Should the rotor in a tower, bear the weight of the antennas and mast? Or should the weight be on a bearing plate, and allow the rotor to be easily removed? What are the pros and cons of either appro
If your just looking for a temporary setup a banana jack may be better than an alligator clip. Chuck Gooden N9QBT I have been working on rebuilding my 80M dipole setup for camping and the fall/winter
I would of expected that, the company would be up for sale to someone that would be interested in keeping ham radio alive. So I am waiting until I see an official notice. Chuck Gooden N9QBT On 7/6/20
Retired recently and am getting back into ham radion. I am planning on putting up a 80 to 10 meter OCF antenna. The antenna will be supported on a TV tower with the ends attached to some pine trees.
Thanks for the replies to my question. Looks like 10-20 lbs should do it at least as a starting point. This seems to confirm what I was initially expecting. I have already thought of most of the othe
What size is the harness? Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE smartphone Oops, I forgot to give a price. $95 (cost over $400) plus shipping if necessary - about 20 lb. I can only find a single nylon
Hello, I am redoing some coax connectors and need the manufactures part numbers for the Scotch products. I have heard to use a layer of Scotch Super 33+ tape, would Scotch Super 88 be better? Then us
JimCoild you post a link to the web site please ThxChuck Gooden n9qbt Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE smartphone I consider Rudy Severns' work on radials to be definitive. He's done extensive, l
Have you tried re-installing Writelog? oops wrong reflector - Sorry. Chuck Gooden I updated to WL 12.11D Friday afternoon and operated in the ARRL 160M CW Contest. WriteLog worked great - no problems
In order for a proper match you will need to put two 50 ohm sections in series in each of the parallel sections, then the impedance should match. Wink, wink.... ______________________________________
Steve, If you wrap the temflex onto itself it should stick to itself. Try it on a short piece. You may have to stretch the tape slightly to get a nice tight seal. Chuck Frankly, I don't understand ho
My thought also...but it is a holiday and they may be closed today. I am planning on making a trip there tomorrow and I will ask them. Chuck Gooden jim ab3cv You can get good or high quality stuff fr
Have you tried some ferrites on the power lead and the output lead that connects to the fence? Chuck Gooden Patrick NJ5G 73, Karl Heil WD9BGA I am interested as well. Please share with the list. Mike
Keep checking the Dx Engineering web site, they mentioned that they should have something to do this in 2017 when I asked about 3 months ago. Chuck K9LC 73, N2TK, Tony _______________________________
Mouser.com has it listed for $18.09 in single unit quanities in case any one is interested. Chuck K9LC Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE smartphone KY8D asked me about a new, larger #31 toroid t
Peter, The webpage you pointed to in your email indicates it is 73 material NOT 61 like you indicated. 2873000202 <http://www.fair-rite.com/product/multi-aperture-cores-2873000202/> 1 Suppression App
The number for 61 mix appears to be 2861000202 Chuck K9LC Here the link to find all mixes: http://www.fair-rite.com/product-category/suppression-components/multi-apert ure-cores/ 73 Peter, DJ7WW --Or
Just noticed that Dx Engineering now is selling the tools for coax prep when installing crimp connectors. See: https://www.dxengineering.com/search/product-line/dx-engineering-coaxial-cable-prep-tool
They only sold the coax prep kit for the solder connectors. The coax prep kit for crimp connectors is new and was recently added. They did sell the crimp tool kit for some time though. Chuck - K9LC
When i installed the electical for my pool the city wanted the conduit down 18 inches and this is in northern Illinois. If it was me I would put the coax in some pvc too. Chuck Gooden - K9LC After a