-- ORIGINAL MESSAGE --(may be snipped) REPLY: Another solution is to use a self-resonant coil which has no capacitor, just as W9INN did in his multiband antennas. 73, Bill W6WRT _____________________
-- ORIGINAL MESSAGE --(may be snipped) REPLY: They never were rotors. A rotor is a device which itself rotates; a rotator is a device which rotates another device. 73, Bill W6WRT ____________________
-- ORIGINAL MESSAGE --(may be snipped) REPLY: I have too, but only rotator is correct. A rotor is a device that itself rotates, such as the moving part in an electric motor. A rotator is a device tha
-- ORIGINAL MESSAGE --(may be snipped) REPLY: This is where the confusion comes from. In the above, "the thing which turns" could be taken either as the thing which goes round and round or it could b
-- ORIGINAL MESSAGE --(may be snipped) REPLY: Yes. 73, Bill W6WRT _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing list TowerTalk@cont
-- ORIGINAL MESSAGE --(may be snipped) REPLY: Does it matter? Only if you care about English. I suppose you could call it an azimuth change-maker, but why not use the correct term in the first place?
-- ORIGINAL MESSAGE --(may be snipped) REPLY: Infinitely small detail is whore the Devil lives, along with his good buddy Murphy. :-) 73, Bill W6WRT _______________________________________________ __
-- ORIGINAL MESSAGE --(may be snipped) REPLY: Correct. 73, Bill W6WRT _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing list TowerTalk@
-- ORIGINAL MESSAGE --(may be snipped) REPLY: I hesitate to bring up the obvious, but are you sure you measured correctly? It's easy to make a mistake and not realize it. Been there, done that. Bill
-- ORIGINAL MESSAGE --(may be snipped) REPLY: Aluminum is notoriously difficult to solder and even if you can get a bond, the bond is weak. I would suggest not soldering it. Crimp it instead. Bill W6
-- ORIGINAL MESSAGE --(may be snipped) REPLY: Bartender, I'll have what Mr Duffy is having, but just make it a single. Bill W6WRT _______________________________________________ _____________________
-- ORIGINAL MESSAGE --(may be snipped) REPLY: Flat dipoles certainly work, but inverted vees have a couple of advantages: 1. Easier to erect. Only one support point is needed. 2. With the apex at 1/4
At the risk of starting a flame war (wouldn't be the first time), I have to question the purpose of running a ground wire from the tower to the shack. What is it you are trying to accomplish? Or putt