--Original Message-- not spider balls. It is easier to get them from spiders than cops... Chuck W5PR _______________________________________________ See: http://www.mscomputer.com for "Self Supportin
A good way to clean inside and outside of tubing is with a battery terminal cleaner. It pulls apart and has a brush to insert inside the element and another part for the outside. Chuck W5PR _________
--Original Message-- ends away from earth. How high do you think the lower end of a vertical dipole for 75 meters should be to be reasonably efficient? 8-10 feet? Or would I still need a ground scree
Do you electrically connect the two anchors? Chuck W5PR I got in late on this subject so I may be a bit off subject. I have always been concerned about anchor corrosion. I use galvanized, screw-in, 8
I mount all of my antennas/rotors that way. It works fine. No need to grease anything. Just be sure you have the tube top that is large enough in diameter to allow a 2" mast to pass through it. Rohn
I have been using 24 volts on 12 volt coil relays for years and I have never had a failure. Occasionally I have left a switch on with a relay energized for as long as a week. The higher voltage also
I have had 80' of 55 up without guys or antennas in a coastal county south of Houston for years. (Maybe I'll finish it in 2005! :-) Chuck W5PR A ham here in the Houston area had 50 feet of Rohn 45 fr
Military dipole center insulators are sealed and the coax goes inside, thus eliminating the connector problems. Chuck W5PR Careful Gary. You are showing your 'vintage'. =) Actually, The Wireman had o
Any of your neighbors would have the power to sue to enforce the restrictions. Chuck Dietz W5PR We just put money down on a property and got a copy of the deed restrictions. Pinal County, AZ has no r
I might add to Jim's excellent response that the solar panels will "catch" a lot of wind and cause wind loading. Be sure to design for that wind loading and put equal areas of panel on each side of t
Are you sure a wire is not broken??? Chuck W5PR send it off I thought I would at least open it up to have a look. It seems to turn in one direction only and trying another control box did not solve t
Thanks for the good information Frank. I wonder how my grandparents survived without all these regulations! Chuck W5PR _______________________________________________ See: http://www.mscomputer.com f
Ebay must have taken the listing down... Chuck W5PR http://cgi.ebay.com/ANTENNA-RIGHTS-AND-ANTENNA-Proto-types_W0QQitemZ75615902 63QQcategoryZ2992QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem This looks like the chance of a
The real estate agent is responsible for providing you with a list of all covenants and restrictions. Ask the agent to provide you with the name of the person who is the HOA representative, and ask f
I don't know if our gain/spacing is similar, but my 6m stack is always louder on "both" than on either antenna alone. Chuck W5PR I would like to know if there is a way to check phasing of antennas.I'
I tried this and it worked until a hurricane came along and dumped a bunch of rain which softened up the soil. There was not much damage and I think I could have set it back up in more concrete. I se
For $9.95 I could tell them to look at the top of their cell phone... Chuck W5PR --Original Message-- From: towertalk-bounces@contesting.com [mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of W0U
And run a copper wire to the top. Chuck W5PR _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing list TowerTalk@contesting.com http://li
I delete any message titled "Digest" without reading it. Chuck W5PR If you are receiving TowerTalk in *digest* mode, don't repost the entire digest back to the group! Trim your message to the specifi
I shunt feed with the cables on the outside (but buried from the tower to the shack). Chuck W5PR exception to your general rule, Steve? Could be. Is having the cables outside the tower destructive to