When I installed gound rods, I bought the Cadweld One Shots from RF Connection. No minimum purchase required. Barry W2UP -- Barry Kutner, W2UP Internet: w2up@mindspring.com Newtown, PA Frankford Radi
Yes, it's 1:1. On one of my TH7s, I use a Palomar balun, which works fine. BTW, if anyone needs a BN-86, I have one available that I'll part with for a reasonable price. 73, Barry W2UP -- Barry Kutne
Covering all the elements with tape would add a bit of weight, and could be a problem with wind loading, icing, etc. Has anyone asked the manufacturer what they recommend? Barry, W2UP -- Barry Kutner
Hasn't OTARD voided the blanket prohbition of outdoor antennas, permitting small dishes and TV antennas? Has anyone tried to call a small tribander, usch as a F12 C3 a TV antenna to get it by the rul
Hi all, While out in my yard today, I found what might be an end cap from one of my antennas. It's cylindrical, black plastic, 2 inch diameter, and labelled Alliance Plastics Co, Erie, PA, and A-2. I
I have a ceiling fan in which the flywheel broke. Unfortunately, the 12 ft step ladder wouldn't reach the mounting, as this fan is installed in a room with a 22 ft ceiling. So what did I do? Get the
Not much different than what I pay as a physician. He has the advantage of charging more when his rates go up! Barry W2UP -- Barry Kutner, W2UP Internet: w2up@mindspring.com Newtown, PA Frankford Rad
I made my own anticlimb sections, from plans in an old ARRL Handbook. I don't know if they still have the info in the current edition. Basically, it's 3 sheets of galvanzied sheet metal 18 inches wid
A lot of you guys are going overboard. If someone really wants to climb your tower, they are going to climb your tower, despite your best efforts. What we're talking about here is preventing the aver
You tell your neghbor your plans: Scenario 1 - He really doesn't care one way or the other. If so, there was no need to tell him before-hand in the first place. Scenario 2 - You tell him and he says
Probably experience. I believe it, to a degree. Just last week, there was a lightning hit to a wooden power pole about 1000 ft from my tower. It blew a bunch of fuses and lihgtning arrestors on the p
I installed the one sold by ICE. Simple, self-installation connecting the device to a new breaker in the box. Barry, W2UP -- Barry Kutner, W2UP Internet: w2up@mindspring.com Newtown, PA Frankford Rad
Jim, Could be one of two things. In the earlier rotors, there was a suspected problem of RF burns on the pot coil. This seems to have been cured putting a few bypass caps on the pot. This was added t
Had a problem over the weekend with my T2X. It wouldn't turn. It was working fine, then all of a sudden it was stuck at about 300 degrees. I tried the usual rocking back and forth to free the sticky
Tnx for all the responses about my stuck rotor. Of course, today, it is working just fine! However, I thought I'd replace the motor starting cap anyway, as it is 14 years old. The original cap is rat
In the manual's parts list, the cap is labelled "Capacitor, Motor Start." Barry -- Barry Kutner, W2UP Internet: w2up@mindspring.com Newtown, PA Frankford Radio Club __________________________________
Mine is from ICE and as far as I know, no problems. It connects across a dedicated big breaker in the panel box. Barry W2UP -- Barry Kutner, W2UP Internet: w2up@mindspring.com Newtown, PA Frankford R
I downloaded the file from the W5LL site and it won't open in Quicktime or WMV? Quicktime says format not supported and WMV goes looking for the codec and can't find it. Other mpg's play. Ideas? Tnx,
I was surprised to read that bulletin. Here in the Northeast, their signals have been very weak for the most part, especially on 30-15m (no copy on 10 or 12), but they hear well. Barry W2UP -- Barry
Something else to think about... In my (limited) experience, if a model changes dramatically for a small change in length, height, etc., there is probably something wrong with the model. Barry, W2UP