Generally I have had luck finding cold galv spray in farmers co-op type stores and other hardware/outdoor equipment places in rural areas that go beyond what the suburban homeowner needs. Has anyone
The CQ article I mentioned yesterday is "Tower Considerations When Using Side Arms" by Dick Weber, PE, K5IU in the July issue on p. 11. The blurb says "...this is about a potentially fatal flaw in so
Hi you guys: Last night I went to the monthly meeting of the local radio club. The program was a tour of a local 1580 Khz AM station tx site. I was real excited because I had never gotten a chance to
I have to confess at the beginning that I was only interested in how they handled a lightning strike. I didn't think until later that I should have asked about equipment rf grounding and so on. In fa
I think I sent something to this list a couple of weeks ago about touring a radio station and looking at their tower. Continuing that, I'm putting out a quick note to everyone to tell you all that if
Hi everyone: I'm toying with the idea of experimenting with a 4 corner horizontal loop (a project after the next project). I'm on a city lot, 50' x 100' but I think I could get a 200 to 225 foot loop
Hi everyone: Can anyone give me a recommendation for a good coax switch? I'm looking for just a regular non-remote switch but solid construction. I have one I'm using now but not enough positions and
Can't speak for every area but I went to a bunch of places around here (west Chicago suburbs): Radio Shack, a few hardware stores and Home Depot to round up ground rods last fall. I found three types
If you go to www.cablexperts.com, click on Technical Data, then click on Routing of Cables, you will get some instructions and photos. Rob Atkinson K5UJ k5uj@hotmail.com _____________________________
When I had work done on my house wiring earlier this year, I had a whole house surge protector installed at the main panel, shunting to ground. I also have a 115 v. circuit leaving the back of my hou
I operate with a Gap Titan vertical and an open wire center fed flattop. I'm on a small city lot (100' x 50') with the ususal clutter: aluminum siding, power lines etc. I put the vertical up on a 15'
K4OJ's mention of Gotham antennas last week caused me to get out QSTs of roughly 25 and 50 years ago and go through them. How many of you remember these ads: (25 years ago in Oct. 1978 QST) CHOICE OF
In the shack I have one #6 wire coming in that is grounded to a single separate ground rod out side. This is for the equipment grounds in the shack, again the ground terminals on all the equipment in
QST is in the old National Geographic size, 40 cents and in black, white and red. The huge art deco "Amateur Radio," as in, "Devoted entirely to..." is there. The art of Phil Gildersleeve (Gil) is on
<<TT: I'm looking for a source of flexible open wire line, or of components to make same. Ideas sought.>> W7FG sells ready to use open wire line. it is 600 ohm with #16 stranded copper wire. I don't
A few years ago, QST had an article by one of the Force 12 guys, on how a better antenna can improve ham radio fun exponentially. He started with the amount of fun to be had using a light bulb for an
Apologies if this has been mentioned: Those of you interested in the Fluid Motion SteppIR SmallIR vertical, that antenna has been reviewed in the December 2003 QST. It is currently available online t
2 points, having read the SmallIR vertical review in QST: 1. I'm disappointed in the way that the reviewer installed the antenna. I don't see how a base fed ground mounted (feed point only a few inch
<<<The [surge supressor] in the station should be grounded to the single point station ground panel, as well as to the home safety ground.>>> This sounds like a great way to turn your house wiring dc
<<<The [surge supressor] in the station should be grounded to the single point station ground panel, as well as to the home safety ground.>>> <<This sounds like a great way to turn your house wiring