You can estimate the length within several feet by measuring the diameter of a typical loop (they must all be approximately the same size loops within a couple inches, although you can estimate a cor
Sent from my Radio Shack TRS-80 model 100 laptop There used to be "Tailpipe Expanders" available from certain auto tool companies; I still have one. It won't, however, "shrink" pipe. I rember seeing
Your problem was likely that your pipe was ALREADY hardened, if it was 6061-T6 or 6063. You can easily expand steel tubing like that if you heat it red-hot; but I doubt you can do that with aluminum,
Some only go down to 6.5 feet, requiring doing that last foot-plus by hand. Harbor Fright and Honda used to have a "towable mini-excavator" (it was listed in HF's web page catalog as such until recen
On 4/5/2025 3:32 PM, Jim Brown wrote: On 4/5/2025 2:05 PM, Richard Solomon wrote: The more you complicate the plumbing, the easier it is to clog the toilet. Exactly right, especially about the big St
Somebody with more cents than sense. I spied a keyer paddle on the op table and no microphones... at least, none of those real fancy broadcast-types. But the FCC record doesn't seem to indicate that
It did not; contesting.com reflectors don't allow attachments; you must use groups.io reflectors instead. Steve, K0XP _______________________________________________ _________________________________
This document needs to be archived in a files section somewhere. having to do with towers/antennas. TNX, Jim; very handy! Steve, K0XP On 4/26/2025 3:26 PM, Jim Brown wrote: On 4/26/2025 3:02 PM, John
Please post such responses here, as there would be many others greatly interested. 73, Steve K0XP On 5/20/2025 8:02 AM, Dennis W0JX via TowerTalk wrote: After looking at the Mastrant Premium syntheti
But if you're satisfying, say, a HOA that is demanding "full NEC compliance"........... Or worse yet, an insurance company with which he's trying to renew his homeowner's policy. Steve, K0XP ________
An equally-important question is, What happened to K7NV's stock of spare parts?? Steve, K0XP _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk
The sheet overlap is held together with Dow Corning 736 heat-resistant RTV sealant. Paul, W9AC Believe it or not, most of the amplifier manufacturers use ordinary metallic STAPLES to hold the sheet i
On 6/25/2025 10:40 AM, John Geiger via TowerTalk wrote: The balun I was using on my TGM Communications MQ-26 miniquad died a couple of months ago. I came up with the idea today of making one myself s
On 7/3/2025 7:37 AM, cqtestk4xs-- via TowerTalk wrote: I'm no longer in a QTH where I can put up a tower, or for that matter, any antenna. So I am planning on doing some operating when we camp out.