Author: Eric Rosenberg <ericrosenberg.dc@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2009 14:50:14 -0400
My tribander (a Force 12 C3-SS) sits on a roof tower approx. 6 ft above the peak of my roof. I'd like to add an Ariane Arrays (now-defunct) 2-el Moxon above my tribander and below the horizontal elem
Author: Eric Rosenberg <ericrosenberg.dc@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2009 09:48:11 -0400
My tribander (a Force 12 C3-SS) sits on a roof tower approx. 6 ft above the peak of my roof. I'd like to add a Ariane Arrays (now-defunct) *6 METER* 2-el Moxon above my tribander and below the horizo
Author: Eric Rosenberg <ericrosenberg.dc@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 6 Apr 2011 16:11:17 -0400
I have a need to bury the RG-6 or RG-59 cables from my (proposed) receive antennas, as they will be physically located on my neighbor's property (I live in the city and the lots are 44 feet wide). Co
Author: Eric Rosenberg <ericrosenberg.dc@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2011 06:25:08 -0400
I'm finally putting together new feedlines for my pennants, which are fed with SP-259 (RF) connectors. I have Snap-N Seal RF and BNC connectors but don't know what to do for PL-259s. I've never used
Author: Eric Rosenberg <ericrosenberg.dc@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2012 19:06:46 -0400
As I get older, climbing on my 30 degree pitch roof gets scarier and scarier. Does anyone have experience using a "chicken ladder" on their roof? My only experience was in Dublin (EI), where we used
Author: Eric Rosenberg <ericrosenberg.dc@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2012 12:46:12 -0400
It appears that the RS-232 function of my Rotor-EZ appears to be dead. Is it fixable, or will I need to replace it? Or should I ditch the control box altogether and gets something else (Green Heron's
Author: Eric Rosenberg <ericrosenberg.dc@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 11 Aug 2013 14:24:16 -0400
I'm in need of a decent 160 receive antenna that can fit in my 144 ft (N-S) x 44 ft (E-W) noisy urban lot. I'm surrounded by (old) power lines and near a high power AMer (WFED, formerly WTOP) at 1500
Author: Eric Rosenberg <ericrosenberg.dc@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2013 17:42:14 -0400
I have a C-3SS that I've had for a long time. It's a great antenna. A couple of yers ago, I've an EF-140 rotatable dipole that I'd like to mount on the C-3SS. I never got around to it then, but now m
Author: Eric Rosenberg <ericrosenberg.dc@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 27 May 2014 16:59:16 -0400
Jim correctly said " Rope can wear and even break if it allowed to rub over a tree branch, and even in some pulleys. Absent that problem though, yes, it's the weak spots in the antenna that break." M
Author: Eric Rosenberg <ericrosenberg.dc@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2015 23:44:09 -0400
Being the summer, I've taken down my K9AY array that was held up by a 10m tall DK9SQ mast. Unfortunetly, I am unable to unstick (for lack of a better term) the bottom two sections (the remainin secti
Author: Eric Rosenberg <ericrosenberg.dc@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 20 Mar 2016 23:34:35 -0400
I have an early C3- that needs to be aken care of this summer. I recently read (I don't remember where) someone compiling or at least making a reference to tweaks to this otherwise fine antenna. Does
Author: Eric Rosenberg <ericrosenberg.dc@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2016 14:31:04 -0400
My urban lot is small enough that I don't have much of a 40m antenna worth mentioning. I''m looking for a 40m rotatable dipole (preferably a F12 EF-140S) to add to the C3-SS on my roof. The "S"is sho
Author: Eric Rosenberg <ericrosenberg.dc@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2016 23:25:52 -0400
A nice antenna, but $700+ is *way* above my budget 73, Eric W3DQ 73 de KG2V My urban lot is small enough that I don't have much of a 40m antenna worth mentioning. I''m looking for a 40m rotatable dip
Author: Eric Rosenberg <ericrosenberg.dc@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2016 08:43:36 -0400
Thanks for all the suggestions. In addition to the obvious issue of cost, the following are two issues I need to consider: - Horizontal size and turning radius. The largest turning radius I can handl
Author: Eric Rosenberg <ericrosenberg.dc@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 14 May 2016 11:45:23 -0400
I suffer from significantly diminished fine motor skills and proprioception (the sense of the relative position of neighboring parts of the body and strength of effort being employed in movement) of
The Rotor-EZ in my CDE control box died and now I'd like to take it out and restore the box to its original state. Has anyone done it and can help me figure this out? Thanks, Eric W3DQ ______________
I'm looking for a Force 12 EF-140, the 40m rotatable dipole add-on for my (20 year old?) C3-SS. Anyone have one they no longer need or have lying around in the backyard or garage? Email me direct if
2 Questions: 1. I've come across a length of M17/60-RG142 MIL-C-17 cable that I'd like to cut up and use as jumpers in the shack. Is there anything special I need to know about putting connectors on
I'm frustrated using a potato gun or Big Shot arborist's slingshot to put up wire antennas in my city lot. A local suggested using a drone instead. Legal requirements notwithstanding (I'm in Washingt
I like my DC-3 rotor controller, but find the encoder maddening. It takes MANY turns to get to the direction you want to point at! Can anyone suggest a fix or replacement encoder? 73, Eric W3DQ Washi