Recently I saw an ad, in maybe QST, by a company selling a dipole that looked like the B & W one. Maybe they bought the rights from B & W ? Does anyone recall the ad and where I saw it ? I've looked
Gentlemen, and I do mean it as a compliment ! I greatly appreciate your prompt answers to my questions regarding the B & W Dipole. Now for the rest of the story. Several years ago I purchased a new M
The idea of using a chunk of black UHMW bored out for a bearing sounds interesting. I fell in love with UHMW, when I HB'd a full coverage skid plate for my UTV, of the stuff. It was very easy to work
From my notebook of "Hard Knocks" : 1.) Capping or stuffing the end of a sizable tube in some manner is good, and adding a small drain hole in the bottom of the capped tube is best . 2. ) Using anyth
Almost 83, still do some climbing, when required, with only a belt. My limit is only about 40'. Fortunately I live on a ridge top so extra tall towers aren't deemed necessary. I do have a Sky Needle
I think that the best remedy is to use a length of heavy duty shrink tubing, over the damaged section, with the meltable glue like substance lining its inside. I have heard that among other places, t
I guess that I'm "an old (83) bold (not so) free style tower climber", as long as they < 40'. Chuck, W7CS _______________________________________________ _____________________________________________
A light weight Spider Beam seems to be the preferences of DXpeditioners, as opposed to Hex Beam variants. However for your situation, either may provide too high a visibility quotient. Do some Due Di
Ray, The phasing capacitor, an AC one, can lose its capacity with age. Most times a sluggish rotator can be corrected with a new capacitor. An over abundance of capacitance and voltage rating, in the
The best all around RTV, or when used as for gluing components, is GOOP. It's available everywhere, including grocery stores. It originally started(over 30 years ago) out as being used for repairing
For various reasons I wouldn't use "UV Proof" (resistant) cable ties, as I've never found any that were, for any length of time ! Here in So. AZ they are particularly short lived, and even in humid N
There are varying excuses for not wanting to climb towers any longer, too old is one ! At 83 and a ham for over 67 years, I prefer (not desire) to only have to climb no more than 30-40 feet on someth
Bob, N7IP, A number of years ago I built a large multi H frame system, using large aluminum square booms, for a 28' long boom ,16 yagi 2M array. I welded all of the four smaller H frames , made of sq
"Since the 70s, at least a dozen times we have helped swap a Mosely TA-33 jr to something else, usually a Hy-gain 204BA. The difference on 20m is the usual 10 db". You really must have drunk a lot of
200:50 ohm coax balun. Several of them had the main lobe canted off to one side by 20 degs ! The fix was to replace the T match with a conventional hairpin setup. He did not mention the brand, but I
I have personally known Mike and Myrna for at least 40 years, way back when they were the M of KLM. I consider them as some of my dearest ham friends. I can't imagine Myrna ever raising her voice. Mi
A couple of comments: 1,) Most of the early digital watches had plastic cases. Even so I would be suspect ! 2.) I have always figured, that a low altitude EMP event, that was over a high population a