I must have soldered hundreds of these nasty little things over the years and it just occurred to me there might be a better way to do the center conductor. I have always trimmed the center conductor
Exactly. And the corollary is that DX signals, coming down from the ionosphere, do not suffer this horizontal attenuation. This is why a horizontally polarized antenna receive skywave signals just fi
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: -- REPLY FOLLOWS -- Does the crimp tool do the center conductor also? Bill, W6WRT _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ Tow
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: -- REPLY FOLLOWS -- I'd suggest you chromate it first using Alodine or the equivalent. I have no experience with chromated aluminum buried in the earth, but above ground it becomes
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: -- REPLY FOLLOWS -- Aluminum is by far the commonest metal on the earth's surface, about 8% of the total, compared with copper which is less than .01%. Aluminum house wiring got a b
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: -- REPLY FOLLOWS -- Such things do exist. I don't have any in my house at present, but a few years ago I purchased one which advertised itself as being free from RF interference and
I'm considering building a long yagi for 20 meters and I see the ARRL antenna book recommends using 3" aluminum tubing for the boom. One thing I don't find is how to connect the sections together. Th
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: -- REPLY FOLLOWS -- Thanks, Frank. That sounds like a very good way to go, probably what I'll end up doing. Sitting here drooling just thinking about a 48 foot yagi. :-) 73, Bill W6
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: -- REPLY FOLLOWS -- Other than getting into the Guinness Book of World Records, one has to wonder why anyone would bother with such a project. It's the old story of the more gain yo
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: -- REPLY FOLLOWS -- For about $97,000.00 less, I have done that with a lower signal report and had just as much fun, I suspect. Maybe more. To each his own. Bill, W6WRT ____________
Nearly all of the all-metal yagis I've seen have the elements mounted on top of the boom. I wonder why? If they were mounted under the boom, gravity would be working to keep the boom in place instead
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: -- REPLY FOLLOWS -- That depends on the computer power setup. Some keyboards and mice remain on so you can bring the computer out of standby by pressing a key or moving the mouse. I
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: -- REPLY FOLLOWS -- That depends on the individual computer. When my computer is off but still plugged in, my mouse is still lit up. This is NOT "sleep" mode,it is completely off. T
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: -- REPLY FOLLOWS -- That is true as long as the elements above the boom are perfectly centered above the boom, but when there is wind or other twisting force applied, then gravity b
I've read the PolyPhaser document on protection for ham stations but it is vague on how to protect rotator cables. First, I wonder how much protection, if any, is needed in the first place? In my tow
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: -- REPLY FOLLOWS -- One thing you didn't mention is how much power you will be running. Many if not all of the multiband verticals will not take full legal power, especially with ca
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: -- REPLY FOLLOWS -- The manual says 2kw pep. While that is enough for CW and SSB, I doubt if it will handle 1500 watts of RTTY at a high duty cycle as is done during a contest for a
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: -- REPLY FOLLOWS -- I checked on this yesterday and they were out of stock. "Back in stock soon" is what they say. Bill, W6WRT _______________________________________________ ______
ORIGINAL MESSAGE: -- REPLY FOLLOWS -- Changing the height affects the optimum "takeoff angle". Antennas relatively low to the ground radiate most of their power straight up or nearly so, but that can