I've been seeing all these articles about the Palomar, Hy-Gain, etc. baluns and ferrite cores are not good, like they advertise. So who is it that sells these special "Fair-Rite" cores? --Original Me
It would be interesting to see a printout of all the diameters, lengths wall thicknesses and any other relevant info for each of the aluminum tubing pieces that comprise one of these 66' vertical ant
I was particularly interested in the construction of the 66' DX Engineering vertical, not to use as an actual vertical antenna, but to mount in a tripod on my roof and then use it as a tall support f
In this quest for a telescopic mast for supporting an inverted vee, the first one I ran into was the Spiderbeam "Aluminium Telescopic Mast 18m (60ft)". Yes, they spell it "aluminium" throughout the a
I've been wanting to try a pair of phased Butternut HF6V vertical antennas for 40-Meters, mounted on my garage roof. I already have them, that's why I'm looking at Butternut. The garage is 40 feet lo
I do have the ARRL Antenna Compendium volumes, except for Vol #5 and #7, so I'll look through those to see if the article is in of of them. Someone mentioned mounting the couple of verticals above a
I just picked up an ICOM IC-756PRO II at a local estate sale. Is there some potential 6-Meter problem I should be aware of? LJ --Original Message-- _______________________________________________ ___
We have a few Scala antennas that look very much like the one in that picture. They were purchased directly from Scala for the 2-Meter, 220 MHz and 440 MHz ham bands. I ordered them in the early-mid
Is the Wilson WT-61 the same basic crankup mast as the model MT-61? The model number of the Guy Kit for the MT-61B tower is the "GK-61B". The 3-page manual for it suggests four guys spaced 90 degrees
Most of my locations have been just small city lots, with one or two radials per band on my HF6V (usually just one radial on 80-Meters due to space limitations). There is nothing magical about any of
That's what I was wondering, too, after a big move, all the station building, etc., just a few years ago. --Original Message-- _______________________________________________ ________________________
A little over a year ago, my new neighbor put up a nice flagpole in his front yard, with some low-voltage spotlights controlled by a LV power supply with a photocell. Every evening, about sunset, 80
I had a neighbor who had a noisy doorbell transformer that caused lots of noise on the lower HF bands. It was probably hooked to the doorbell wires and the doorbell, with nice long leads that made a
I, too, need one of the plugs for my Yaesu G800DXA rotator (the rotor end, not the controller). When you order a plug for it, does it come with any kind of "boot" or other weatherproofing system to k
I need a few of those, too, if anyone has any extras or is retiring a LB Quad. I keep hoping someone will make up some similar replacements. Larry --Original Message-- _______________________________
I'd like to have a telescoping TV mast installed on the roof of my 2-story house. I'd like to use the 50-foot Rohn telescoping mast (they're actually about 44 feet when installed). I've used them in
That's another reason I want to hire out a job like this to someone who does it for a living. I know these steel telescoping masts are very sturdy even with a much higher antenna load than I plan to
That's what I'm trying to find - someone who does this for a living - safely. I may have actually found a local one, listed on the internet. If they can support a TV antenna and rotor, you'd think th
Just a followup on the TV antenna pushup masts question I posted several weeks ago. I'm hoping to have one installed on a fairly steep roof on a two story house, mainly to support an 80-Meter inverte
I was recently looking up some old drag-racing info about a dragstrip in Northern California, the "Vina Raceway" near Chico, CA. I just obtained an old 1968 issue of "Super Stock" drag racing magazin