I see that good old Harbor Freight has stainless Steel tie wraps; they would definitely be UV proof. I picked a pack up to try some; the only problem may be sharp edges. Mike K6BR --Original Message-
Jim, $4.00 and a few cents for a bunch of them at Harbor freight, I think and am not sure, but they are re-usable. There looks to be at least 10 in a pack, I am in Salt Lake City and not at home in N
Dave, thanks for the link. Just saw your post after mine hi hi. When I looked at them they looked to be removable and re-usable with a screwdriver tip. I will check when I get home, but defiantly a f
I like the alternate reference, especially the comments from visitors. So, it looks like this Sun Spot cycle will be the one to change the poles, I guess I will have to point the beam north to work V
No, it will be easier as it will be South Dakota then. --Original Message-- North Dakota will then be even harder to work in the Sweepstakes. Carl KM1H _______________________________________________
Good old Harbor Freight has 1500 watt unit for about 10 bucks, and it works real well. Mike --Original Message-- Hi folks.............any recommendation for a good heat gun to be used for shrink wrap
I guess I should have given you the link. http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=35776 On sale for $9.99 right now, I have used the heck out of one for work to melt hot glue
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/displayitem.taf?Itemnumber=96289 Sorry for extra mail, this was the one I was thinking of, but the $9.99 1kw version will be all you need actually. Mike K6BR I g
Jim, I have done this with my MA-40 tubular with 10 mast, 3 element Steppir and no rotator (rotator at the base) and it is definitely a seat of the pants experience definitely not to be done on a reg
A nice inspirational read, thanks Karl. Mike --Original Message-- Back in 1990-91, after moving to this QTH on a hilltop in the woods I started erecting the tower farm on 5 acres. As written I interp
I am not sure that the any auto tuner will tune a Windom, I have Carolina Windom 160 and have SWR's around 8:1 on some frequencies. Mike --Original Message-- Hi! I'm very interested in the RadioWorks
I did not say I was happy with it Bill, the SWR on mine runs about 3:1, but never below 2.5:1, even though this is the case the feed line losses are still pretty low even at 2.5:1 with a Windom or so
Dave, you are correct if you read my other comments in the thread you will see that I am in agreement and that the losses are very low even with a high SWR with a Carolina Windom. It is not a Dipole
Looks like good old Bentonite --Original Message-- From: towertalk-bounces@contesting.com [mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of bill rubin Sent: Sunday, September 16, 2007 7:16 PM To
I got lucky with my MTR-2000 440 repeater, we are tied in to and using the shared array on a commercial tower and it works very well, I could find out what the antennas are if you are interested. I w
Use the Stainless Steel cable ties from Harbor Freight, they are cheap and work just fine. Mike --Original Message-- Bill, W5VX I like insulated solid core 14 gauge wire.... -- Original Message -- Fr
Your 100% correct Bert. Steppir who actually do have an advanced state of the art antenna have all their nice color manuals on their website as stated before. Plus their customer service in my opinio
I would say the two element Steppir, it is very easy to set up, it seems many DXpeditions use them now for that reason, plus all bands 20 thru 6. Unless you have one in your hands now, you will not g
It all depends how serious you are I guess, most 144/440 operators I have bumped into recently have never heard of N types. I would use them at least for 6 meters and above. Actually, as I got a bunc
I thought that the internal thread was to facilitate the use of a threaded reducer for smaller cable e.g. RG-58 etc. Mike --Original Message-- There's a problem with the fourth step below: You don't