I seem to remember that k1dg had the ultimate way to reduce the chance of getting hit by lightning to zero some years ago. It was quite by accident that he installed a tower upside down placing the
For those who are seriously concerned about lightning for either radio or work I suggest you check out: http://www.lightningstorm.com/ They have recently changed their offerings, it now looks like th
you left.... Not big enough if you run one of these! http://www.davemade.com/mobile.htm Just imaging 84kW peak in your car! Talk about St. Elmo's fire from every corner of the car! David Robbins K1T
lkeft I was wondering about that, he has AC and DC models, I wonder if the AC ones require that you pull around a 100kw generator on a trailer to power them? Maybe we should order one up and have it
Robert I kind of like these articles when confronted with claims like have been made on some antennas: http://130.94.24.217/2001/1101issue/1101skeptic.html http://130.94.24.217/2001/1201issue/1201sk
I Electrical First, there is no such thing as an rf ground. (time to put on the asbestos underware!) Any RF you generate is looking for a path back to where it came from. The most you can hope to do
of Some the forth, is measurements? of answer Unfortunately in the real world you are not going to find a station where you could take those measurements that is not encumbered with stuff that would
place around up was each If you stay within the limitations of the model's methods, which for nec have been pretty well documented, then you should be able to compare models to each other. The 'accu
You are obviously right. No one has built and measured ALL the possible combinations of antennas and surroundings so they can say for sure that the simulation numbers are absolutely right in all case
Due to the lack of snow(Buffalo, please send some this way!) I have been updating my web site a bit. Scores from 2000 and 2001 contest seasons now updated. Also lots of tech reference stuff has been
if you tried to send me mail since friday morning and i haven't replied it probably got lost. my isp tried to 'upgrade' their mail server thursday night and 'thinks' they finally got it working. also
opened, yes. found broken gears, yes. had teeth and metal chips all over and lots of grease to clean out and replace since it was full of metal. the rest, no. I closed it up and shipped back to yaesu
if you tried to send me mail since friday morning and i haven't replied it probably got lost. my isp tried to 'upgrade' their mail server thursday night and 'thinks' they finally got it working. also
find a local farm supply store and check out the electric fence wires. there are normally 1/2 mile rolls of aluminum wire pretty cheap. don't go for the zinc or copper plated stuff, it corrodes too f
its interesting that not ALL equipment supplied for ham use has 3 prong plugs. rcs-8v control boxes, comtek 4-sq control boxes, and of course most of those external dc supplies don't come with 3 pron
of course its right. there are seasonal variations in propagation and there are skew paths that are more likely at some times of the year. but there are also daily variations, they might as well say
must be a lot of these on the market right now. i should go into business on this information... send me a large sase with a couple stamps and i'll make you a copy also. i have the original documents
my new mail address is k1ttt@arrl.net please update your address books. the old ones will be valid for another month or so, but i may be slow checking for mail there. also, if you connect to my ar-cl
my new mail address is k1ttt@arrl.net please update your address books. the old ones will be valid for another month or so, but i may be slow checking for mail there. also, if you connect to my ar-cl
there are actually heat shrink tubings with a melting sealant that are made for buried or submerged splices. i have used some of it on coax connectors, granted it does seal them up, but boy is it a p