Glass houses..... Stones.... I forget exactly what the saying is.... :) 73 Jim W7RY Pardon me for being pedantic here, but use of the apostrophy (') makes the word POSSESSIVE, not plural. To make a w
Now this guy knows how to raise a tower! All by himself.. http://w7yrv.blogspot.com/2013/10/cheapest-towers.html Some interesting ideas. 73 Jim W7RY _______________________________________________ __
Bend the top vertical with a piece of pipe. Not sure if you can get the weld material level in the mold or not. Best if the mold can be level or you will end up with a bad weld. 73 Jim W7RY -MikeWA6Z
Cellular companies typically pay between 800 to 1000 per month for the land space or building top mount. But remember they are a nationwide company with multi BILLIONS of dollars of revenue. You cant
Oh.. BTW, a typical single commerical repeater into a commercial radio site is between 75 and 200 per month depending on location and if the site owner provides antennas and combining systems, emerge
This tells the story... This is from their .PDF of the drawing: Amphenol RF Danbury, CT, USA Tainan, Taiwan Shenzhen, China www.amphenolrf.com 73 Jim W7RY I know Amphenol is a very good brand and the
is the calibrate pot pushed in? 73 Jim W7RY On 2/23/2014 8:02 PM, n8de@thepoint.net wrote: When you turn the rotor to its limits, does the antenna point 90 degrees off at the limits? If so, I'd suspe
Looks like the Yaesu is a piece of junk... http://www.eham.net/reviews/detail/5283 73 Jim W7RY I am replacing my old broken Yaesu 2800sdx rotor. Looking at either a Yaesu 2800DXA or a Hygain T2XDX. I
The XM240 is a winner, put it up and it works! Agreed! 73 Jim W7RY I have installed the linear loaded F12 40 M antenna. Tried to keep it up for a couple of years before trashing it and buying the CC
My XM240 is about 11 feet above my TH7. They are pointed the same direction. The SWR on the 40 is fine. The SWR on the 15 is a bit high. But its still fine. 73 Jim W7RY Depends on definition of serio
Im looking for a 20 meter monobander... Bigger than a 204BA and smaller than the 45 foot boom M2 20M5LD. It will be mounted below a XM240 at on top of a 70 Rohn 45. I think gain is more important to
I didnt know they still made this antenna Dan! HRO has them for free shipping according to their web site! I looked at the sites you suggested. I dont need OWA because bandwidth is not an issue for m
Duenstar also has single band filters for $73.00 each. http://www.dunestar.com/store/Single-Band-Bandpass-Filters-pid-4.html 73 Jim W7RY Gary, I also have the Dunestar filters (multiband) and run the
Which balun do you recommend for the M2 KT36? A voltage balun or a current balun? I run 1500 watts during RTTY contests. Im planning on winding my own. I have Jerry Sevicks book on building them. Tha
The KT-36 is 200 ohms feed point impedance. Not 50 ohms. I though I better clarify. 73 Jim W7RY Which balun do you recommend for the M2 KT36? A voltage balun or a current balun? I run 1500 watts duri
I cant find the M2 balun on their site. 73 Jim W7RY I'm rebuilding a KT34XA and installing the KT36 upgrade kit plus new style boom to element clamps. Right now I plan to use the new 3KW balun I got
I have a m2 2800 on my 70' Rohn 45, with a 20 foot molly mast. It has a 2 ele 40 on top of the mast and a TH7 at the top of the tower. It's never missed a lick. I use #16 for the motor and cat 3 phon
Because the cat 3 is only indoor rated cable and it's getting a bit weathered. And it has several splices in it. Eventually it will fail. 73 Jim W7RY I'm curious, if it never missed a lick why are yo
Same reason a condenser was changed to a capacitor. More modern language. 73 Jim W7RY --Original Message-- From: WA3GIN in King George, VA Sent: Saturday, May 03, 2014 4:47 AM To: jim@audiosystemsgro
Rohn used to make 55 with a tapered leg connection instead of only a flange. These sections were 10' long. This is Rohn 55 also used two sizes of bolts. 73 Jim W7RY Rohn 25G Bolts 3X at each section