what sized conductor wire and how far away are the rotor is the shack... may be a voltage drop issue - or it could be your mast is not true and it is seized up - this can occur if a rotor shelf is in
Looking for the part most towertalkians never use - that mast adaptor for mounting a Tailtwister rotor onto a pipe (as oppsed to setting it on a rotor shelf inside your tower) I have a gorgeous 4 hol
the back of the control box has 1,2,3,4,5 AND GROUND (note just because it is a nit and not a screw doesn't mean it won't be a placwe to attach a wire!) Also note that when no power is applied the RC
I would not depend on the coax as your return for ground - what if you accidentally disconnect it from the rig (which has a common ground with the rest of the station....right?) You would never get a
Anti-Seize is readily available from an auto parts store - the NAPA down the street from me has a nice sized container with a brush attached to the lid - should last the average ham several years eas
Thanks Roger - I have always wondered what they were hinting at - bottom line appears to be if the jacket is water tight it truly is direct burial - and just because it is plastic do not think it won
...do yourself a favor - invest in a nice cordless drill - you cannot image the chores you will do with it - not to mention honey do's take less time when you don't have to drag out an extension cord
I like my mini butane torch - got it at Home Depot - it is about 6" tall and tyhe body is cylindrical about 1 1/2" diameter... there is a clicker on it to start the flame and a nice valve on it to co
...of course, flux! I cannot imagine attempting trying to solder any PL259 without it, even on the ground - that is like trying to fit a 1 1/2" pipe on a Ham series rotor! K4OJ -- StripMime Report --
...tired of hearing about POR - took the plunge and ordered a starter kit that includes the surface prep and paint that goes with it...will update the list when I give it a try - from what I see on t
...I also use what I believe to be a plumbers iron - it is HUGE....plenty of wattage! The moment it takes to smear a little flux is easily rewarded watch the solder flow without question... K4OJ -- S
unless you are overapllying - the paste flux goes up in smoke so to speak with only an occassional droplet. I also clean the oxidation off of the "inner" aluminum tubing before applying noalox and ov
your anchors for your wires sound heavier duty than some of the tower anchors I hear used on this reflector! If you are witnessing that much strech and it is not the wire that is stretching then you
Has anyone used those clothesline finger trap like rope holders with any success... You pull the rope through them and it will grab hold of it when it sense the rope going back the other way, a jaw g
I suspect what would have "given" would have been the boom, Bruce - when there is enough torque to spin the beam loose independant of the rotor then it turns in one of two places - the boom to mast c
...a thimble is a teardrop shaped piece which a guy wire end typically wraps around before you apply the wire rope clips... It maintains a "eye" for anchoring which the guy is tensioned - usually thi
I need an element's worth of the capacance hat assemblies from a Cushcraft 40 meter element...these are the "X-Hat"s that are next to the coil on the 40 meter beam and rotatable dipole. Need four of