OK, an update. I tried a different tactic. I went in at about a 60 degree angle, against earth that's sloping about 60 degrees the other way (picture a sideways letter X - earth going one way, ground
That's the description here, too. on the western side of a small rocky mountain. There are a few places I got an 8' rod down using the electrician's Bosch hammerdrill last year, but most only went do
Hi all, Now that I'm becoming quite comfortable with HFTA and MicroDEM, I have a very practical question that's been bugging me for a few days. At 20 degrees I have a clean shot terrain-wise. At 40,
Just wondering what gauge of control wire did you use? 500 feet is a LONG run and I'm guessing you'll need something heavier than "average" cable runs. I'm also hoping you're feeding this with some t
Hi all, This is a desperate plea for help from Northern NJ. I need to get a major cadweld-grounding project completed, and as events of this weekend have proven, this is not a task neither I nor my x
The problem with a ditchwitch is it seriously wrecks the lawn - a real no-no here. With summer here, guests over, etc, that won't fly with the war department, if you catch my meaning. covert "slits"
I was using one-shots. I think that's what happened. The wire from the tower to the ground rod probably wasn't mated correctly inside the ceramic mold. I'll sawzall it off and try again. I'm using AW
I'll see if I can get some. I ran into another real problem today. Well, TWO problems, actually. 1) I have **extremely** rocky soil. For most of where my ground wires run I can't get an edger blade
Crimped, for sure. For PL-259s I use two tools to do the job perfectly, in about a minute or so. I do my cable prep with a UT-8000 cable prep tool available from DX Engineering for $40. I do the crim
DX Engineering sells a Cablematic UT-8000 coax stripper for about $40. This prepares RG-213 and similar coaxes perfectly (though I've never used LMR-400 - I don't know if it would handle that). It's
Hi all, May be slightly O/T, but I have an Ameritron Automatic Antenna Switch (RCS-12) and for the life of me, I can't figure out how to properly interface the DB-9 connector on the RCS-12 to a Yaesu
Hi all, This may seem like a strange request, but has anybody been able to contact Force 12 in the last couple of weeks? I've been trying to get a status update on a Delta-240 I ordered 15 weeks ago
Hi all, OK, I am now officially spooked out, big-time. Not FIVE MINUTES after sending my post regarding trying to contact Force 12 re my Delta 240, along comes the FedEx truck with a nice big, long h
I sincerely hope they get turned around soon. Their products are too good to disappear from the amateur market. Well, that's where I ordered that Delta 240, and I wasn't alone. No, his booth wasn't s
Hi all, I'm in the final stages of getting my Force-12 Delta 240 in the air on top of my C31XR and 2/2/1. I am now running into a problem with combined wind-load ratings exceeding my tower's specced
Hi all, As part of getting some yard work done this year, I'd like to run some cable about 100 feet underground to my inverted-L feedpoint. Currently I'm using direct-bury Davis-RF coax in a shallow
I have a 40' run of white 4" PVC below-ground now and it's a good size for the amount of cabling I'm running. I've never had a problem pulling anything through it, and it's seen a lot of traffic so
Hi all, I've got a couple of questions for anybody who's used an MFJ 1026 (or 1025) noise-canceller. I've got some nasty power line noise on a few bands (that someday PSE&G may look into). I'm using
One step forward, two huge steps back. I never realized the RX OUT on the back of the Mark V was for the main antenna's signal (ANT-A or -B) - I thought it was the same signal that was coming in from
Followup: I think I spoke too soon regarding the Mark V's RX Out. I THOUGHT I had receive signal from the yagis going out that line, but evidently either I accidentally cooked something or that was n