Here's a quote from the notes at the bottom of the loading capacity charts on the Rohn web site. Makes you wonder what questions some folks have asked!! 7. Maximum allowable "Load at Top" is either
... Atually no measuring is required. Wrap the paper around. Mark a line where the paper overlaps. Remove the paper and match the end back to the line. Crease the paper...that's 1/2. Wrap the paper
My 10# test line generally allows the weight to continue merrily along its way! The other gotcha is when sighting having your cheek in the path of the speeding 3/8" socket (in my case). Just grazed
Folks, While testing a link to the government's HF Propagation Models page I saw that there is now a 32 bit version of VOACAP for Windows NT and 95! I am downloading it as I type. Here's the link: ht
Don etal, VOACAP is an extensive propagation prediction program originally written for the Voice Of America. It will predict MUF, LUF, S/N, E field, etc for any xmit station to any rcv station. The g
I usually work out with the TV on the Discovery Channel. One of the shows was covering the "mysterious" crop circles. An OM that makes them uses a peep site mounted to the brim of his cap to site a d
The fact that the subwoofers don't carry the interference would suggest that the signal originates in the amp rather than the speaker leads. The amp has a lowpass filter to the subwoofer leads that w
I meant to send my comment directly to N6TT and not the reflector...sorry! PS. Did I just make it a worse offense?? I feel better anyway. -- 73 de KK1L ex N1PBT...ron (rrossi@btv.ibm.com) <>< Ron Ros
Jim, PLEASE read this not in the tone of a friendly discussion on theory. There is NO repreat NO meaness in this response. I enjoy a good argument (logical definition of argument). I can be swayed wi
... DUH, do you think I put the wrong operator in the equation!! It of course should read: one conductor and 1/2 on the other conductor 180deg out of phase. 0.5V**2/R + 0.5V**2/R = V**2/R. The R woul
This only happens in DC applications! It's not generally applicable to RF. -- 73 de KK1L ex N1PBT...ron (rrossi@btv.ibm.com) <>< Ron Rossi H/P SRAM Engineering -- IBM Microelectronics -- FAQ on WWW:
Try http://www.smithsonianmag.si.edu/smithsonian/issues97/jul97/towers.html -- 73 de KK1L ex N1PBT...ron (rrossi@btv.ibm.com) <>< Ron Rossi H/P SRAM Engineering -- IBM Microelectronics -- FAQ on WWW:
Man I hate it when this happens...I KNOW I remember chat about stuck brakes in rotators not too long ago. Then I was not interested, now I am! I just recently purchased a small tower, beam, rotator,
Thanks for all the replies folks. There are a few of you with similar stories. I will summarize the comments and my results. Thanks to N9CO, N6BT, KS4XG, K1SD, N2QT, W5EC, and K4FP. * There were two
I use a wrist rocket with an attached cheapo enclosed reel which I used as a kid. Works FB up to the 60' I have tried. Works best if you don't let the 3/8" socket (what I use for a weight) graze your
I found this posted on the "ham-tech" list. It paints a very ugly and dangerous picture in my mind! -- 73 de KK1L ex N1PBT...ron (rrossi@btv.ibm.com) <>< Ron Rossi H/P SRAM Engineering -- IBM Microel
Two comments in response to a number of private notes... What I posted here was originally posted by "Rodger" <kb8vit@kb8vit.ampr.org> to ham-tech@netcom.com. This was a serious inquiry by Rodger to
Here is an alternative to finding the right guy/gal to ask at the local airport about the magnetic variation from magnetic north. Try the following url. There are a few options for locating the infor