Hmmmm, Jon, this second idea sounds really intriguing ! How do you get the rotor from spinning around (and not just the mast/antenna) ? Also, how do you H20-proof the rotor? Wouldn't the guy wire hav
In all my rush, I had forgotten that the braid of the coax actually connects to the base of the tower as well as the radials. (I just had it connected to my radials only-ooooops!) I appreciate severa
Pardon those that know this stuff back and forth, but I've had 5 or 6 requests to tell people what Ive done to load my tower on 80m. This is old hat to most here <I know>, but there seems to be an em
Yes, you can stick two electrolytics together like that. Remember that the value will double if you parallel 2 identical caps together like that. GL replacement substitution that http://www.mscompute
If you put them in series of course the capacitance is 1/2 (if they are the same) I thought he was talking about putting them in parallel. (YES, I do know the difference ! !) Mike VE9 Eh Eh Michael,
Tom, I don't doubt for a minute you do this. When I first heard of this procedure many years ago I thought people were playing a joke on me til I saw it for myself @ VE1ZZ's QTH. (make that VE1ZZ's a
Speaking anecdotally (sp?), I had the K8UR array on 6m for a short period of time. Seemed to work quite well even w/o the shields floating. I think something lacked a bit in the gain dept., but the F
Hi group and Tom/N4KG This is just an inquiry, nothing more. I am just wondering why I oftentimes seem to be getting double emails on the reflector from N4KG. I hate to use the word "always" get doub
Don, I can't answer your question exactly, but I CAN tell you I've had a few bev's and you really won't know until you try. At worst it might not work "quite" as well as a top-notch one will. Still,
Jim, Good advice! For years I think the number I used was: 8527 39 10 00 I haven't the faintest idea what EXACTLY the number means but at least I was never dinged duty on any radios that came from ou
Hi Bob/K3UL !! (and groups) Long time no hear Bob(on 6 or 160, hi hi!!) Hope your shunt-fed tower is working out for you. Your country totals are amazing ! == To everyone: (you too Bob ;-) I just shu
Although I don't have the specific details of the BCS, I can attest that it really puts out a FB signal ! We were fortunate enough to have the loan of it for CY0AA in 1996 thanks to the very gracious
Someone mentioned here in passing the other day he had posted something HERE and also to the 'Antenna Reflector'. Can anyone give me any details on this please? How to subscribe, etc. Many thanks! Mi
the elements... Just off the boom.... Huge snip by VE9AA: Lee, That would work well in warm climes I think. I can see the thing with ICE on it here :-0 WHOA!!! :-) (smile) Avalanche !! Mike VE9AA FN6
Bob, Maybe your spare tire isn't grounded? Just a thought. Gotta get that baby grounded. -Mike I put a new antenna mount on my honda crv today. the mount is about 3' angle aluminium stock, with a ham
Jerry, Excellent idea. Maybe we could attract the pigeons with music or birdfeed, then get them to land on the antenna.\ Then maybe it would be resonant on the WARC bands making it a Sextal Bander ra
Tom, First of all, get it away from your tower! Secondly, if there is any way at all possible, prop it, hang it, or whatever with the reflector on the ground and the driven aimed skyward. I think you
I had a single helically wound 1/4WL for 10m on my car. Could not tell any difference between it and a slightly longer whip, but base loaded 1/4wl whip also mounted on the car. A/B and all. GO FOR IT
I've got a chunk of nylon rope as a boom support on a 24' boom 6m yagi and it's approaching 10 years old and going strong. Not rotted yet and we see all types of WX here..... Methinks you might have
What's wrong with decoding the CW by ear? Also, there are plenty of programs on the Net that will sync your computer clock. Atomic Clock, About time, NIST, Dimension 4, etc. Mike.......CW RULES!! and