"here" is Union City, TN 38261 in NW TN. Thanks for checking, Doc ! 73, Jamie WB4YDL Where is "here", please? I have some sections like that out back but am not certain of the numbers -- will have to
Brian: They are pretty hard to find. I got a full AB-155 kit several years ago at Fair Radio. About the best you can do now is wait until someone puts it up for sale on eBay - but hold on to your wal
Hi Pete: You bet ! I actually contacted Henry to see if he had any MS44's around. I have one of his mast kits that are better built than the old AB-155. I may just replace it with another of his mast
Rich: The AB-577 or "rocket launcher" is much more heavy duty and uses larger locking aluminum tubes that will get you 50 feet. (I never could find the extender kit - that will get you to 70 feet). I
Hello All: I just talked with Gary at Fair Radio. He's going to crash about looking for several sections for me - straight ones, I hope ! I asked for 4. He was real good about looking for me. We'll s
Larry: I had forgotten about them. Thanks for reminding me. 73, Jamie WB4YDL You might want to try Ontario Surplus http://home.att.net/%7Esurplusben/ Larry K1ZW --Original Message-- From: towertalk-b
Hi Rich: I agree with the comments made thus far. 9914 is sold by Davis RF and goes by the name of "Bury-Flex" and it is excellent cable. I have several runs exceeding 150 feet and have had no proble
Semper Fi, Tommy, My son is presently at Parris Island ... The separation I have is 5 feet - I have F12 beams as follows: 4BA @85', 706 @ 80', and MAG 240/620 @ 75'. All work extremely well on all ba
Hi Brad: My crank up tower is 150 feet away from the shack and I use LMR-600 from the single point ground to an antenna switch at the base of the tower. I use Davis Bury-Flex for runs up the tower an
Hi Barry: I guess there are no satelliteers about so let me enlighten you. The DIN plug on the back of the G-5500 controller is for a separate computer interface between the controller and a serial (
Larry: Wow, I hadn't thought of that. Thanks for the tip ! 73, Jamie WB4YDL Hi Jamie, I have had good luck with S.O.S. steel wool soap pads. I know people get freaked out about the steel part but I n
Great stuff, David. I'm writing all this down ! 73, Jamie WB4YDL 600 Wet/Dry sandpaper and put the element in a drill. Run the sandpaper up and down the element. Shines them right up. 73 Dave n4zkf w
Yep, it takes about six months to get a set of those. I have 2 sets of the 419B's. 73, Jamie WB4YDL Hi all, A friend of mine ordered an ICE-419 passband filter directly to ICE through their website.
Hi Frank: This is our favorite antenna during Field Day for our club. Everything breaks down easily and we store it in one extra large Cabella's duffle bag ! During FD we just tape the rivets in the
Hi Tony: This is good information - I really appreciate it. I was wondering if I needed to add 6" stingers on the reflector. I hadn't thought about moving the linear loading elements out farther - I
Billy: I've got more work to do on the short tower and am waiting on the VHF/UHF antennas. I haven't been able to get the tower base in with all the rain we've had. Don is scheduled to come out in No
OK Tony: I guess I can just temporarily tape the tip until I see it right and then just drill and pop at that point. Do you remember how high you had the element to do the testing ? Thanks again ! 73
Bob: Try 'parasitic vertical array'. Check out http://pages.prodigy.net/k2kw/learning.html . 73, Jamie WB4YDL I want to web search them. Anyone know the exact name they go by? The ones with a split d
Jim: I personally would consider Davis Bury Flex (9914) for the whole project. I've used a LOT of this cable and just love it. It is very easy to work with and has similar loss characteristics to LMR
Hi Vic: Normally I use a piston-type crimper for LMR-600 with a precision die. This isn't cheap and runs about $300. Check out RF Parts - http://www.rfparts.com/coax_accessories.html . I usually can