BigSnip The electrical wire is insulated... Am I being too cautions about this?? Thanks in advance for your thoughts and ideas. Josh - KB0GUS Pay yer money :o((( and have the power drop buried if you
Hi, all concerned: FWIW, over the years, I have seen 'white powdered aluminum' only *inside* minimula elements where hygroscopic dust bunnies are the cause. I have seen dozens of Mosley rotating dumm
REFLECTORS can be lined up in band order but DIRECTORS cannot. de Tom N4KG Hi, Tom: Then, iyo, CushCraft, HyGain, et alii, haven't 'done it right' with their multi-director arrays? 73, Dave, K3BHJ
I want to replace a 50-200-ohm toroidal balun, which works fine 20M-10M (actually, to above 2M), with a choke balun. Wound 6T '213 on 4" PVC waterpipe. Checked balance using r-f m-voltmeter, MFJ anal
Snip XMAS lights? Run an antenna among the twisted AC pair feeding the lights. (Might have to remove the lights so they don't flash :) ) Snip Use dead lamps in the light string. 73, Dave, K3BHJ List
Hi, all concerned: Few weeks ago, I posted some experiments with torque wrenches and fixtures for measuring tension. Reason was that I had the mistaken impression that the LOOS devices were in the $5
Hi, all concerned: I've used temporary guys for tramming and tower-steadying (nerves, you know) while doing antenna work. Is there a trap for the unwary in leaving these guys permanently attached, ot
K1VR wrote <about a good idea, in my not so mumbled opinion>. I am having a similar experience. Hamilton County, OH cannot find record of the inspection for the hole and steel base for my tower. It (
I threw all my cybercards, and the cards I never got, down the hatch. 73, Dave, K3BHJ -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/FAQ/towertalk Submissions: towertalk@contesting.com Administrative reque
You guys all got it wrong. It doesn't matter what kind of a qsl it is. Just so it's in your mother-in-laws hands when you pour the concrete over her in the hole! -- Folks playing leapfrog must comple
While we are on the subject, what direction is true north? 73, Tom W8JI W8JI@contesting.com My real radio man's talking comp ass sez pi-radians from the really-real true north. I can't figure if tha
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I engrave a scrap piece of minimula tubing, slip it on the coax B4 installing the connector, and pinch it a bit to hold it in place. 73, Dave, K3BHJ -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/FAQ/tower
Hi, all concerned: I have a Create RC5A-3 rotator, and need a source for the mating connector. Any help, pls, before I cobble another connector on it? 73, Dave, K3BHJ -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contes
I was able to find suitable mating replacement connectors from obsolete eqpt at work yesterday. Amphenol #s: 16S-1PF 7-pin-female in plug-style body, with clamp and boot, for cable side 16S-1SF male
The owner of the clamps has decided that $11 is a fair price for the clamps, after advice from his sales dep't. Seems the sales lads don't want competition from used parts. The clamps will probably b
Tom, N4KG wrote above about 2L wire inverted-vee beams. For the VSWR-fetishists, my FD version, making the DE a folded-dipole, and feeding with a 75-ohm Q-section, gets the feed-Z down to around 60 o