I recently had a failure of my T2X. It would stick on a particular NE heading. I pulled it down yesterday and found........ The ring gear teeth were sheared off underneath where it has the protruding
I had an A3W up which went south on me in terms of SWR. Tested everything to no avail. The problem occurred after a significant period of wind and rain. Finally got the antenna down and every one of
When you say weak ones, you need to tell us WHICH weak ones. Weak E, weak F2, weak tropo or weak ground wave. I find anything works on E. The band is open or it isn't. F2, what is that????? Oh, I rem
Oversimplification on my part. I guess for most ops this might apply. I have a high and low antenna for that reason. You're right. Steve, N4JQQ On 4/14/2013 12:41 PM, Jay Kesterson K0GU wrote: The 61
I second that. Used RF Connection for years. Hi Pete! Steve N4JQQ _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing list TowerTalk@cont
The only thing I can speak to regarding this issue is.......when I put up a tower with steel guys vs. no guys (bracketed tower), I found it virtually impossible to get my 40 and 80 meter inverted vee
I'm sure it must be the Chinese government. Steve, N4JQQ But fouling up the permissions and access list is the most common way to screw things up. To err is human, but to really foul things up requir
I have had a D3W mounted above my F12 C3E for 12 years. It is probably 15' above it with VHF antennas in between and above. The D3W works incredibly well, especially on 30 meters. Mine is at 85' m
Thanks for making that very important clarification Dick. Steve, N4JQQ On 6/18/2013 8:13 PM, Dick Green WC1M wrote: Any anchor that's exposed to soil is at risk of corrosion. Anchors sunk in concrete
Shouldn't you put Kenwood, Icom, Hy-Gain, etc., on your hit list too? This is becoming absurd. Did you make the chip in your PC? Steve, N4JQQ They are not taking any new customers it says anyway. But
That is what the bid details say. Must be cut up. Steve, N4JQQ Click on the link provided. Click on the "Lot Details" tab. This is where I think it gets fuzzy, where it says that there are "198000 LB
All of the cell companies typically hire independent contractors to do their work. You get what you pay for. Recently, over in AR, near me, a crew had a basket attached to a cell tower. The crew jump
During my time as a federal government employee, I have seen plenty of valuable electronic gear destroyed because those responsible didn't want to deal with completing the paperwork to DRMO or surplu
Fortunately, the agency I was working for didn't get that far down into the weeds. Steve, N4JQQ On 8/15/2013 2:51 PM, Jim Lux wrote: On 8/15/13 8:57 AM, Crownhaven wrote: During my time as a federal