doc wrote: Is there a Ham app for these things? http://www.arrisistore.com/product.php?pid=251402&PHPSESSID=9089003fa2b7688dc8af1bbdcd22eed0 I found an answer, pls disregard. -- Thanks! & 73, doc kd4
Charlie wrote: I was in the same sort of quandary some months back that is, in choosing a multi-band vertical. I happened along to www.dxengineering.com where the 4-5-6BTV Hustlers are revered. I pur
Blake Bowers wrote: Page 25G-1, and page 25G-2 of the Rohn consumer catalog. Their design charts, their design drawings. This is very interesting. I am planning a 4x4x4 concrete pad with three sectio
Charlie wrote: Once the tuning is done the benefit of the tilt-over is during high wind advisories and for any possible repairs and periodic inspections. Also if I want to add another trap for 6-BTV
Jim Lux wrote: I'm not sure if it would achieve what you're trying to do, but why not put the 3 sections in a triangular arrangement (so it would look like a 3 pointed star, with a triangular space i
Giant beam with awesome performance (check the Telex-Hygain site or the eHam reviews) ... I am putting up a used F12 C3SS. The TH-7DX comes with a manual copy and you will need to coil up some coax i
What are the collective thoughts about the design efficacy of this device (author's sloppy spelling aside)? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Selling the RF Inquir
So, would it be fair to say that there is no good reason to believe that this product will actually have any effective impact on rfi, swr, or anything else of interest to Hams? -- Thanks! & 73, doc k
We are about to schedule the return of the concrete truck for the second phase of construction on our new steel house. Among other things they will pour the tower base and I need to finalize my decis
All of my gear operates off a 12vdc battery bank so except when being recharged it will all be isolated from ground. Everything entering the house (grid, antenna feedlines, rotor control cable, tele
May I reiterate that in the case study I offered the house is steel -- roof and sides -- and all is bonded together and will be well grounded. Do I need lightning rods along the ridge or does that c
Just looked at the sites. Doesn't that beam flap in high winds ... such as the intense gusts we are experiencing here in west central Florida as I type this? -- Thanks! & 73, doc kd4e {| /\ {| / \ {
Climb a tiltover to latch the beam hinge ... kinda defeats the purpose, eh? ;-) Perhaps an electrically, or mechanically (pull string), powered latch might solve that problem? -- Thanks! & 73, doc k
Just spoke with the electrician at our new steel home. They have to run power 60 feet from the breaker panel (common entry) to the well, about 70 feet to the pool, and if they go all the way around t
Be happy it was just 25's, it takes a much larger sledge hammer and piece of 2x4 to compensate for poorly aligned 45! -- Thanks! & 73, doc kd4e {| /\ {| / \ {| / \ {| / @ \ {| ==\ # West Central Flor
I have been told that pines are often attractive because of the sap down the middle, might there be a similar conductive stream of moisture in the tulip poplar? doc -- Thanks! & 73, doc kd4e {| /\ {|
I am no electrical engineer or physicist but this doesn't sound right. The energy in lightning exists within the physical laws and would seem to be seeking a state of balance, and one expects would d
Earlier today I was showing our college math teacher the "Physics for Criminal Justice Majors" course materials from 1974 when I attended Northeastern University. As we thumbed through the mimeograph
I really appreciate the description in simplified terms! I guess the only remaining question in my mind is the process by which the streamers are generated, that is, what variables cause streamers in
Im my mind the laws of physics are predictable else they are not laws. I believe that the physical universe is balanced and orderly, even if there remain many facets we have yet to comprehend due to