Author: "VE6JY Don Moman" <ve6jy@freenet.edmonton.ab.ca>
Date: Tue, 8 Jun 2004 15:56:21 -0000
I usually bought a few every year at Dayton, whatever the current "bargain" was. Many are now color and wireless - just do a search on spy camera in eBay etc. This link to the VC360 model is similar
Author: "VE6JY Don Moman" <ve6jy@freenet.edmonton.ab.ca>
Date: Mon, 14 Jun 2004 02:40:34 -0000
Any rotor that has a pot and/or limit switches physically attached to the rotor will eventually run out of adjustment if something slips and keeps slipping. A minor slip of 10 degrees, will reduce th
Author: "VE6JY Don Moman" <ve6jy@freenet.edmonton.ab.ca>
Date: Mon, 14 Jun 2004 06:00:21 -0000
To resync, I'd do Alt U Alt F to get the log from the "most accurate" of the computers and then copy that log into the crashed computer, once it is up and running. For field day, I wouldn't be too co
Author: "VE6JY Don Moman" <ve6jy@freenet.edmonton.ab.ca>
Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2004 17:49:41 -0000
Well, it seems to happen here. I have over a dozen towers, mostly in the 150 foot range, spread over 80 acres. The location is on a fairly high piece of ground (ridge) with quite a drop off to the ea
Author: "VE6JY Don Moman" <ve6jy@freenet.edmonton.ab.ca>
Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2004 21:36:34 -0000
Very limited as I bought it and started planting towers right away. As I recall, in the first month before I got anything put up, I put a small camper under the lone tree near the present building si
Author: "VE6JY Don Moman" <ve6jy@freenet.edmonton.ab.ca>
Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2004 23:47:19 -0000
1/4 or 5/16 wire rope and cable clamps..... 73 Don VE6JY for it's a like to The should be I'd end be Weather Stations", and lot's more. Call Toll Free, 1-800-333-9041 with any questions and ask for S
Author: "VE6JY Don Moman" <ve6jy@freenet.edmonton.ab.ca>
Date: Wed, 8 Sep 2004 02:31:42 -0000
It fits the HyGain 4 bolt pattern. The Yaesu rotors I've seen don't match the HyGain pattern. Originally, a few of the adaptors were made without holes so they could be custom drilled for other sizes
Author: "VE6JY Don Moman" <ve6jy@freenet.edmonton.ab.ca>
Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2004 00:41:03 -0000
I'm asking a couple of questions for a friend for whom I've been passing along portions of this thread to, and who is involved in getting a 80m 4sq up and running. Test equipment is limited. He's usi
Author: "VE6JY Don Moman" <ve6jy@freenet.edmonton.ab.ca>
Date: Sun, 7 Nov 2004 17:02:32 -0000
Save even more.... I rarely ever run even a ground wire back from the switch/relay box, just use the common ground of the coax and tower etc. 73 Don VE6JY switch Weather Stations", and lot's more. Ca
Author: "VE6JY Don Moman" <ve6jy@freenet.edmonton.ab.ca>
Date: Sat, 27 Nov 2004 18:30:48 -0000
I imagine you are looking for a circular indictor or meter movement to display the beam heading. For myself I am very glad to have the precise degree readout and not have to use the old style of indi
Author: "VE6JY Don Moman" <ve6jy@freenet.edmonton.ab.ca>
Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2005 00:10:24 -0000
A calculated solution to a wind balance situation becomes even more complex when the boom is a lattice structure (tower sections) and therefore presents a variable wind area that increases due to tur