Hi Rick, very interesting. Did you have any matching network at the base where the coax connected to the vertical? If not I would have expected significant losses resulting in possibly lower received
Being a smart-a$$ here but sounds like an ideal application for your typical Chinese SMPS wall-wart ! Puts out gobs of high-level RF from a few kHz to a couple hundred MHz ! Gedas, W8BYA EN70JT Galle
I have some left over connectors FS. 1. TOP QUALITY, NOS.....Male BNC connectors for RG8, RG213, RG214, etc size cables made with Gold/Teflon. Made by Delta Electronics (USA). Rated to 4 GHz, Silver
I use several TT & HAM-IV rotors and have done so for over 40 years. I like them a lot except for the &^%^&* pot contacts that go flaky after 5-6 years. I also started using a brand new G-800DXA roto
I am trying to help a friend do some leg work and find him a telescoping, tilt-over tubular tower. I seem to remember several weeks ago someone mentioned a company that makes a tubular version......
Or all these freaking cars like my explorer where you cannot check the trans fluid level w/o lifting up the vehicle ! Gedas, W8BYA EN70JT Gallery at http://w8bya.com (under repair) Light travels fast
Dick, I have an assembled but on the ground 7 elem LFA I purchased 2 years ago from England, maybe we can work out a deal. It has never been installed and sitting on the ground. Where do you live? Fe
I am looking for a product that I can dispense via a few drops onto assembles hardware that will dry hard, bond, and resist weathering and UV. I assumed Locktite Blue or Red would do that for me but
Hi Pat. That sounds like great stuff but the part I do not like it the shelf life once it is opened up. But if it is not horribly expensive then it may be the ticket. Thanks ! Gedas, W8BYA EN70JT Gal
Hi Keith. I have a lot of experience with epoxies since I was a kid (dad was head of QC at a major adhesives firm)......I love the stuff but I am trying to stay away from a 2-part compound. But the p
The 290 mix sounds very interesting. Will have to check it out. regarding nail polish don't laugh but I use it a lot for lightly sealing small screws etc. A long time ago I use to mix acetone and pol
Very interesting about the oxi free environment ! I wonder how long the stuff I have open will last? I definitely am not looking for something to apply to threads that will not get exposed rather I n
That is pretty neat Kurt. One of the applications I have requires that the agent not be too thin and flow down in between the threads and I want it to remain on the outside only. For example I finish
It is has been WAY too many decades since my last ME classes to be confident in my estimations so I am wondering if someone can give me their opinion if I am going to run into trouble. The YT video (
Thank you grant. I was not sure how to interpret that linear expansion as my situation is using round tubing. Not sure if the diameter would change at the same rate as in a linear strip of metal. 73
Thank you everyone. From the sounds of things I should be ok. 73 Gedas, W8BYA EN70JT Gallery at http://w8bya.com (under repair) Light travels faster than sound.... This is why some people appear brig
A couple years ago when I was into 6m MS I was using an old CC 5-elem yagi at 75'. It worked very well and I was able to make hundreds of QSO's out past 1000 miles pretty much at will. Along came som
Hi there Jim. Hope you are doing well and staying safe. Fortunately for me I live out in the country and while there is a farm house etc that can sometimes generate some noise for the most part (knoc
I do not have the model number handy (shack downstairs, me upstairs in recliner with injured back) but I run a pair of 6-7 year old 27" (I think) Samsung wide monitors and love them, EXCEPT for the t
I use a 1 kW Harris SSPA on 6m. The antenna is a 25-30 year old 5-elem cushcraft. 99% of the time I use it for meteor scatter and used it when FSK441 30-sec frames were common. Feedline is 7/8" helia