My objection is to the injustice of the magnitude of the loss on the homeowner's part to cover a small HOA fee and tacked on legal costs. The HOA board should never have allowed this to happen to a s
Scott, My station is on a limestone ridge with about 3 inches of soil on top. I run remote, so everything is connected all the time. In this type of environment, grounding really consists of having e
The other factor to consider is whether or not your location will allow the big crane to get on site. You may need to do some work clearing obstacles and working on the grading and/or road base if yo
At the base of the tower with a good path to a ground system at the tower is better. Best would be to also have a perimeter ground at the shack and another protector at the entrance. 73 John N5CQ My
I would use Buryflex (see http://www.davisrf.com/coax.php and http://www.eham.net/reviews/detail/4515 ) for it all. in my experience it holds up to UV exposure better than LMR400 and resists moisture
I thought it was the past tense of guyed. 73 John N5CQ It's lost and needs to be shown the way. IE...guided. 73 Roger (K8RI) amazing. signature signature signature ___________________________________
If you use Phillystran, it may be wise to have a EHS guy already made up that could replace your longest Phillystran guy (or any of the shorter ones) if they get damaged by abrasion or falling debris
There are many state and local differences, so make sure you have someone that knows the local turf. In Texas, you are responsible for the deed restrictions that are actually on file at the courthous
There are some deed restrictions that were intended to 'run with the land' that have been preempted by federal law and are thus unenforceable: (1) no future sales to specific racial groups, and (2) n
Looks like Gresham's Law applies to patents also! 73 John N5CQ obvious. MAYBE, just MAYBE, the patent covers the use of a 'wench' in the design. Or maybe a North facing plastic owl (SORRY!! I couldn'
Polyphaser PEEP8 entrance panel 73 John N5CQ Hi Jim - I'm sure that each installation is a little different. My 7/8" comes to the house slightly undeground then through a plexiglass cellar window pan
Start with your soil: low or high conductivity, wet or dry, as the basis for decisions. You are ahead to recognize there are two grounds: one for lightening protection, the other for radio frequencie
I favor the strap over wire for lighting because of the larger surface area bang for the buck. Also, there are really three grounds to consider: lightning, radio, and legal/building code ground. 73 J
Is your unit AC or DC motor? What motor voltage? How long is your cable run? Have you calculated or measured the working voltage across the motor coil? Try putting the RT-21 in 'debug' mode to see if
Prosistel controller no, Green Heron yes. You can set the minimum and maximum motor speed from 10% to 100% and the time of the ramp between the two speeds in seconds, and it works both on starting an
I believe F12 did a 'dare to compare' meme to wake people up to some of the BS claims that had plagued ham antenna marketing for years, which were a textbook example of 'brochuremanship' substituting
Rule of thumb, IMHO only, is that with an antenna below 1/4 wave you are coupling a lot of your signal to ground losses, not sending it off to be heard, and what you are sending out is at relatively