For the life of me I do not understand what the big deal is of drilling 4130. If you use a SHARP drill, correct SPEED, exert a fair amount of PRESSURE and some lubricant it is like a hot knife going
Someone on the list had a 50' Satellite dish in either OR or WA that he wanted to get rid of. We exchanged email a couple of times and now I cannot find his name. I think he said it was in his back y
Hire a crane, back up to the tree and lower a rope to the ground, when the rope touches the ground mark the rope, drop it send the crane on its way and measure the length of rope to the mark. Hank 2n
Gang, Lets just say this if an airplane made out of Aluminum did not flex itself in all directions, and I mean all then millions of people including myself would not be here. A B-747 wing tip can and
Ted, Craig at the Rotor Doctor in OH does the mod. He has done 2 for me plus the 8 pin Amphenol all weather connector. Very reasonable and fast. Has a web page I believe www.rotordoctor.com Hank -- F
Denny, That is the smartest statement that I have seen on antennas here in a long time. When push comes to shove, then leave the books on the shelf and the formulas in the computer and tweak the ante
It is my understanding that it is against NEC to use Black/White/bare for 220V. as that is considered standard for 110V. 220V uses red/black/white/bare or red/black bare. I may be misinformed, but th
There is also a requirement for 4 wire 220V single phase wiring. A henry 2K4A is an example. Albeit it can be done with 3 wires. Hank -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/towertalkfaq.html Submis
Dave, You also do not have to deal with the Long Beach group from SGC dealer with the great big EGO and stuffy attitude in dealing with people. I would not have an SGC if they gave it to me. Try call
I just took down an LM-470 with Ringo Ranger - KT-34XA and a 6 ele yagi on a 2" boom, it has a molded fixture attached to a element with a SO-239 connector feeding gamma match. No coils, Traps etc. 2
Thanks guys, Here are dims. 28' 24' 25'8" W/gamma 20' 19' 18'4" forgot to measure the boom. All elements have a center sleeve. The refl. sleeve is 18" etc. Must be 10M. But who??????? Manual?????? Th
Jeff, I have to agree with you. Yaesu has just been great with me on service on my FT-1000 has done work for free plus upgrades. They are prompt and very friendly. Kenwood what little service they ha
George and the group. Omega was designed to replace LORAN "A" & "C" due to its long range and more precise and reliable propagation. I used it first flying in the Canadian Arctic for Pacific Western
That is due to the blood sucking at the bar attorneys. Hank -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/towertalkfaq.html Submissions: towertalk@contesting.com Administrative requests: towertalk-REQUEST
Prolog has a LP/SP program plus distance in miles and KM's. It is updated frequently. Has rig and packet control, prefix editor. Has a QSL route manager subscription service with over 50,000 routes a
I have one valid question after all of the bandwidth about the terrain mapping. When you take the 40X glass and get all of this broken down to presentable form, what are you going to gain in proforma
How about renting it out for silage to a nearby farmer and taking the money and buying a tower. 2nd. Demolish the tower and use the base for a TAALL!! tower Hi. 73 Hank -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.cont
Gene, You are correct a lot of people go thru life trying to get the fly S-- out of the black pepper. All you have to do is look at the plot of the beam ,even a long monobander to see how wide the pa
The correct term is Deviation. Declination is a completely different animal. It has to do with offset from lattitude to a point over the equater for one example. Hank -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contes