HA HA HA Been there done that.....Dad used to have a special shallow cardboard box he would use when he seperated the housing halves on the Ham-M....otherwise know as.... "Their Off" boing boing boin
Ya know, I heard him on ssb once - sounded like "HoH Soch bang Xray HoD" guy he was talkin' too was somebody named "Chang" think he called him a General or something.... Something about successfully
...agreed on all counts - but since this is an antenna/tower forum we should not talk up the WPX CW contest this weekend where some of us will be using funky calls like WC4E. K4OJ
BE VERY CAREFUL HERE - SPECIFYING WHAT IS AND ISN'T OK CAN COME BACK TO BITE YOU AND OTHERS.... RECOMMEND YOU WORK WITH THE ARRL ON THIS - YOU MIGHT TRY THE ANTENNA LAW REFLECTOR, TOO... Like I say t
I have indeed mis-spoken - the 200 foot requirement is the only thing alluded to in FCC docs regarding your license (or at least used to be)....other than that it has been no questions asked.... late
...........somebody ages ago pointed out that on one install they had improved (decreased) their feedline loss by using some better hard line for part of the run - as it turned out the adding of two
while the perfect splice is non apparent at HF according to Tom, W8JI and others - in my real world I say minimized the connectors, minimize the splices...they are only potential failure points, espe
Boom 75 feet - at 6 meters...how many elements! Also - what is your desired footprint - where do you want to be loud - N6BV all the right angles does a good job of explaining why sometimes low is goo
Good question...from W4RNL resource page the publisher is named as LTA - I know Radio Bookstore took over some of the LTA lines but do not see this book listed on their web page... Author: R. Dean St
K4XS has had great success bipping and bopping for years...I think this is because he has the real thing - stacks of big yagis placed at calculated heights to produce the desired footprints. ...I am
Author: Jim White" <k4oj@tampabay.rr.com (Jim White)
Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2002 10:14:45 -0500
so, you are saying that a wrap of tape coated with Scotchkote to seal it followed by a UV shielding protective wrap of 88 is overkill, now? what is amazing to me is the number of guys who appear to b
Author: Jim White" <k4oj@tampabay.rr.com (Jim White)
Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2002 19:34:06 -0500
Are we sure this isn't all planned obsolesence? Very few can afford to routinely buy a new HF rig with a four digit price tag... So, we do it say once or twice a cycle, mebbe... SO, if a compnay has
Author: Jim White" <k4oj@tampabay.rr.com (Jim White)
Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2002 21:41:34 -0500
....if you like "real ham radio" I recommend you check out your local contesting club...it may be the last vestage of HF operators who still know how to make dipoles or dip finals! 73, Jim, K4OJ firs
Author: Jim White" <k4oj@tampabay.rr.com (Jim White)
Date: Thu, 4 Apr 2002 22:05:49 -0500
Chris, I suspect you are new to this list... One of the things the moderator, K7LXC, repeats over and over again is to do what the manufacturer calls for. As a professional I know whaty he is saying
Author: Jim White" <k4oj@tampabay.rr.com (Jim White)
Date: Sun, 7 Apr 2002 16:37:56 -0400
Every so often this topic re-surfaces...so, I will take the turn this time... The 40-2CD works very very well... I really would love to see someone develope a 40-3CD or 40-4CD based upon it... It see