It is just rolling over to Saturday here in Tampa....so for one last = time before the fun begins in 12 hours at 1600Z just thought I would = remind everyone that: The Florida QSO Party is 0 Days Awa
a large amount of weight is supported by a very smal area your typical obese ham standing on a tower rung the net effect is for the point of load bearing (your sole) to be subjected to this weight ov
is this the mixed drink reflector... Scothckote - try ginger ale mebbe.... I wonder though - since it srts gooey if you add a solvent to make already partially hardened Scothkite gooey-er will it sti
What a great idea! These do look great, Arne I sent them Kwik Block an e-mail asking who their Florida supplier was...I am about to attempt putting up a couple of verticals this Spring and these woul
Who says the internet is a waste of time? I have been in correspondence with Brad Marsh of the Kwik Block people and here is their latest response...I am taking the liberty of posting Brad's e-mail t
I have had good luck using house wiring as per K8CC's suggestion in NCJ about 20 years ago... You can get a mega spool of it at a home center...the conductors should be more than enough for your need
That is a tall order! The normal output voltages of the CDE could be used to close relays which would switch the significantly higher current requirements of a prop pitch....using the CDE box is kind
Hi Tom! Your friend, the W2, ought to watch his step - make sure you have some really good dwgs in case an engineer just happens to stop by and inspect things! What he really needs though is some nic
Something I am sorry I never saw - the Foul Wx Bluff QTH of W7RM...but was it the shot over water to JA or the cliffs behind the antennas shielding out USA QRM - with a straight shot over the Pacific
ships are always turning....making knowing which way a directional antenna was pointed too complex - it is "ever-changing" - only when at anchor would you know your bearings...or have a clue as to wh
I once opened up a telrex box balun to find it full of sand - or something akin to it....was very distressed! I may be able to help you with a lead on some parts for the TB6EM...let me know what you
I got to disagree with you on this one K4RV... No way is having a crank down and or tiltover better - I would go with the guyed tower over and over again - ESPECIALLY AFTER SEEING WHAT ANDREW DID! If
I think your fooling yourself... Having seen what Andrew did - NOTHING - no matter how low it is is any less likely to become airborne! I saw the sides of mobile homes wrapped around avocado trees...
you want to know what helpless is.... Helpless is watching a foldover tower crash into the ground because the weld on the manufacturer's winch spool broke... This happened on my mother's birthday one
I am waiting for the professionals to reply... I see you have never witnessed a foldover/nested tower collapse...something which can never happen with a fixed tower...period! Again I think you are re
foldovers...compare the Isee - the tower must be safe therefore I will just start climbing it... If the tower can "settle" an extra inch or That is interesting...you mean like check to make sure ever
"Convince me a fall from a fixed tower is 'safer' than a step ladder." Oh I get it - that is what this is about - Fear of Falling! Now I understand where you are coming from....it has nothing to do w
I am glad you enjoyed my presentation...if memory serves I had a death of a cold and was full of cold medicine. After Andrew my father drove around and saw what survived...as far as commercial towers
Since you saw it (Andrew) too, I cannot believe you think that you could be spared by having a foldover well tied down... In your own post you pointed out how Mother Nature snapped poles, etc...yet y