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Hello Scott, Here is one of the 50 responses - get one of the crimp devices, described in QST several months ago, for PL259s. . Got one at Dayton - works great. Could not pull the cable from the conn
The T2X here is mounted over 250 ft from the shack. Number 12 Romex (outdoor type) is used to power the motor. Also, the phase reversal capacitor is mounted next to the T2X on the tower saving two wi
Following up on Jim's comment regarding the printer/laminate method with a question - is there a way to do white on black (white letters on black background material)? My panels are black to go with
Hello, Questions: what is a method for determining the phase relation of a pair of cables? How to adjust the cables to have the same phase? The cables are made of two different kinds of coax, FSJ-4 a
Hello, Would winding the coax choke balun around the boom be okay? Another question, would winding the coax choke balun on a 4" PVC pipe and then suspending the choke below the boom parallel with the
The PB relays have been in usesuccessfully here for a number of years in homemade ant. switches, stub switching, stack matching etc, without a problem. They handle the 1500 Watts RTTY okay. Just reme
Hello, Planning to remove the top (145 ft) Force 12 EF240X in the next several weeks due to a problem that appeared right before Christmas. The ant. suddenly shifted resonance from 7050 KHz to 7120 K
Hello, The problem was a loose cable clamp holding the shorting wire to one leg of one of the reflector's linear loading lines. For some reason didn't see it when initially looking for a problem with
The following coax routing arrangement has been trouble free for over three years at this and other installations. Position the ant. so it is pointed North (assuming you are using North centered rota
Hello Dave, The Tyco/Potter & Brumfield, RTB14012F, PCB relays work well for cold switching of HF RF. Number are used here and handle 1500 W RTTY without a problem. They're rated at 12 A, 240VAC. 73,
Need some ideas on where to look to find out why the T2X turning in the CCW direction is slower than in the CW direction. Recently noticed my T2X takes longer to turn in the CCW direction than in the
Hello, The problem with the rotor is the rod holding the series of gears used to turn the internal ring gear and the rotor had sheared off in two places. When the rotor housing was first removed, not
Good suggestion, Jim, regarding the use of the TH7 being fixed in the SE direction. That is what I have, sort of, at this location. A TH7 stack was replaced by a pair of 4 element SteppIRs. A TH6 is
Six pin trailer type connectors (male, female) are used on the TIC Ring and T2X rotators. The connector's sex at the rotor is opposite used on the back of the rotor control. Helps when trouble shoot
Need to replace the wrench used to secure and remove the clamps on an AB577. One of the wrench's prongs for engaging the clamp broke off during Field Day installation of the tower. Any ideas where to
Have you thought about just digging a hole next to the base a bit bigger and a foot or two deeper than the anticipated height of the base. Push the base into it and then fill in the hole where the ba
Hello, What can be causing my T2X to stop turning after a high wind gust? Have a T2X that won't turn after experiencing a strong, more than 30 MPH, wind. Then a day or two later the wind has subsided
Hello, Is there a single IC that will provide the same functions as the old car radio buttons? Building a direction selector for an eight direction receiving antenna system and would like to use push
Hello Matt, I've been using Tyco RTB14012F SPDT relays (12 V DC ~30 ma. nominal op. current) in all my remote antenna switching arrangements. Run 1500 Watts RTTY, SO2R. All the relays are controlled