I don't think this is off topic since it is a test instrument to be used with or on the tower... 1. can I use high capacity NiMh batteries with this instrument? 2. can I use LOW DISCHARGE? iow, what
thanks Tim, food for thought... did you make the rechargeable pack or was it a commercial...if so, source? I can see making one of these from a pair of NiMh 9V (for small size) and put them in the po
hmph! I was given the understanding while reading a battery store advert, that NiMh discharge at the rate of about 2% per day or week? but that more expensive LOW discharge will remain at 85%. iow, t
I am using a Cobra Senior with 100' 450 ohm ladderline run into a 1:9 balun then into a tower antenna switch then into the shack. Running a kilowatt into the antenna. Routing the ladderline is a pain
again, this is the Cobra Senior... googling it , it is found at http://www.k1jek.com/ there are 100 reviews at http://www.eham.net/reviews/detail/3798 it hears well, talks well and tunes everywhere t
Uh Rob I have the Cobra Senior, 140' long if you do not count the triple wire that is zipped together... if you do, then the dipole is 420' long plus a 100' piece of 450 ohm ladderline. again, this i
I have lived in this woman's gerrymandered district (about 5 miles wide and some 30 miles+ long stretching across North and down East side of Harris County) for almost 30 yrs and have fought to have
I am and have been for a couple of years, using a Cobra Senior which is 140' long. 100' of ladderline although the maker is now shipping it with 81' since he says everyone is snipping it off and it d
Have never seen such an animal in Houston in several years... this place is really a satellite/cable town as the antennas for Harris county are about 25 miles SW of downtown which puts them about 50
Joe, this is also true, word for word, in one county's REA district. I don't know about all counties (there are 254 of them in this state) but at least in Garza county, a friend of mine has gotten 4
yeah!! NEVER use parachute cord!!! that stuff rots thru in a year here in Houston. I only use the double braided polyester 3/16" or a size larger maybe. the 700# test stuff. I have kept a mast up for
wonder what the ARRL is doing about this?? better be something or they are going to lose some more members... fwiw chas, k5dam _______________________________________________ ________________________
A lot of people with questions on this topic.. might as well join <G>. I AM FORCED TO buy my tubing locally as I want a one piece 20 footer with about 4' in the tower. no biggie, got pipe yards all o
DID you all know... that since 12/08, this list has had 49 (this makes 50) messages with the word Palmdale in them? [that may be when I joined the list so that there may be a LOT more in archives.] t
We are installing a DB224 for 2m operation on the doghouse on a 12 story building. what sort of polyphaser(s) are we going to need for the coax going thru the bulkhead to the 50W repeater, etc? we ha
Great topic!! Interesting about the weather station and the legal limit QRO. I run some of my ladderline (feed to my Cobra Sr) within 10' of my station and it has never effected it. Perhaps that is e
short answer. don't buy trash. or you will be RE buying it forever. 73 chas / k5dam -- chasm@texas.net k5dam Houston, TX <a href='http://militarysignatures.com'> <img src='http://militarysignatures.c
I am not sure how being an internet service provider makes one an expert in NETIQUETTE... my suggestion is to go to RFC 1855 Rules of Netiquette and read these informal rules. these are the basis of
Mike is trying to burrow into solid limestone which is prevalent all over the Edward's Plateau until you get up to Lake Granite Shoals or about 40 miles North of Austin when you get into granite. but
I would still create a base plate with some all thread 1 - 1.5" diam bolts and drill the holes thru the base plate and into the basalt or whatever you have... about 3' below the base of your factory