Does anyone remember the hilarious story published on this reflector a few years ago about the poor, hapless, guy working on his tower and forgetting about leverage and weight, etc., who proceeded, m
Thanks very much Paul, hilarious. 73, Carl VE9OV -- Original Message -- From: <paule@sfu.ca> To: <smidtca@sprint.ca> Cc: <cq-contest@contesting.com> Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2003 6:24 PM Subject: Re
I made this mistake some years ago with 7 cu yds of concrete and a 48 foot self supporting tower. The forms disappeared, the base shifted causing the tower to lean and being out of plumb at the top b
This is the reason one is always cautioned that if caught in the area of fallen power lines, in order to safely execute one's escape, one must keep both feet together and hop out of the immediate dan
Go for the SteppIR at 70 feet and it will out do your large tri-bander at 100 feet, no contest. not flat Weather Stations", and lot's more. Call Toll Free, 1-800-333-9041 with any questions and ask f
I think that they should leave it just as it is. It is terrific. After = 50 years and a lot of antennas, I know and I don't have a warm fuzzy = feeling either. I am just breaking pile-ups regularly,
It's right in the manual, page 6, A. 4. When everything else fails, read = the manual :>) in! I had my T2X over ten years before someone on the list pointed that = fact out to me also. I just did it
Hi Carlos, There are more ways than one to skin a cat. As a teenager I also had = problems with neighbours, so I hooked my Viking II up to the slat = springs (commonly used in those days) under my ma
I have had 5 of these sent to me today already containing that virus. Why doesn't the moderators/administrators of these reflectors INSIST on updated installed AV software as a prerequisite for subsc
Listen my friend. I have NOT been infected, my Norton AV program catches them all, so why all the harangue. My problem is with all these irresponsible computer owners that are too CHEAP to buy a good
Try it Tom and see for yourself. On 10M I can tune to a strong station, flip the beam 180° and, in most cases, lose the station in the mud (noise-level). Theory and modeling are great, but real-l
As VE4XT said, " If you like the SteppIR idea, fine. Buy one." As long as sincerely interested prospective buyers do not get 'scared off' by all the pessimism and negativity against a new and inovati
Please go to: http://www.steppir.com/. What has a helically wound antenna got to do with the SteppIR??? think http://www.mscomputer.com additional 5 percent off
As I stated here before, you should take a serious look at Fluidmotion's = continuously adjustable SteppIR three element monobander, 20M to 6M = inclusive. I have one and it is an antenna worth notin
Having recently dealt with Mr. Davis regarding an order, I can attest to = the fact that their service is exemplary and above what one normally = expects from a commercial company. Here is the person
After all this agonizing over antennas and lightning, you do mean = 'Their' web site, don't you? :>) Dick-- Wilson Electronics has a nice little 800-900 MHz Yagi for cell phone = use. Model Y8009EL c
Regardless of what is contained in the various dictionaries, when = someone uses the 'word' irregardless, it sticks out like a sore thumb, = reflecting badly upon that person. The use of the 'ir' pre
It is time for you all to take a close look at the Fluidmotion, SteppIR, = tuneable three element monobander covering every frequency, 20M to 6M, = with a VSWR of 1:1. Check it out at, steppIRYagi@ao
Thought that this message might interest some of you. 73, Carl VE9OV People, Today I had my first SteppIR x SteppIR QSO. I installed my 3el + 6m on July 14 at my summer QTH on Nantucket Island, MA. T
Oooops sorry, was asleep at the stick. Here it is, www.fluidmotion.ws/. 73, Carl VE9OV -- Original Message --=20 From: Guy Olinger, K2AV=20 To: Carl Smidt=20 Sent: Wednesday, July 24, 2002 11:02 AM S