hammarlund
Does anyone know how long a copyright holds for an antenna book? I recovered from storage two beautifully written books on Rhombic Antennas. that are probably classics. One, from Collins Radio, about
Wow... What a refreshing thread. Has numerous relevences to my current activities. In surfing the AT&T Long Lines site histories referred to in this thread today, I briefly came across a site where a
This Morning's ABC Good Morning America featured a story about some elderly folks kicked out, forced to sell, their house because they chose to raise a grandchild, which was against the Community Ass
Guys, This technique probably has some decades of history... I wonder how may injuries/fatalities, helo crashes, etc they have experienced? If you were a contractor, how much per hour would you charg
While looking for more Helicopter Servicing Videos of HV lines, I found some must-see HV line spectaculars. Sorry for off topic content, but these are must see, and will give extra respect for keepin
Folks, I agree fully with Paul. When building and maintaining the N6IJ contest station with which the Army blessed us at the site, with numerous 70' wooden poles, mostly installed in the 60s, I inves
Tom, and Group: I was able to get a local Electronics distributer to offer to supply steps, upon order. If you google "Pole Hardware" You get a lot of suppliers, with catalogs, some indexed according
Clay, and group: Garry, NI6T, is an avid, successful contester/DXer, with just about all the awards you can get, with an antenna(s) high in a redwood tree, and could give a lot of seasoned advice to
(Snip) Boy, that brings back memories of seasoned comments by Steve, K7LXC, on this list, years ago, about how much of a jump in pucker factor there is in climbing from the sturdy, massive triangula
Google "anemometer circuit" And you will find a bunch of different kinds of simple anemometer cirucits that are easy to homebrew... 73, DX, de Pat AA6EG aa6eg@hotmail.com; Skype: Sparky599 Moon or Bu
Folks: Check out http://www.surplussales.com/Relays/rfopen.html for a number of RF switching relays.... scroll down to a relay; RNF100-SP for a good one under 10 dollars, and several others to look a
That elusive DB just reared it head at Jamesburg. We discovered that our dish has neither parabolas, or hyperbolas as part of normal Cassegrain surfaces. Mike Brenner, our laser metrologist just dete
Folks: Somewhere on the ARRL website is a downloadable CD file, that is the report of an Navy Postgrauate School Team, that for decades has studied and ameliorated HF and other RFI sources of noise,
(snip) I see the classic single climbing belt is being pushed out of use, for better, safer techniques and equpment. I used the single strap belt for years in (cable TV) industry, decades ago. Even w
Jim, Here is some good info on choke baluns... See: http://www.k1ttt.net/technote/airbalun.html Sincerely, Pat Barthelow aa6eg@hotmail.com http://www.jamesburgdish.org Jamesburg Earth Station Moon Bo