Guys, I looked up W3CRA, on Google, got a reference to his Location in Cannonsburg PA, near Pittsburg, could not find it by text search in Google Maps, but found it by map searching on Google maps...
Hey Jim, Great discovery... another one... Here is the URL for a map near us in Santa Cruz CA. http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=37,-122&spn=0.029097,0.042400&t=k&hl=en Now, just copy that url and subst
I may learn somethng here.....It is my gut level impression that buried concrete in wet or damp ground absorbs moisture. Isn't concrete porous, easily absorbing water thorugh it's contact surface wit
Folks, I found an interesting vendor site, for Pole/Tower hardware....brackets, clamps, etc... Might be worth looking at if you have a difficult mounting challenge, especially on wooden poles. So far
Blake: Dont know the exact URL, but put "Green Bay Packet Radio" Into Google and you will get there... An extremely good, useful site-resource 73, DX, de Pat Barthelow aae6g@hotmail.com _____________
Folks: We (about 17 regional area hams) just had a wonderful tour of the KGO radio 810 station, in San Francisco. KGO is a Class 1B Clear channel station of 50KW. Its North-South Roughly beam pattern
Has anyone tried a Sawsall power saw? They are very cheap at Harbor freight. Caution; Had a friend almost lose a hand when the sawsall he used kicked back and the reciprocating blade landed heavily o
KGO in SF, 50KW Radio 810 has a huge signal beamed from Alaska to Central America at night. Their vertical array is in extra salty water in SF Bay. (shared with salt evaporation ponds next door.) The
Hi Bob, and group, Three times in, say the last 10 years, I was asked to look at a rotor problem that had an unusual and unexpected cause...2, using the Yaesu Rotors. Yours might not be this, but be
Folks: If the daunting task of permitting, engineering, constructing, and implementing a fixed tower at your home runs into so many roadblocks, hinderances, can you/we rethink this? If you purchased
Thanks for the resource Tom. Folks: I checked the site, looking for some 1/4" 7 x 19 lift cable for my Tristao 54 foot crank up. The listing for the 1/4" stuff is here: http://www.farmtek.com/webapp/
Scott Said to Kelly Johnson: Kelly, I have alot of experience in this area. find, then buy, very cheap land way out in boonies (that has telephone service Snip:... Then setup a simple remote control
73 Alan NV8A Hi Alan and Group, I use the Buckingham style strap, the same as has been used in the CATV industry, and Telco industry for decades. See if you can find one to look over before dismissin
Dino Leblanc Inquired: Dino, Go To McFarland Cascasde website. They have an on line quoting engine for any kind of pole you specify. Fill that out and they will contact you by return email... 3 years
Hello John, Local util companies are good places to look, else, this company can issue a quote for any desired wood pole, delivered anywhere in US. They simply fetch a customer desired pole from clos
I often wondered if birds on wire antennas can 'feel' High power RF running through their feet. I tested this question, keying 1KW on 80m to a Discone at N6IJ. A large crow often alighted on the disk
Precip Static: Somebody should record rain/snow/precip static when they hear it, and post the audio file clip on a web site for others to hear and learn... 73, DX, de Pat Barthelow AA6EG aa6eg@hotmai
AA6EG, Pat needs confirmation: I have been told that if you need to solder to alumium, using ordinary solder, and rosin flux, that it is possible to take an aluminum object, lay a small squeeze of mo
Hello Craig: What you are referring to is a transmission line commonly called a G-line, designed by Goubau, and Schwering, a single insulated wire spanning the distance to the antenna, and having con
Folks, I am helping a local university bring up an HF station equipped with Winlink Modems and softare to use as a medium for teaching computer networking and security. The station antenna is set up