What bands are we talking here? How tall of a crankup? Jim W7RY Trying to figure out the best long-term solution for low loss coax up a crank up tower. I like LMR600 but have read that the Ultraflex
Old news. Discussed here at great lengths many weeks ago. Sorry Jim W7RY https://www.radioworld.com/news-and-business/headlines/hey-who-stole-my-tower 73, Jeff KH6O __________________________________
I stand corrected. It was the picture of the tower that was downed for the coax that I saw down lower on the page. The tower was not insured? Seems a bit odd.... 73, Jim W7RY Discussed here at great
I agree. I had this exact problem on 80 meters when living close to AM broadcast. Put a balun at the feedpoint, and the problem went away. I suggest to install a DC to ground balun at the antenna. Th
I know I don't care Jim. After all... This is Tower Talk. Not the elecraft admiration society. There I said it. Jim W7RY 73, Jim K9YC -- Forwarded Message -- Subject: Re: [Elecraft] H40WA needs ur
NEVER NEVER EVER use this junk! NEVER! Its not silicone, its not self fusing... Its just plain junk! Jim W7RY On 3/9/2024 2:27 PM, Steve Jones wrote: Garry, Here's the stuff I use. https://amateurrad
Here is what Jim is talking about: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=rescue+tape&crid=1A0RFM6JW3PHT&sprefix=rescue+tape%2Caps%2C102&ref=nb_sb_noss_1 You can get it at your local hardware store too. I also
And there is usually lots of it at hamfests (especially Dayton) for pretty cheep! It works great as you describe John. BUT, make sure your first wrap (we call it the courtesy wrap) is not very long.
I just love all of the fake crap that comes across this mailing list! It't like reading today's news stories. Jim W7RY On 3/10/2024 6:04 AM, Rob Atkinson wrote: I'm pretty certain that the pros use b
Send an official DETAILED complaint to the FCC and copy the ARRL section manager, and headquarters. And you folks wonder why I despise FT8. Jim W7RY On 4/9/2024 3:11 PM, Mike Ryan wrote: Gentlemen, P
You are entitled to your opinion. Jim W7RY 73, Pete N4ZR The archive for Towertalk@contesting.com is here: http://lists.contesting.com/archives//html/towertalk/ 73, Mike W4EF............. On 4/14/202
Feel free to take it to towertalk@groups.io where any conversation about antennas is always welcome and not frowned upon. Ever! Jim w7ry _______________________________________________ ______________
Exactly Steve. Just another "follow the statistics" mantra. Where the statistics are entirely flawed and are of no value. Jim W7RY On 4/29/2024 9:32 AM, Steve Harrison wrote: On 4/28/2024 6:13 AM, Jo
Is there a bearing on the top of the tower? How far below the bearing is the rotor? How long is the mast? Jim W7RY 73 Matt KM5VI Chuckle! Got on the air two months short of 70 years ago and there was
Fixed the subject line.... Jim W7RY 73 Matt KM5VI --Original Message-- From: TowerTalk <towertalk-bounces@contesting.com> On Behalf Of Don Tucker Sent: Monday, April 29, 2024 12:57 PM To: towertalk@c
In my opinion, DTF (distance to fault) measuring the return loss is a much more informative measurement. You can see the bad spots in the coax, were they dont make specs. You cant do that with just a
Look at the link just sent. I should cover that. Jim W7RY So..is it better to measure with the 50ohm dummy termination.....OR a Short? And what is the difference in the readings shown? I'm sure this
Why do you ask? is MFJ out of stock of them? Jim W7RY -de John NI0K _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing list TowerTalk@co
I had one of these and they are very nicely built. I never did install it, but the design is superb. Jim W7RY Jon P. Zaimes, AA1K ( en route Dayton) Tower climber for hire http://www.aa1k.us/ Cell:
How did they fail? What failed? What was the installation on? Indoors or outdoors? etc... etc... A little detail always helps all of us! Jim W7RY On Saturday, March 30, 2024 at 11:28:18 AM MST, Wes