Antenna Wax. It's a classic joke out here if not a very good one. Polished the antenna today with antenna wax. Maybe it wasn't a joke. Jon _______________________________________________ TenTec maili
How big are the ground losses? Are they the difference between an EZNEC prediction over perfect ground and what it says over average ground assuming average is what you have? Is it the difference bet
That's what I've been doing, modeling antennas at different heights over different grounds. But the pattern changes too. Dipoles become more omni directional. That by itself will change the maximum g
This is the quote I've wondered about. It's from Bob Orr, W6SAI's, Antenna Handbook. "Antenna radiation resistance is influenced by antenna height. Assume the antenna is an 80-meter dipole. A common
Steve, Where are you getting losses out of EZNEC? I did re-run the the dipole at 25 and 55. As expected, all sorts of things are different. But where are you reading losses? Jon _____________________
Roger, I'd go with PTFE (teflon) based grease. I haven't re-built a Ten-Tec PTO but I have re-built boat anchor PTOs. Lithium grease dried up after a few years and became an anti-lubricant. I was puz
Or spend the least on radios. I call my Corsair my $200 radio for a reason. I got my Johnson KW Matchbox for nothing. Other radios, maybe I spent money on. One of the better reflectors, this one, sma
Here we go. New stuff to keep the water off our ladder line. This may ruin the long standing joke about antenna wax. The video is quite amusing: http://www.chonday.com/Videos/NeverWet-arrives-in-stor
Anyone familiar with the Hercules II relays? Mine now keeps the antenna disconnected from the transceiver (O7) whenever the amp is on. Pulled the amp on to the bench and sure enough IN doesn't connec
Correction. K3 is a reed relay. It appears to be toast. I still don't understand how it's supposed to work. _______________________________________________ TenTec mailing list TenTec@contesting.com h
Nice write up and pictures, Rick. I've saved it in case I need it. This must be International Hercules II Relay Week. I just solved a problem similar to yours caused by a different failed relay. When
Yes Jim, But if we draw the Venn diagram of RF Chokes and BALUN's I speculate there is something in the overlap, is there not? Jon _______________________________________________ TenTec mailing list
The little decorative end pieces on the sides of the front panel of my trusty 238 are broken. The are little brown vertical pieces of plastic maybe 5" long, tapered, held on with little clips. I see
FWIW my Corsair does exactly the same thing on both counts. _______________________________________________ TenTec mailing list TenTec@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/tent
I know. As an aficionado of vintage equipment I agree in spirt. But on SSB it really is delightful to talk with people who are actually on frequency, a rarity with vintage gear but the norm now with
My experience is that with modern equipment, when people say they are on 3895 they actually are, +/- not much and they actually stay there. Land yourself on that number and you've got it. With older
Hey, We have a lot of the same equipment. I'm not the guy complaining about others. I'm the offending party. I have a lot of experience being off frequency. For years, maybe a decade I was in regular
Fine stuff. I have a 2B too. My CE 100V from 1959 was the best sounding SSB transmitter I had for a long time. I always get compliments even from the HiFi SSB people. Later when I got the OMNI VII an
They don't complain. They just advise. BTW, Jon, you're 50 Hz high or whatever. When we aren't doing a round table but just jumping in, I know it's annoying to be pushing the RIT whenever party X tra