XHHW refers to the insulation type, not the wire material.XHHW can be copper or aluminum. See:https://www.multicominc.com/training/technical-resources/thhn-vs-xhhw-difference/73,Gary K9GS -- Origina
Around here the HyGain "baluns" are called RF Fuses...73,Gary K9GS -- Original message --From: W0MU Mike Fatchett <w0mu@w0mu.com> Date: 4/2/20 4:16 PM (GMT-06:00) To: towertalk@contesting.com Subject
Where did you find one?73,Gary K9GS -- Original message --From: Gary <gary_mayfield@hotmail.com> Date: 6/1/20 7:44 PM (GMT-06:00) To: "'towertalk@contesting.com'" <towertalk@contesting.com> Subject:
It's a 40 ft self supporting tower so pier pin won't work. I like Grant's idea...just try an excavator and pull the base out.73,Gary K9GS -- Original message --From: Les Kalmus <w2lk@bk-lk.com> Date:
Or use a different material instead of Teflon. Something that can be bonded to.73,Gary K9GS -- Original message --From: "Richard (Rick) Karlquist" <richard@karlquist.com> Date: 7/9/20 3:06 PM (GMT-0
I'm looking for ideas on how to waterproof a panel mount N connector used outside on a homebrew antenna. It's the back side I'm thinking about.73,Gary K9GS ___________________________________________
Thank you Gene...very good to know.73,Gary K9GS -- Original message --From: Gene Smar <ersmar@verizon.net> Date: 7/17/20 11:44 PM (GMT-06:00) To: 'Gary K9GS' <k9gs@gjschwartz.com>, towertalk@contesti
Hi Scott,That's certainly different from the type of lifeline I have used.In the one I used, the tower had a steel cable that was about 8 inches from the face of the tower and it ran from the top to
Hi Scott...oh absolutely. Good to hear you have found a safe and workable solution. I just wanted to point out my experience from a long time ago. 73,Gary K9GS -- Original message --From: K9MA <k9ma
A different thread prompted me to ask a question about cables in trenches.I want to run a conduit for coax and control/ low voltage, separate conduit for 220 VAC, and a PEX line for water.Can I put i
Thank you Eddie...that's an interesting idea.Thanks also to the others that replied. I think what I'm going to do is have the electrician do the trench and the 220 line, then I'll put in the PEX and
Please post to the reflector. Very interested too.73,Gary K9GS -- Original message --From: k7lxc-- via TowerTalk <towertalk@contesting.com> Date: 10/16/20 4:26 PM (GMT-06:00) To: towertalk@contesting
A better way to describe these is that they are an off center fed vertical dipole. No helical loading. They are working on a 40 ft version. I'm seriously considering a 28 ft one over salt water. Tu
I'd have to study this a bit more but why not put a 3 ele 6m beam at the top and stack with the DB11 on 6m?73,Gary K9GS -- Original message --From: Raymond Benny <rayn6vr@gmail.com> Date: 11/22/20 10
DX Engineering recommends 2"-8".I have also read a minimum of two times the diameter of the largest tube. That seems a bit small to me.Probably a lot depends on how they are joined.73,Gary K9GS -- O
Please don't move to groups.io Steve.Those of us that receive reflector email in an email client, as opposed to through the web interface, constantly get reflector email without a quoted portion of t
I agree Dave, it is laziness on the poster's part. I also do not respond unless the response is quoted. This could, however, be largely avoided if groups.io made quoting the default or gave that opt
Hi Dick,Groups.io provides a mechanism to quote when replying to a post. But because it is not default it is something the poster needs to do. Most do not.73,Gary K9GS -- Original message --From: D