Once in a while on the used market you can find a B&D 1405 3/4" drill motor. Runs at 375 RPM at 10A and is reversible. I have been using it with a B-B Brothers W200-5 (now Wintech) 30:1 worm-gear win
Wasn't there something said years ago about grounding the reflector on the XM240 so it would work like the earlier 402CD? I can't remember if this was intended to reduce the interaction on 15M or if
Presently I have an 80M wire 4-square with elevated feeds, about 10? high. It surrounds an 80? topband shunt fed tower with assorted HF antennas. I am feeding the 4-sq using a Comtek box with ¼ wave
Is there an easy way to move HFTA to another computer? I remember it was a pain to setup so seeing if I can move it from my backup hard drive to another PC. Thanks, N2TK, Tony _______________________
Thanks John for the info. I have installed the program on the new PC. Now to get the data transferred. It has been a couple years since I ran the program so am quite rusty. 73, N2TK, Tony I had no pr
Anyone else having trouble downloading K7TJR's presentation? N2TK, Tony The 2014 Dayton Hamvention Antenna forum slide decks are now posted. Go to http://www.k3lr.com Click on the left side box "DAYT
That time of year to send my wish list to Santa. One item I am interested in is a crimping tool for coax and powerpole connectors. Looking at the DX Engineering DXE-UT-CRMP2 ratcheting crimper and al
Tnx Patrick for the feedback. 73, N2TK, Tony I bought the crimpers sold by DXE in a plastic tool box. They seem to me to be an 8 on a scale of 10, plenty good enough but not outstanding. I am a neoph
Hi Fred, Here are a couple pictures of my tower. The lower 40' is painted with Rust-Oleum Camouflage. It is ultra-flat and non-reflective. I also sprayed the 40' Rohn 45 gin pole that is attached to
I use a BB Brothers 30:1 worm drive winch (Now Wintech W200-5) to tilt over 80' of Rohn 45. The wire rope goes through a pulley on the 40' end of the Rohn 45 falling derrick and back down to the winc
Hi Eric, The dipole radiates at right angles to the boom. The end elements are for loading. My MonstIR is at 83'. I also have an elevated wire 4-sq for 80M. I live in upper NY state. From my QTH here
Hi Roger, And the opposing view from upstate NY. I have been using stainless steel nylock nuts on stainless steel bolts and u-bolts for over 20 years. I always use anti-seize. If I have to remove the
Here in upstate NY I had planned on using PVC when I buried my cables. I quickly found out that in many places I could not dig down below a foot without hitting solid rock. And there was no way I cou
A number of years ago the C3E elements kept loosening. We always had an updraft at the edge of a cliff. Force 12 told us to add additional rivets. At each joint we had 3 rows of 3 rivets (total of 9)
Last year I replaced the pot in a 61D so I could use a Green Heron controller. It is an easy job once you have the rotator out of the tower. Easier than changing one in a Tailtwister. Been using the
Hi Rudy, A number of years ago I got a SteppIR original MonstIR with 3 full size elements on 40M. I used a Prosistel 61D. I took Array Solutions advice and bought I believe grade 8 bolts for the mast
John, Tnx for the tip on armor-coated bolts. I learned something new. 73, N2TK, Tony A better option than spray painting zinc plated grade 8 hardware is to use Ultra-coated / Armor-coated high-streng
Quite interesting topic. I have a wire 4-sq for 80M around my tower. Elevated feeds. Three of the feed points are over grass with the feedpoints about 12' up. Then the wires go vertical for about 20'
I use RG6 with male F connectors on my receive antennas and 80M 4-sq. At the Comtek box and receive antenna box, both are covered but outside, I use F-female to UHF-male adapters. Even though they ar
Hi Kelly, With the F connector it is easier to pull the cable through the conduit, if I need to. But that is about it. N2TK, Tony Hi Tony, I'd suggest you're best off going with Plan B. While I'm not