Y'know, I've always wondered why one would have to use a lubricant which would even come close to thickening anywhere near that much with the minch motors we have to use for our towers. There's certa
MANY inquiring minds want to know!!! Tom Hammond N0SS -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/towertalkfaq.html Submissions: towertalk@contesting.com Administrative requests: towertalk-REQUEST@cont
Eric: Are you CERTAIN of your statement? That means that a 60' pole would be 20' in the ground...!! And that only 40' would be usable. Locally, the common installation dictates 10% + 1' in the ground
For what little it may be worth... In order to maintain drainage thru the hole and still prevent ingress of critters, just fill the hole with a short, snug fitting, but NOT TIGHT, piece of nylon cord
Hi Guys: I'm asking this question for a friend who has ordered a KLM LPDA for use the 'higher'bands, 10M-20M, or so, I think. He tells me that if the SWR doesn't fall into those (CW) portions of the
Ted/Rajiv: I, too, have the same problem and I KNOW that mine's NOT related to RF getting into the rotor. Like Rajiv, I believe that the problem is due to the fact that my rotor, a G-1000S, has no br
Greetings to TowerTalk readers: You you're a crank-up tower owner, please read on, others, may wish to hit <Del>ete at this point. For the past year, I've been 'meaning' to climb the tower and do wha
To remove ANY concerns... NO, I did NOT climb the crank-up tower while it was extended. It was FULLY RETRACTED _AND_ each sections was blocked with 2x4's. Thanks to many(!) for your concern over my a
Man, never though I'd drum up so many comments about lubing my tower... Anyway, in response to a couple inquiries, I now have three (3) pictures, in .JPG format, available for anyone who might be int
OK... there are probably a number of good (read "usable") products out there. Steve (K7LXC) has one, the boyz at First Call have yet another. The one which I used came from my local NAPA Auto Parts
Press: For what little it may be worth... The ARRL should either already have, or should soon have, the text/diagrams/etc. from Walt's QST series "Another Look At Reflections" somewhere ON their web
Press: I said, regarding the availability of "Another Look at Reflections" being available in a MS WinWord .DOC file... WOW, was I WRONG! The file size is NOT 500Kb, but 5MB... so beware all ye who m
Another use for which I find isoproply alcohol to be invaluable is as a lubricant when drilling through aluminum. It makes the bit cut cleanly and bite like it's going thru warm butter!!! Significant
Hi Guys: If you're interested, and don't want to have to guess which of the available links to choose, use this one: http://www.bird-electronic.com/pages/pcs/pcs_15.pdf The file is in Adobe Acrobat R
Sorry for the typo guys: the CORRECT (as in WORKING) URL should be: http://www.bird-electronic.com/pages/pcs/pcs_p15.pdf When re-typing, I managed to drop the 'p' before '15.pdf'. 73 - Tom Hammond N0
Ted: Galen is working on getting a web page up... his XYL's connector business (GCPlus Connectors) can be found at: http://www.gcplus.com/products.htm And Galen can be contacted at: WB0W@ibm.net Hope
George (VE3YV) wrote, regarding bead balun construction: I wonder... if the beads have shattered due to (internal) heat stress, would it be safe to assume that they've also lost all of their RF absor
Greetings: Can please anyone give me the name/address/phone/e-mail/URL of the company that manufactures Stuf Moistureproofing Dielectric? I already know who SELLS it... I wish to know who MAKES it an
John: I recently installed a new Bencher Skyhawk 3x10 tribander and experienced nearly the same type of SWRs... only mine were actually worse in some instances. Turns out that the culprit was a bad l
Dunno how good they are, but I seem to recall that MFJ makes a band filter box to go ahead of their 259 Antenna Analyzer which is supposed to help keep unwanted RF out of the meter input. Might be w