Guys, I purchased a roll of 3/16" SS wire rope which was clearly labeled 304SS from Home Depot. When I got home, I tested it with a magnet. It was highly attractive. It gets returned. I know there ar
That is the article I used to make my judgement. The reason that "magnetism matters": It is the only method at my disposal to determine real SS from fake. I simply distrust anything made in China as
I lost one trap due to exactly this. Wood wasp got into the trap and built his mud and saliva nest. I've taken a bit different route. I use fine mesh plastic window screen. The reasoning of course is
Yes, if it conducts it will radiate. This is the put up the any old thing philosophy. However, experimentation is expensive and time consuming and has the possibility of hobbling ones signal. That ca
Have had some trouble with intermittent traps and water in the traps. Look at E-HAM reviews, others have too. The water in the traps appears to come from the "downhill" trap covers not keeping water
Shawn, You say the tower is an EZWAY. Do you mean the two or three section crankup tower with the wonder ground post? I had three of them over a 10 year period in the 60's. If you do: 1) The tower is
On Long Island, we had sandy soil. The 40'tower EZway wonder post was installed. It was an unsatisfactory installation. The wonder post had to be braced when cranking tilting the tower up or down. No
Another possibility. Put the rotary 40m about 1' above the tribander and at right angles to it. The extra few feet of height lost won't amount to much. Also you would still have the advantage of poin
The problem I had with these was that the pulley wheel edges wore/rusted/pitted away. Normally the shape is concave to keep the wire rope from jumping the wheel and getting the stuck between the whee
I had a four element GEM quad (second director to reflector spacing element spacing on 20M ~22'). I modeled it in EZNEC. With ground reflection gain, it came in about 15 dbi on 20M. Subtract about 6d
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWi0wlSyU3U 73, de Nate >> "Winging it" was not a good idea. Complete lack of planning. Might have cost them one chopper and a life or two. de K3KO -- No virus found i
I'm not sure one would ever notice the tree effects on HF. There are lots of other things (e.g., no balun at the feedpoint, feedline routing and objects in the near field, ground terrain variations )