Hans, I'll bet it can, hi,hi. I'll tell you one thing they sure don't scare the birds away. I bought one from HRO and put it on the very top of the mast on my tower. I didn't notice any decrease in t
Steve, You are quite right. Duly noted. No more on divining rods from me.................. Back to our forum, hi,hi. I couldn't find much in the archives on solutions to birds on our antennas. I want
Gordon, I am using the Bird-X Model BGX and haven't had any problems so far with RFI from it. I have it plugged into a dedicated circuit for the tower drive winch whether that makes any difference. 7
I am experimenting with a flag antenna for receiving on 80 to hopefully orient it so our local power line noise is reduced. The noise been up to S6 to S7 on 80 meters. I am using a full wave delta lo
Dick, That is encouraging. I hope I can get a drop like that in the received noise. Thanks for the feedback. Bob K6UJ _______________________________________________ _________________________________
It is a "guilded" tower you guys. By being plated with gold it will be a marvelous shunt fed tower for 160. Bob K6UJ _______________________________________________ __________________________________
The HDX-689 is rated for 60 sq ft not 50 sq ft. It has twice the capacity of the HDX-589. Bob K6UJ _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ Towe
Guy, Maybe I'm all wet but you can get spray belt dressing for auto fan belts that have gotten glazed and squeal. I wonder if this spray on the capstan would help. Just thinking............. Bob K6UJ
Gary, I'm pretty sure Spaulding was taken over by Rohn. Rohn might have some specifications in their files for the old Spauldings. Bob K6UJ _______________________________________________ ___________
Mat, I have the same tower. Bought it new 19 years ago. 5 years ago had the cables and several pulleys replaced and there were a few spotty areas of rust on the tower legs, not very much. Sprayed the
Yes, I see what you mean, I read it again. Sounds like it should be o.k., he said it appears to be in good shape with no rust. I hope it is o.k., they are great towers. I have been religious about lu
This week I am in the process of taking down antennas from my tower and replacing with new ones. In the San Francisco Bay area the aluminum doesn't take very long to corrode and the old ones are in p
Jim, We have a Napa Auto Parts close by, I'll check it out. thanks, Bob K6UJ _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing list Tow
Tony, Thanks for the great tip ! I have a single delta loop for 80 with the same configuration tuned for CW. For some time I have been trying to figure out ways to switch in and out a section of wire
On the ends I zip tie the end of the coax to a post or whatever nearby and put an empty plastic Skippy peanut butter jar (small size) down over the top of the connector. I have found Skippy crunchy w
I could see this one coming, hi,hi. Rick you had better put on your flame proof suit ! Bob K6UJ _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTa
For many of us we are safer at work then at home ! OSHA safety requirements dictate safe work practices. When at work we are required to wear safety glasses with side shields and hard hats too in mos
Get a gallon of diesel fuel ($2.50) which is a very light oil really, and pour it into a garden tank sprayer. Spray the wood until it is nice and wet. The concrete will not stick and the wood has a p
I have considered clear fishing line myself, anyone tried it? I wonder if the sun affects it, sounds great if it will hold up. Bob K6UJ _______________________________________________ _______________
Mike, I have one up for receive. It is oriented so the null is aimed at my major source of local power line noise. It works very nicely on 80 and 160. It drops the receive noise level down to below t