ORIGINAL MESSAGE: -- REPLY FOLLOWS -- Wild Country, the manufacturer of the Ropeman does not specify a particular type of rope, only the rope's diameter. I have seen some hollow core polyester ropes
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: -- REPLY FOLLOWS -- Did you mean to say "...reduce the INSIDE diameter accordingly"? Bill W6WRT _______________________________________________ _____________________________________
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: On Fri, 1 Jun 2007 14:18:52 -0400, "jeremy-ca" <km1h@jeremy.mv.com> wrote: -- REPLY FOLLOWS -- Amen to that. I had forgotten about those shims and that is another reason I will neve
I just received my nice new EBM PABST blower from Newark, very fast shipping by the way, but there is a problem. This is really dumb. How do you hook it up? Don't laugh till you hear the details. The
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: -- REPLY FOLLOWS -- Not only did I make a typo, I posted to the wrong reflector. Double duh! The last one should be 141.3 ohms and it should have been posted to the ham_amplifiers g
Has anyone done some EZNEC files on a SteppIR? I would be interested to compare the patterns with a comparable, but fixed element, non-trapped yagi. It would be especially useful to have a series of
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: On Mon, 11 Jun 2007 15:00:18 -0400, "Tom Rauch" <w8ji@contesting.com> wrote: -- REPLY FOLLOWS -- Spot on, as they say. SteppIR is becoming a religion, much like Collins. Bill W6WRT
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: -- REPLY FOLLOWS -- Better how? Gain? F/B? Width of main lobe? Absence of side lobes? What? Nearly all antennas are 100% efficient at squirting out the RF, it is just a question of
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: -- REPLY FOLLOWS -- Even better than delete is the "I" key if you are using Agent by Forte as your email program. Just hit "I" and it ignores the entire thread, both now and future.
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: -- REPLY FOLLOWS -- I like the free-standing approach. I don't like guy wires because I don't trust them and they need regular watching and possibly maintenance. A free-standing tow
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: -- REPLY FOLLOWS -- Sarah should simply spray herself with galvanized paint. Bill W6WRT _______________________________________________ _____________________________________________
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: -- REPLY FOLLOWS -- No, no, no. Copperweld only. Copper, hard drawn or not, is relatively soft and will eventually break and you will have a job on your hands. Ok, copperweld will e
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: -- REPLY FOLLOWS -- Interesting thought about the Teflon. And fastening is indeed important. Ideally you want some kind of strain relief so the wire does not flex from a hard point.
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: -- REPLY FOLLOWS -- If you are interested in measuring the effectiveness of your ground you can perform an experiment, if you have an SWR analyzer or the equivalent. A 1/4 wave vert
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: -- REPLY FOLLOWS -- I can see how perhaps the presence of wire radials in addition to earth (or swimming pool) ground might affect feedpoint impedance leading to a wrong conclusion,
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: On Thu, 21 Jun 2007 14:45:20 -0700 (PDT), John Cowan <w0tmm@yahoo.com> wrote: -- REPLY FOLLOWS -- If it shows only resistance and no reactance, I'd check he meter's calibration. Sou
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: -- REPLY FOLLOWS -- What kind of ground are you wanting to improve? 1. AC mains safety ground? 2. Lightning protection ground? 3. RF ground for transmitting and receiving? If #3, wh
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: On Wed, 27 Jun 2007 07:39:44 -0400, Bill Winkis <kc4pe@mindspring.com> wrote: -- REPLY FOLLOWS -- How about rapping the tower sharply with an iron pipe or something similar? I would
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: -- REPLY FOLLOWS -- That would only be effective for lightning protection, not for AC mains or RF grounding. For AC mains, follow the local code requirements. Most likely it require
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: -- REPLY FOLLOWS -- This has to be a hoax. Nobody could be that stupid. Bill W6WRT _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ To