I have been reading with great interest all the comments about grounding a station. My question deals with grounding when it is not possible to have a short ground from the rig to ground. My station
<< It appears to me that you would have a stronger, better looking antenna by using the loading coils ad they were intended, removing the hats, and sliding the elements in to each other until resonan
This is a followup on my previous email concerning using the CC D40 on 30 meters. After trying a bunch of different element lengths I ended up just pulling the end elements out of the loading coils (
It was brought to my attention that I used the wrong frequencies in explaining my conversion of the D40 to 30 meters. I meant 9.9 mhz and not 6.9 mhz. I looked the message over 5 times before I sent
While thumbing through a copy of the current issue of This Old House magazine last night I came across an interesting article about protecting your main electrical entry panel. Now this might be old
<< Hello all.... I will be installing a new tower soon and I would like to install a 40 meter rotatable dipole above my yagi... my problem is that I can't place the dipole more than a few feet above
I am leaving tuesday for a trip to the caribbean. One of the things I have to do is repair and install a Mosley Pro 76A which was blown off a tower. I need information regarding the hardware for moun
I have been reading with much interest all of the posts concerning deed restrictions and permit problems over the last six months. I recently moved into a nice 25 year old subdivision here in San Die
And dont forget to remove the crank up handle and/or secure the wench so it can not be moved. About 20 years ago while operating the WPX SSB contest single band 15, I had to take time out late sunday
Well, one way to tell if anyone reads this stuff is to mispell winch. Thanks guys for the humorous comments. I stand corrected. Terry -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/towertalkfaq.html Submis
I recently acquired a MA770 without raising cables. I want to make up my own but was unable to get information from the manufacturer on lengths. Does anyone have this information available? Terry/N6C
I am using a MA770 with a 10 foot aluminum mast (1/4 inch wall) out the top. I have done a lot of experimenting with various antennas and the mast has been tightened down in many different places alo
Greetings, Currently I am using hastily installed antenna for 80 meters. I have been using it for 4 years and it works fairly well for both domestic and DX contacts. Actually, I have been amazed at s
Gentlemen, I am currently installing a new inverted L for 80 meters. My residential lot is confined to a 120 degree portion of the needed area for radials. In this 120 degrees have installed 16 radia
Hi all, I am always interested in toroid comments. I have been successfully cleaning up a lot of my long-standing RFI problems with them. My question. Ignoring the economics, as I have both types ava