Hi, Jerry, Did you get BIG grips or GUY grips from Graybar? The reason I ask is that I see 1/4" GUY grips at Graybar but not 1/4" BIG GRIPS. There is a difference. Graybar only has five different BIG
Local Solar Noon Go to your newspaper weather forecast column (or almanac section) and get local sunrise and sunset times. HALF WAY IN BETWEEN is local solar noon. Or go to www.weather.com then type
True--but this started out as an EME thread where decent accuracy was indicated. Just that it dragged on so long that no one knows WHAT it is all about. Plus proper DX feng shui requires better than
Mike--there is still a lot of info about Rohn on their web site. You have to go to the ONLINE catalog section and there you will get most of the current drawings. It is a bit hard to find. 1) Go to t
I see where the Harbor Freight 1" SDS Rotary Hammer is on sale for $49.99. http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/Displayitem.taf?itemnumber=41983 --John W0UN _________________________________________
BTW The Harbor Freight breaker hammer is usually available for $359 and it looks AMAZINGLY like the Bosch one for well over a $1000. Makes me think they are made in the same factory or even the same
It has a spring loaded trigger the same as the Bosch. Anything happens and you let go and the thing stops immediately. Guess that isn't a clutch but I don't see how it could be any more fool proof. I
Is your life lacking DIRECTION? And are you afraid of the dark? Then you need to know when the SUN is true SOUTH. Because a stick will cast a shadow in "that other direction". For generating a COMPLE
-- There is a new trail of research suggesting that cosmic rays help to trigger the breakdown. Here is a note from wikipedia.org and a reference to a recent paper. Cosmic rays have been implicated in
Guys-- But Dave later realized that the method he discussed was not the correct method and that the Cross-Flow method by Dick Weber, K5IU is the proper way to do it, as published in Communications Qu
Hi, Pete-- The actual link is http://alfaradio.ca/ I find it VERY annoying when a company's product name is stolen in order to steer someone to a competitor's product. It seems less than an honorable
I have no pony in this race between AlfaSpid and Prosistel since I don't own either one and probably never will, because I have a lifetime supply of prop pitch motors (and, no, I don't want to sell a
Hi, Pat-- Now that QST has published an article on an ultrasounic power line arc detector it sounds like it is about time they publish an article on an underground cable locator. Wish I knew more ab
Jon, Let me try to answer your question with a brief comment. The 80% spacing of guy wires is not required, nor is it even "recommended". It is just the spacing for which Rohn has worked out the comp
You are correct, Bob. And the tower takes care of it for you. The tower will move around to equalize the horizontal forces from the guy wires. The guyed Rohn towers are flexible enough to always hav
Here is what the web site has to say about antennas, preying on the fears of the public. http://www.antennasearch.com/ Did You Know? There are over 1.7 Million Antennas in the US? Many are placed nea
Dave-- Did you get ANY hits on antennas? Did you pay the $9.95? Just hate to see people try to profit on and create new fears in an uninformed public to the detriment of the hobby. --John ___________
When you read their FAQ you just get more negative-reinforcement that towers and antennas are BAD. Obviously they are hyping their "service" but it just PISSES ME OFF! ;-) But then I moved to an area
Hy-Gain DRC-1 manual needed. I have checked the usual suspects (Hy-Gain/MFJ + Bama + lots of Google with many variants on Hy-Gain spelling) and have had no luck, so I thought I would try this reservo
You can STOP LOOKING! All of you guys out there looking for a manual for the DRC-1 can stop looking now! I found one -- and many thanks to the guy who gave me the copy -- MANY YEARS AGO. Yep, I had a