This is all off-topic, of course, but so fascinating... Hopefully we'll all be forgiven. :-) I once had the opportunity, at an audiophile friend's home, to do a blindfolded side-by-side comparison of
FWIW, my experience with switching LV power supplies of various kinds has been that the RFI they generate is common-mode. I've had no luck suppressing any noise from them with differential filters. T
I'm looking to install a telescoping mast (probably two sections, about 18 ft) in a smallish roof tower or tripod (details not worked out yet) with the Yaesu rotator mounted near the base, such that
Reposting this, now that the holiday weekend is over and more guys are reading their mail... I'm looking to install a telescoping mast (probably two sections, about 18 ft) in a smallish roof tower or
The thread on PL-259s has been very instructive, and appreciated. But I'm having problems with genuine Amphenol N connectors (clamp/solder type) installed on Belden 9913F7 coax. And yes, I did buy th
See her in action here: http://www.groundhawgs.com/video/Groundhawgs.WMV Actually it looks like a pretty cool tool. If I was going to sink 50 rods, I'd want it. Bill / W5WVO _________________________
The subject line says it all. I'm looking for a good remote ATU that will tune balanced or unbalanced HF wire antennas outside the shack, without need of separate control head/wiring or homebrew weat
I've read in a couple places lately -- maybe in ads, not sure -- that creating an "effective RF ground" (whatever that would imply at the wavelength in question) can reduce received noise in the ante
Depending on the diameter of the section of tower you want to attach to, the Yaesu GS-065 thrust bearing could be what you're looking for. It works for up to 2.5" dia masts. You get four angled guy a
Steve, I really like DCI's (http://www.dci.ca/) filter products. Pricey, but outstanding. Their standard product line is only VHF/UHF, but I know they do a lot of custom work, and they're very respon
Thing is, for probably 99% of broadband subscribers -- via any media, cable/DSL/sat, you pick -- "speed" is thought of in terms of downstream speed. And for casual web surfing and e-mail, even for do
If you get the ARRL Letter, today's mailing (Vol. 24, No. 16) includes an article about one local NM ham (Gerry Smith, W6TER) who just won a six-year legal battle to keep his twin 135-ft towers in ru
Some catch-up data for y'all on "Pyrod" Tower: 1) It's PiRod, not Pyrod. Googling for the oft-misspelled name "Pyrod" will get you a lot of hits, but none of them are much good. :-) 2) PiRod was purc
Too cool! This is a great utility. The URL is: http://gbppr.dyndns.org:8080/path.cgi I've been looking for this kind of online utility for a long time. Thanks, Pat. Bill / W5WVO _____________________
OOPS... Hate it when I do that. Here's the correct URL: http://gbppr.dyndns.org:8080/path.main.cgi Sorry... -- Too cool! This is a great utility. The URL is: http://gbppr.dyndns.org:8080/path.cgi I'v
Typical of Cushcraft s/s u-bolts and nuts, which will gall if you so much as look at them the wrong way. And why don't they tell you in the manual that you need to use some kind of anti-seize when yo
Keith, Dunno. Others on the list may comment on zinc-aluminum contact interaction, if there is any. But I'd recommend staying with s/s parts, with the caveat that you use a good anti-seize on the thr
I "discovered" this bug a loooong time ago, and sent several emails to the webmaster of the USGS site -- none of which were ever responded to, of course. What I didn't come up with was the SOLUTION!
I have a StackMatch II (to be used on the 6M band) that I've modified to add a BOP capability by switching in a 1/2-wavelength segment of coax in the lower antenna's feedline when in the BOP position