All: Replaced 3 tower ground wires today with #2 insulated stranded copper. Noticed the original wires looked closer to 0 or possibly 00 and was wondering if I'm loosing much with the smaller gauge?
All: Anyone know where to get Penetrox-E at a reasonable price? Several electrical supply houses are selling it for about $50 bucks per 8 oz bottle. Tony _____________________________________________
All, Need a replacement for the bolt used to pin the mast on my Yaesu rotator. It's a socket head cap bold measuring 8mm x 95mm. There was a break in the bolt where rust had set-in; thinking of going
All, Monitoring HAARP's lunar echoes on 6792.5khz. The 2.4 second delay shows up nicely. Tony -K2MO _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ Tow
All, I have an RFI problem that I'm trying to identify. It's a continuous pulse noise that pops on every 1/2 second. The actual timing between each pulse is about 0.533 seconds and doesn't seem to ch
All, I was able to track down the general location of an RFI problem I've been hearing since December. It's in the vicinity of 3 new homes on a cul-de-sac not far from my QTH. I'm told the pulse nois
All, The RFI problem has been resolved. It turned out to be a charger for an electric motorbike left on cycle mode. The power company investigator left a note on my door explaining what it was. I don
Larry, For what it's worth, I have the 3 element SteppIR at 70 feet and the factory default gives very low SWR on all bands. The antenna is 3 years old and the only swr change I see is when the tower
All, Apologies for the off-topic subject -- please reply direct. The original Icom 756 Pro receiver had an anoying popping sound that would show up at the start of each morse element when listening t
Steve, To be honest, I didn't think the post would do any harm and thought the request to reply direct would keep the subject off the reflector. I simply wanted to draw on the experience of the group
All, I'm replacing the thrust bearing on a U.S. Tower model HDX 555. The U.S. Tower bearing goes for $158 and was wondering if anyone knows where I can find the same bearing cheaper. Thanks, Tony -K2
All, Accidentally pulled out 3 wires from the control box on my Yaesu G-1000DXA rotator while rearranging the shack. The wires were connected to pins 4, 5 and 6. I reconnected the wires to what I tho
Greetings all... I seem to remember someone mentioning the use of Dow Corning's high vacuum grease for coax connections. I found the product on the website below, but the product information doesn't
All, About to install ICE lightning arrestors on three coax runs as well as the rotator cable and could use some advise. I'd like to use a small electrical enclosure bolted directly to a 10 foot grou
All, How often should the cable be replaced on a crank-up? I was always told that if there are no broken strands or rust, the cable is fine. On the other hand, some say it should be replaced every tw
Hello Mike, This is the season for Es so it's probably the most likely mode. If you could find ionosonde data along the paths you mentioned, it might show the foEs figures that would coincide with t
All, I have a Yaesu 1000 antenna rotor that seems to be making a bit more noise than usual. It creeks a bit as the wind moves the antennas around. I recorded some video while on the tower today and w
Mike, I was afraid of that. I had Yaesu 800 series rotator failure a while back so I purchased a 1000 thinking it would hold up. Need something a bit more stout that will fit inside my US Tower HDX 5
Steve, It's not the tower or the antennas that are creaking. The noise is coming directly from the rotator itself when the wind pushes it against it's "stops". I had an 800 series free spin a few yea