You have good, and multiple, reasons to be a doubter. A good match doesn't necessarily have a thing to do with performance. A dummy load has a good match. And wide bandwidth, too! Do you really want
I got a different one purporting to be an invoice from TT for £2,900. Again, it was a link. 73, kelly, ve4xt, Sent from my iPad _______________________________________________ _______________________
Doesnt Optibeam use stubs on their 40-10m multibanders to minimize interaction between 40 and other bands? 73, kelly, ve4xt _______________________________________________ ___________________________
Is it a reference to ferrites that snap on forming only one "turn," or is it applicable to any split ferrite? Does that include eight-turn chokes on Biggest Clamp-on ferrites? 73, kelly, ve4xt Sent f
People will believe what they want to believe and will dismiss everything they don't want to believe as FAKE NEWS by the very dishonest media... 73, kelly, ve4xt Sent from my iPad ___________________
I suspect the interest in not sanctioning it as a contest is to preserve its role as an introduction to ham radio. If it was a real contest, how many stations would let someone whose first response t
Hi TTers, Does anyone have experience with systems purporting to boost access to weak cell towers? Where our cottage is located, our cell coverage often arrives from the other side of Lake Winnipeg,
Hi all, Thanks for the great comments so far. Just to answer a recurring theme: we dont have internet at the cottage. We could get it, and in a perfect world, Id probably go with satellite or point-t
Im intrigued by guys now using drones to set antennas into trees, seems it could be more precise than slingshots, arrows or spud guns. How high are the trees? Since youll have to use support rope any
I think both Jims and Wess comments are well-taken. I also think this thought applies, particularly if you dont have redwoods in your back yard: never let perfection be the enemy of the OK. It does p
Sometimes in the publishing business, you run into editors who dont know they dont know. One of the hardest tasks with translating technical subjects into English is making it not only easy to unders
Perhaps its different in the US, but in Canada, buyers are often warned the fiduciary duty of any agent goes to the person paying the bill. So even though the fee is split between the vendors agent a
The Spiderbeam is intended for short-term, portable operations. The Spiderbeam HD is strengthened and adapted for permanent installation. Its heavier and uses permanent fastenings to hold the wires t
Eclerity doesnt want me to send this to Jim Lux for some reason, so putting this out there: When one has created a full-wave loop and has cut a matching line to 1/4wl*vf, where should a common-mode c
Quality products start with hiring quality people. You cant fix anything if your staff dont care. And often, the answer to I cant find anyone better, is What you really mean is, 'You cant find anyone
From a marketing perspective, companies like MFJ and others (its not the only one trading quality for volume) operate on the premise the vast majority of customers simply dont know any better. If you
Hi all, I read Jim's treatise on limited-space antennas, which was excellent, and noted his confession about frying the bead choke on his 80-m dipole when trying to feed the coax and dipole as a T. I
Hi Don, Interesting observation, no doubt accurate given the qualifications of VE6LO, but I wonder to what extent this reconciles with assertions by K9YC, and, I think, N6LF, about radials serving to
Sent from my iPhone Yes, however the engineering on radials has progressed past asking whether onor in-ground radials are resonant and now considers the benefits of reducing resisitivity of the soil,
One of the neat things at VE6JY are cheap cameras that are either pointed at markings on masts or straight up at some antennas. Instant notification of misalignment or a cheap alternative to a positi