In due respect to the others who have commented on this topic, I would suggest your local ham pick a single band, maybe 20 meters, and put up a monoband Gladiator vertical. I have a 20 meter Glad up
Aloha Rick, NO, you are exactly correct. You must talk about your loss. Take some time away. In time, as we did here on Kauai after Iniki a few years ago, you will see life on the radio again! Severa
Aloha from the Garden Island of Kauai, This morning I have begun a series of signal measurements. I will be comparing the performance of my Mosley triband antenna, a TA-34-XL to my Gladiator 1/4 wave
First, thank you to the many, many who have commented on my post about listening results with the NCDXF beacons about the world, at least those I heard yesterday on 14100. Summary of points raised: 1
Aloha to those still interested in this topic! And again, thank you for your many inputs and responses. Have considered them all, and now the following will be done, I hope: Use of accurate attenuato
Hi all, Is there a Radio Nostalgia or Radio History reflector? Would like to post the following there, if possible: "QST to All former Radio Room Operators on board the USS Missouri, The Mighty Mo wi
Aloha, Recall my intentions to discover the impact of added elevated radials, beyond four, to an elevated vertical antenna. My plan was to use the NCDXF beacons, attenuators, and my horizontal beam/l
Also coming in this morning was the following email from Bill, N3RR; assume he does not mind my sharing the contents, nothing seems personal, hi: "Jim, This is the first post from you on this subject
Hi again, The following email came in this morning from Tom, W8JI. He has "de-subscribed" from the reflectors for a time, so has asked that I post there for him. Follows his input on the topic: "Hi J
<excerpt><smaller>Hopefully someone can give me some direction on this problem..... </smaller> <smaller>I've got a US Tower MA770 (70' tubular tower with a rotating base), installed in the fall of la
To the group, Have now had my new MFJ 259B for a couple of days. It is pretty tough to set an exact frequency; just a touch to the knob, and the frequency jumps lots of kHz above 10 mHz, or so. Anywa
Yes, one looong cable. PL-259's on each end. But they ought not contribute 0.1 dB each, should they? Jim, KH7M -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/towertalkfaq.html Submissions: towertalk@contes
Stopped raining for awhile. Went out and disconnected the LMR400 from the Top-Ten switch, and remeasured loss, just in case there might be a change. Really, no luck. Measured exactly the same, except
The above statement is true. The following is not true: The above statements are plain SILLY, see on below! NO, you are not transmitting ANY noise, nor a noisy signal! After reading what follows you
Unfortunately, the reference you site below, is too a completely different "it" (loss mechanism)! See on below. through (i.e., at depicting the to the copper (or BUT, Bill, you are talking apples, my
Oops; some corrections to words needed in my post as sent, corrections below. Also, note my correction to make Bill's, N3RR, title accurate for what he posts. Jim Unfortunately, the reference you sit
Hi all, It has been suggested here on TT, that a loss budget of about 0.1 dB per PL-239 in your antenna/transmission line system was a good idea. Well, that got me to thinking: I have a BUNCH of PL-2
Aloha again from Kauai, Well, with my new MFJ-259, I am finding out all sorts of things about my antenna/feed line systems! Thought I would post the Z's of the various Gladiators as seen from here in
--some stuff snipped-- Hi Joe, Well first to answer your dB question. To get the dB loss based upon the measurement you plan, simply divide the output power from the cable far end into the 100 watts
Hi to all interested, I rcv'd a great suggestion from Stephen, K0SD, this morning, so I have followed it; see below. My earlier attempts, also added stuff posted since Friday on shack gadget losses a