Mike, After a lot of measuring and fooling with several online calculators, it looks like that's the one that should fit my 572 too. The 589 requires a larger belt. Thanks. Les From: Les Kalmus <w2lk
Hardy, I have an AA-30. It's been with me up and down the tower, in the field and on two big DXpeditions in the far Pacific. Easy to use and adjust and very convenient to carry. Normally I use it for
Thanks. I think those may have been used on older towers. I have them on my older UST HDX-589MDPL but a newer HDX-572MDPL has Allen Bradley 802T-AP series J, switches marked type 4, 6P & 13. I bought
Bob, I have two UST towers. One uses these switches and the other, newer, one uses Allen Bradley 802T-AP Ser J switches. I bought one new on eBay for a fraction of what UST wanted. Les W2LK Bob K6UJ
John, Also, check this: http://www.mcmaster.com/#mobil-shc-630-oil/=141jcfz Good price. Les W2LK I don't know the capacity of your TX455 gearbox but it would not be over one quart. My HDX589 gearbox
We have finally sold our home near Kingston, NY after several years of trying. Below are some items that are for sale or will be in the very near future: On the ground. SteppIR 3el yagi with 6M eleme
I have an 80M 4sq deep in the woods. It uses the DXE 4sq. and I had them cut the phasing lines. The 4 corners are very accurately marked with a treated 2x4 pounded into the dirt. Each 2x4 has a 4x4 w
SteppIR is sold. The following remains and will be on the ground mid December or mod November if time permits: UST589 MDPL 89' motorized heavy duty tower in good condition. With newly refurbished Ori
Bill, ON4UN's book shows a transmission line of 2x#14 wires spaced 12" to be 710 ohms. The same two wires at 3M height are 357 ohms when looked at as a beverage. This is what I use with a DXE reversi
Confirmed. P 36. Les W2LK There was an article in an ARRL Compendium on a version of the folded unipole vertical. I am missing Vol 2 and it may be there. Can someone confirm it is in Vol 2? TNX Dave
Cort, I would get a weather tight metal box and mount it near the base of the tower. Get a pair of cable glands which are weather tight for the cable entry and do the splice inside that box, maybe wi
Antennas are on the ground ready for pickup. Towers will be on the ground by the end of this week. UST589 MDPL 89' motorized heavy duty tower in good condition. With newly refurbished Orion 2800 rota
Towers are sold. C-39XRN and N1217 are still available. SO2R decoder is sold. K3 is sold. microHam microKeyer is available and will sell for $ 140 plus shipping. More stuff to sell as soon as I can c
Here's more of what I have available at the moment: F12 C-39XRN yagi, very good condition. 2 el 40M, 3 el 20M, 4 el 15M, 5 el 10M, with manual. 40' boom, 17sq ft, 170lb, 100 mph. Separate feedlines f
Hang a pulley over a limb and secure it. Run the antenna support line through the pulley. No more abrasion. Les W2LK On 2/15/2017 7:22 PM, NC3Z Gary wrote: I have been using what I thought was high q
Bob, The installer who did my tower used plenty of NeverSeize on the non galvanized bolts and nuts and I had no problem removing them 12 years later. I was surprised to find them prepared that way bu
Radials on/in the ground aren't resonant. Most of the current in them will be close to the tower regardless of the length of those radials so put down as many as you can at whatever length they come
That invoice contains malware. Be advised. Les, W2LK Just got something from drop box some doc from no one and they think you will just sign it! 73- W1JCW John This is some of the garbage that I occa
I experienced this. The cause was the small 1/4" SS bolt into the top of the output shaft had come loose which allowed the shaft to drop. This caused a lot of play between the splines inside the base