Thanks everyone who replied. Lots of good ideas, much appreciated! _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing list TowerTalk@co
Thanks - I bought one of these - not cheap but only a little under 1 turn to connect/disconnect. Maximum wire size is 18 gauge, which is what I have, but the allowable total size of the cable into t
Further to my earlier message- I'm a little iffy about this connector. On the positive side, it is very well gasketed. It's not bayonet, but requires less than a full turn to tighten. The backside
Hi Jorge - Cushcraft is now owned by MFJ. The XM-240 is one of the more popular Cushcraft antennas, so I think there's a good chance you can get the part from them. No guarantees, but they were abl
Mike, I've been quite happy with the Solder-It Multi-Function Heat Tool Kit I got at Dayton a few years ago. It has plenty of heat, though I haven't tried to solder RG-8 braid with it yet. 73, Pete
I have done this but was dissuaded because of the rusting of the steel conductor (one steel and one copper). Typically that resulted in bolted connections (like on a ground plate) becoming loose and
Interesting. I just watched the video, and to me the tests were incomplete - it may be impractical to test some of the most important characteristics such as the effects of sun and hot/cold cycling
Well said, Mike! 73, Pete N4ZR My neighbor ham had a 10m beacon that essentially made it pretty tough to operate cw on 10m. He is probably a half mile away. I talked to him. He assured me that the
This is getting a little silly, unless you talk to the guy and he tells you to bleep off. 73, Pete N4ZR John NN1SS Beacons operate 24 hours a day and are legal. John KK9A Jim VE7RF wrote: possibly be
It strikes me as severely counterproductive to have two Towertalk reflectors. I have been on towertalk@contesting.com for almost 30 years, and find its archives invaluable. 73, Pete N4ZR The archive
Not surprising, since you're one of the organizers of the groups.io towertalk. Please tell us why you feel inclined to a contrary opinion. I just looked, and the last post on the groups.io site was
Well, I don't think there is anything wrong with screen captures, particularly when the question has to do with configuration of software, but I'm basically sympathetic to Joe's points, particularly
You can't? 73, Pete N4ZR <It strikes me as severely counterproductive to have two Towertalk <reflectors.? I have been ontowertalk@contesting.com for almost 30 <years, and find its archives invaluable
So far the groups.io site doesn't seem to be getting much traction - when I checked yesterday the most recent post was a week ago. I joined anyway - doesn't seem to be much effort involved. I agree
The RBN doesn't attempt to track SSB spots - I don't know if someone (maybe VE7CC) does. Of course, SSB spots require a decision by the spotter to send them, and watching clusters during an SSB cont
I suspect this thread should move to another reflector, but before it does ... I don't want a few misconceptions to pass uncorrected. Steve says "note how many timers a CW caller is spotted on RBN wh
Pretty expensive, though. Sort of depends on how big the antenna is that you want to hang off the side of the tower. For about 10 years I had a C-3E hung on my Rohn 25 as part of a stack, using 4 p
Right! The Loos gauges are no doubt not so precise, but they are quite adequate for amateur use and a LOT cheaper - I bet that PTII meter is a couple thou. 73, Pete N4ZR Wonder if they dabble in ama
I can well believe it of my 20-year-old Loos, but the ones sold by DXEngineering today appear to be considerably different in design and a lot more precise than that 73, Pete N4ZR On 5/17/2024 8:58 P
Just wondering because I am having to redo the feedline from my shack to my tower (about 160 feet), and can avoid buying new coax by using several pieces with PL-259s in between. -- 73, Pete N4ZR ___