Cushcraft only made the 4-pole antenna. And I think they still do. They MAY be Telewave, but I think they only made/make fiberglass antennas. Thanks 73 Jim W7RY 73, Roger On 11/17/2018 5:35 PM, K4IDC
Agreed! Thanks 73 Jim W7RY Chuck W6RD 73, Roger On 11/17/2018 5:35 PM, K4IDC@comcast.net wrote: Hello to the group. I have one each VHF & UHF vertical omni array as shown in the photos in the link be
Agreed Jeff! Get the part number off of the connector. Download the correct install sheet. Thanks 73 Jim W7RY On 11/18/2018 8:25 PM, Jeff DePolo wrote: You'd have to screw up REALLY badly to have an
Pretty difficult to strip Teflon cable with a thermo knife? Thanks 73 Jim W7RY If you have a multiblade coax stripper, that's the best way, after you burn through a foot or three of scrap getting the
Yup. Burning teflon produces phosgine gas. Which is pretty toxic I hear? Jim w7ry Sent from my wireless communicator _______________________________________________ __________________________________
It's air dialectic. So pressurize or use indoors only. It's also plenum rated. So use indoors or put in conduit and pressurize. From this, doesn't look like they make pressurized connectors. Andrew c
Is every list on ham radio now about FT8? I just left a list because of that! Make is STOP! Thanks 73 Jim W7RY Users of FT8 should be aware that K1JT's WSJT-X development team has been busy with vers
This is TOWER talk! Not FT8 talk. Why would you post it in the first place? Thanks 73 Jim W7RY 73, Jim K9YC I just left a list because of that! Make is STOP! Thanks 73 Jim W7RY On 11/28/2018 2:23 PM,
A cookie sheet is much more practical for this. Rather than a high sided bucket. Thanks 73 Jim W7RY Hint to those who have never taken one of these rotators apart. After you remove the bolts/screws h
Intermittent dirty relay? Lightning or static damaged the T/R relay? Is there a cap to ground (30-40 pF) that has shorted or changed value. The cap is used to cancel out the inductive reactance in th
A tree climber can put screw eyes and good pulleys into trunks and limbs.. Lasts much longer than ropes over limbs. 73 Jim W7RY _______________________________________________ _______________________
Best stuff ever made! I use if for mounting boxes on the tower, dipole standoff arms, side mounting small fiberglass UHF, VHF and TV antennas. https://www.unistrut.us/resources/literature https://www
See what happens when you run WAY TOO MUCH power in Seattle? https://www.thebdr.net/articles/haps.html#11/8/18 11/8/18- Stations at Seattle's Tiger Mountain site were sending smoke signals About 3 pa
Agreed! And Kindorf and Unistrut also comes in Stainless... Get out your $$ though. Thanks 73 Jim W7RY On 1/4/2019 12:23 PM, jimlux wrote: On 1/4/19 9:58 AM, Jim wrote: Best stuff ever made! I use if
I attempted to rebuild a KT34 XA with the new kit supplied by M2. The kit was older, but new in the box. I never could get it to work or the SWR to be halfway reasonable. I sold it as parts/not work
If traps were as lossy and you think, why don't they just smoke and burn up when on RTTY at 1500 watts? Get your calculator out, and if they really are that lossy, would they would catch fire dissipa
I ran 1500 watts to a TH7 in southwest Washington for 15 years in RTTY contests. It finally blew up after 15 years. Most likely water or bugs in the 15 meter trap. Took it down and moved to Missouri
Agreed Jeff! And VERY well said Tony! Thanks 73 Jim W7RY 73/jeff/ac0c alpha-charlie-zero-charlie www.ac0c.com On 09-Jan-19 8:54 PM, Tony Brock-Fisher via TowerTalk wrote: When working, the KT36-XA is
Simple. Inductive coupling between the brake transformer in the rotor control box (which is pretty large) and a transformer in the filter. It can also be a ground loop, but most likely as above. Than
I've never seen a "staked" nut for R25 through R65 tower bolts in my 45+ years of putting them up. Something the "new Rohn" is doing? Probably not going to find them locally but perhaps. Just looked