Jorge Think about it from a slightly different perspective. I assume you have a "Rope Boom" stretched between two trees. Rather than have the coax hang down from the driven element have it go back al
Is there an EASY and Effective way to remove coaxiseal ( that sticky black "silly putty") used to seal up ones connectors from water? Dave NR1DX -- Dave Manuals@ArtekManuals.com www.ArtekManuals.com
I recently purchased a nice VNA ( Array Solutions AIM4300 ...good news /bad news ..contact me off list) . Like a kid with a new chemistry set at Xmas I set about measuring everything in site with my
Steve Tried looking at your property but your "official" address is an industrial park ???? For starters How big is your property? How tall are the trees What kind of 80M operating are you invisionin
A couple of weeks ago I asked for some ideas on how to remove soft black water sealant for connectors I commonly know as Coaxiseal. Several good answers and thanks to all who replied. The "Best" res
Thanks Chuck Had not seen that one ..interesting will do some more research The other lesson I have learned recently is to take great care that with the little locking bumps inside the PL259 males t
As is often the case the folks in Asia have confused inches with cm and mm...8^(...caveat emptor..Those pliers only weigh 7ounces, but if they are 83 inches long maybe they weigh 7lbs or 7kg ? At lea
Steve What follows is MY OPINION take it for what it for what you paid for it which is nothing Verticals on 160 are the preferred DX (transmitting) antenna greyline or otherwise. Some well know DX'rs
Joe Measured as in loss, Impedance and/or velocity factor ? or all three? Did you keep a log of the actual results? If so, could you share the actual numbers? Dave NR1DX which sells at $.70 per foo
John Works ok around a rotator as long as you make the service loop big enough, Also depends on whether your rotator does 360 or 450 degrees . I am currently using LMR400 on a 450 degree rotation . I
Tony Locally I have had good luck finding used R25 using Craigs list, Also there are traders nets on 75M usually on Sunday mornings and there are likely 2M trader nets in your area ( There are two I
Kirk The short answer is how tight you make the turns will have little real world effect. Use the RG-8X I would probably use the #31 core over the 43 . The poor mans 8 turns of coax 4-5" in diameter
Jim Show me the ACTUAL antenna range pattern measurement data with and without the common mode choke on a a similar antenna, with a reasonable SWR ( LESS THAN 1.5:1) and the feed line has been brou
I had moved often before retiring and over the years had built/bought window pass through bulkheads, In addition to PL259 and N bulk head connectors, weather proof DC control cable cables bulkheads
Bob I have two vertical antennas ( actually a T and an L) for 160 and 80 with 4 separate elevated radials each . I did a lot of VNA testing early on looking for interaction. As long as the radials
Kevin How tall/big a mast out the top, what kind of antenna(s) do you plan on the mast? Dave NR1Dx On 11/20/2020 4:18 PM, Kevin Scott Hughes wrote: I am planning to construct a tower. I have done
John How many degrees can you then swing the beam around with one of these before it hits the tower on either side? Dave On 11/25/2020 2:29 PM, John O'Mara wrote: IDC Technology Antenna Swing Gate fo
Steve In my recent experience ( I have not bought from you but there is always the next order 8^). There are two basic rope designs out there these days. One I will call the "rope within rope". Usual
Stew I think most of the earlier concern about radial crossing was for elevated radials. Lets say you had 16 on/in ground radials to begin with. Adding say another 8 or 16 on top of those would be v
John ( got your name from QRZ ..you forgot to sign your post) Yes you can do this, and yes it will be better than nothing at all Ideally one would like a "uniform " ( in all directions ) set of groun