Make it even easier: apply the electrical tape with the adhesive side out. Then the coax seal (or butyl tape). When sliced it will literally fall off the connector. Ken K6MR _________________________
Keep telling yourself: Land of the Free..... K6MR I am presently in discussion ( argument ) with US Fish and Wildlife over property that I own that I want to build a retirement home on. They dispute
I have not personally used the feature, but if you dont mind using a logging program as the controller N1MM Logger will control multiple rotators at the same time. You just need to define the antenna
You can buy the exact connector that MFJ/Hygain uses at Mouser. Much cheaper than from MFJ. The metal plate and cable clamp on the bottom on the rotator are pretty cheap direct from MFJ. Add a short
The aforementioned fire victim was me. The 20 foot steel ends on the guys were of little help when the flames were 100 feet high. The tower was 80 feet, and everything on the tower that wasnt steel w
The tower did have a strange color to it. And I dont think any of the sections were still straight once it went over. I didnt take any chances and just had the demo guy scrape it all up into a pile a
Yes, the Calfire crew got here just as the house was starting to burn. The fire moved from the north to the south, and unfortunately the shack/workshop/tower was on the north side of the property. Th
I have one Idiom Press card in a TailTwister and it works great. Unfortunately I think Idiom Press is out of business, or at least they are not responding to new orders. I tried to buy another one bu
Destiny Electronic has a series of MOVs that use 20K as the model number. Try here: http://destiny-electronic.com.my/userfiles/file/product/electronic-component/varistor/Varistor-20K-Series.pdf Ken K
Yes. Broken link. Ken K6MR Anyone else having trouble downloading K7TJR's presentation? N2TK, Tony The 2014 Dayton Hamvention Antenna forum slide decks are now posted. Go to http://www.k3lr.com Click
The minor annoyance of keeping tied off doesnt seem like a big deal when something like this happens. A bit farther down the site is an article about a wrongful death lawsuit for an unlighted tower l
You should never use just 1 gorilla hook: 100% tie off means two hooks, only one of which is removed at a time. Yes, it takes longer. But (see article that started this thread). Ken K6MR I have said
Easy Rotor Control: http://schmidt-alba.de/eshop/index.php?XTCsid=b090e4551e417d75e20863faa57346a8 They are the anti-Idiom Press: great products and great customer service. If you get the ERC-M you c
If it's pool season, look for the brightly colored "noodles" made for kids in the pool. They are about 2" diameter so you get padding in case you do walk into them. Slice them down one side and they
If they are real Rohn bolt kits they have lock nuts. No washers required. If you look at the nuts, one side will have 3 little indentations on the face of the nut. They are galvanized for a reason. G
If your crankup does not have a pull down cable (typical for those shipped with a manual boat winch), be *very* careful running it down with a motorized winch. If the sections pinch due to wind loadi
The problem with HyGain yagis in general is that they are not torque balanced. So the antenna is constantly beating against the brake (or the drive system if turning) if there is any wind blowing. I
Nicopress sleeves. Ken K6MR Over the years, it seems that most antenna manufacturers have moved to using some form of Nylock nuts (the nuts with the nylon insert for "high vibration" applications). I
Or just make the boom truss cable all one piece. Then just hang it over a bracket on the mast. Self adjusting and no turnbuckles required. Move the mast clamp to get the boom horizontal. Ken K6MR The
Dont know how he did it but I use an electric winch with a remote control. Im another of the solo installers. Ken K6MR I seem to recall a thread a long time ago about how Bill, KM9P, put up his tower