<snip> <snip> I always love what Carroll Smith had to say about various lockwashers etc in his book "Nuts, Bolts, Fasteners and Plumbing Handbook" He wasn't a big fan, and does the math why once they
I have a d140 mounted above my c3ss. Don't know the current model 73 de KG2V _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing list Tow
The one that bugs me re Fastenal is that if you ship it to the store, in stock, same as if you have it shipped direct. What, they can't put it in one of their deliveries -- 73 de KG2V Charlie _______
Speaking of Broadcast band interference I always see that you should run a BCB filter if you are "Close" to a transmitter - but define "close"? I'm 7.8 miles from the highest power AM Stick in the na
<snip> <snip> I sort of worry about the idea of any kind of ball/roller bearing in what is basically a static situation One of the big issues they found in cars was there was more damage done to a ca
I'm running burryflex (150 ft run) for 80-10 (no 160 here), with the last 30 ft of the 80 being "in the air" to the dipole I _SERIOUSLY_ considered heliax, but NOT for signal. Look at expected life
<snip> Everyone misses why I like DIN and/or N connectors I've never had much luck with UHF crimp connectors, despite investing quite a bit. I've NEVER had N or BNC CLAMP connector fail me (I have al
Wax also works. Heat it in a double boiler, pour it in. Ever need to get it out? Heat again -- 73 de KG2V Charlie _______________________________________________ _____________________________________
Roger, VB 4,5 and 6 were compiled, but need a run time library. VB.net is JIT compiled like Java, however the latest 1 or 2 give the ability to pre compile, just like C# -- 73 de KG2V Charlie _______
Big if. I have some stuff that still depends on COM Dlls. Long live DLL Hell (Thank Karl Peterson for that term BTW) I even saw a "Backwards" DLL recently - the .NET interface called it's COM interf
Nah, the best backups are Glonass and Galileo, with BeiDou coming along. There are a lot of boxes out now that do GPs (navstar is the proper name of the sat part) AND GLONASS (Russian equivalent) and
The problem with anodizing is that it is non conductive -- 73 de KG2V Charlie _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing list To
I keep thinking about this. I know that silver brazing aka Silver HARD solder (not silver soft solder - the stuff used these days for plumbing) is code, but rare except at things like some commercia
Great minds think alike - I just posted a similar question. I have about 4 tubes of silphos sitting here (Dad was an HVAC mechanic for 40+ years), as will as other Hard silver solder (as in what you
Looks nice, but one thing I just have not been able to understand for years Tower thrust bearings are a LOW rotation speed, high load application, probably the WORST place to use ball bearings. I wo
Yeah, I suspect they will I'm sort of surprised however that they aren't made that way, although by FEEL, that may be how the Yaesu thrust bearing is made. Heck, a piece of UMHW PE would probably wo
<snip> <snip> Which is why I said we don't need torlon of vespil <g> Usually, if you are using those, you get them injection molded to shape, unless it is a high buck one off, as they material is rea
<snip> Ah, but remember, it isn't exposed to UV, as it is INSIDE the bearing housing. Heat is an issue, which is why I did NOT suggest Delrin, but Nylatron is good at much higher heat levels. For th
<snip> <snip> Don't forget that your MAST is going to expand 12*100 ppm too, so it'll be a bit less than that Nylatron 66 is at 80ppm, go with MD grade it is 50ppm ___________________________________
<anip> I guess your science teacher "Back when" didn't do what mine did. He had a steel ball (on a handle, and a steel ring (ditto). At room temp, the ball would NOT fit through the ring - maybe 1/32