Along the lines of the insurance thread--schedule your towers and antennas valued at cost of replacement + labor expense. You have a $100.00 13 element 2 meter beam at 100 feet, but a pro will charge
Good one on the metric/SAE "Crescent wrench. Technically it is an ajustable open-end wrench. In certain circles it is known as a "hillbilly socket set". Good to have one of these in your bag. Tie a l
I used 5' anchors with 6" augers (maybe they are 8"--can't remember) that they use for power pole guys on my tower. My tower is 100' of 25G with 3 guys of 1/4" EHS. I have about 17' of wind load on t
Erik: You take a lightning hit? I don't computer control my G1000SDX, = but you describe what mine did for a while after a close strike, or = direct hit--I don't know which. The needle would spin aro
I am not a pro or expert and only climb when I really need to. My = position lanyard is a braided nylon adjustable DBI brand. It could be a = couple of inches shorter for 25G but once I get where I w
Here is some info from one of my basic knot books, KNOTS FOR CLIMBERS, = by Craig Luebben. I am not a pro climber or knot man either. Relative strength of knots: No knot 100% Figure 8 70-75% Double b
At present I have up a sort of inverted L antenna, top fed with 450 ohm = line at 95 feet, on a tower with a lot of aluminum on top. The top wire = goes down at an angle to about 50 feet. The other w
Often there is a rubber coupler at the end of the pipe--but if it was = done right, there should be a ground strap from the pipe to the service = panel ground. At least the electricians did this in m
Some bad 15 meter traps escaped CC about the time the antennas were first released. You may have received one of the bad batches. I found this out from one of the antenna desingers who no longer work
This thing is a joke and its maker/seller ought to be locked up! I went = around and around with "Sonny" about a month ago. He lies. 1st--he told me he learned QST was going to x-ray a unit so he = f
Please let me know what issue--I would like to read the articles! Rudy Marcelletti, K8SWD -- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts -- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html
I forgot about that Devcomm tuner (I think that is what it was called). = I saw that add and faxed for more info. I never heard back from him! = Maybe the law office letterhead scared him off--but I
I use 3 anchors, 6" thread, 5 foot shaft, to hold up a 100' Rohn 25G = tower, with 3 sets of =BC" EHS guys, broken with insulators. The = anchors are in sand. Tower has taken gusts of 58mph (maybe mo
I took another lightning hit this past Sunday--but lost NO radio = equipment--I had none hooked up! Lightning current comes in though my = service ground, which is tied into my towers, one 50 footer
Thanks--I'll look into this. Our line is buried to the house and the nearest overhead is approximately 400 feet from the tower. Rudy Marcelletti, K8SWD -- Original Message -- From: "Pete Smith" <n4zr
Apply proper voltages to the correct wires and see if they turn. My Yaesu rotor controller was surged also and I checked the motor with another controller I borrowed. No I disconnect the box from the
Send and email to Scott, KA8JNO and request pictures of the Black River = ARC trailer. It is an 8x24 foot (or so) cargo trailer that was gutted, = and remodeled for ham radio. Nice counter top on one
Read the fine print--I think they want you to schedule ALL radio = equipment--not just mobile or certain base stuff. I went private and it = ends up costing less, and I only cover what is prone to th
You need to "schedule" your equipment that you want covered. Do NOT = rely on the "attached to house" lines or agent "puffing"--have them put = it in writing and show you where it is covered. This me