I haven't see any reference to Scotch 2242 also known as one of several types of "rubber linerless splicing tape". It is a self sealing, if installed correctly, and it works well. Several wraps, (whi
I have had a 160 Inverted 'L', 50' vertical, 85'-90' horizonatal with an elevated feedpoint at 20' and 3 elevated radials, and fed with 300' of RG213 and tuned it with just the tuner in my TS850. Yes
Good for you, guys, and whatever floats your boat. But as they say, the job isn't done until the paperwork's done. I go through the trouble of QSLing NOT to prove it to anyone else, I do it to prove
Perhaps they have their split bassackwards and can't hear you call 'em names, anyway. :-( 73, Gerry, K8GT I agree! However, equally stupid are the ones who try to correct them by calling them uncompl
With all due respect, Frank, but 50 and 75 Ohm BNC connectors are very compatible and in the TV and Video production businesses, we have been using them since the '60's. When we changed from UHF conn
Victor, you can ramble all you want about your system. I'm fascinated by it and am learning things as we all are on this reflector, thanks to you. Keep up the good work. Hope to see you in Dayton aga
Yep, I'm in the one year p*ssed off period. I just finished Volume #1 of 5 of L.B. Cebik's Antenna Modeling papers, and my head is spinning, but I'll be d*mned if I'll let it beat me. I started playi
Hi Pete and all, First of all, use an egg sinker, (1 oz. or 1.5 oz.) with the hole through the long axis. Get a small length of insulation from hookup wire. Thread the fishing line, (6#, 8#, 10#) thr
Wow! The lack of a write up wouldn't stop me from the Stew. It's operating in a rather unique contest, with the best scoring model, (grid squares and mileage) that is the fun, not reading a write up.
Hi Tree, Yes, I remember my WOW moment in the very early 70's, working the midnight UHF TX maintnance shift with W8KOX (SK) at WKBD-TV50, Detroit. Tom showed me the TDR that he built using a 12AU7 a
Hi Herb, On NOAA's Space Weather Prediction Center webpage at the following URL, you can play back a clip of the previous 15 minutes and see how it moves around, especially during a large disturbance
Brian, You'll be very welcomed, but may I suggest that you search and pounce. That will give you a chance to listen to a running station a few times and that will give you a chance to get the other s
I dunno, but there's usually a big AM'er plunked down there, so it must be. 73, Gerry, K8GT == Is that the net type group there?(1860),I have chatted with folks there a couple times Bud W0HG --Origin
Hi Dale, I'm no antenna expert, but certainly read as much of the experts publications as I can get my hands on, but having a Teflon brain, it doesn't stick very well. That said, the ARRL Antenna Boo
www.cebik.com 73,Gerry, K8GT == L. B. Cebik, W4RNL ~ 1939 - 2008 ~ SK as of April 2008 Julius Fazekas N2WN Tennessee Contest Group http://k4tcg.org/ http://groups.google.com/group/tcg1?hl=en Tennes
Try Webster Communications in Rochester, Michigan. This is the old Webster Band Spanner mobile antennas. He's still around, I saw him at Dayton this year. He sells Bird elements. Also, don't forget C
I bought my Astron SS-30M in 2000 and shortly after found the V- tied to chassis, which I removed. 73, Gerry, K8GT On 1/29/2014 12:12 PM, Shoppa, Tim wrote: <snip> Lifting the ground connection to V-