Also, throw down a tarp on which to shovel the dirt. If it's not a huge pile, it's also convenient to move it to another part of the backyard, leaving the grass around the hole dirt/clod/rock free. 7
Are there Radio Shack stores in Sweden, Mike? I've used their plastic covered relays for homebrew antenna switches. They worked very well. Using SWR meter and a wattmeter, I found no insertion loss o
I can personally attest to the fact that Steve is definitely kidding here. Steve's wife is a gracious, wonderful woman, who, on welcoming me in to her home as a visiting guest op a few years ago, fed
Over the past couple of years, I had read a number of comments on the TT reflector about the effectiveness of elevating a ground-mounted vertical and its radials. This past Friday, in preparation for
The problem there is that the hole is now wide enough that you may not accurately put the punched hole exactly where you want it. If that's not an issue, then go for the bigger pilot hole. If you wa
Jon, What's the stamped code say on the bottom of the rotator? (if it has a bottom mast clamp assembly, remove it to expose the flat bottom) I have a Ham-M here in the shack that says: H IV S1 Nov 8
I went to http://www.yahoo.com and typed in 'force 12 ef-240' and got a few hits. One was the Force 12 webpage, http://www.force12inc.com. And from there, I clicked on EF Series and was able to see a
In even a light snow fall, I used to draw 2-3" arcs off the end of an endfed wire antenna strung between barracks buildings when I was stationed at Navcomsta Iceland (Keflavik). dale, kg5u
Steve, I had to remove and send off the rotator from our club's 80' tower. I got some u-bolts that would fit the legs and some that would fit the mast. I also got some of the holey angle iron that Ho
Michael I had two A3's up on the tower for a few years. I replaced the top A3 with a Force 12 C3E. Haven't regretted it. I've got a C4 in the garage waiting to replace the C3e on top and the C3e will
Yesterday afternoon, I replaced my old HAM-M with a HAM-IV recently returned from getting serviced. The M was showing some signs of age and it has been some years since it was last overhauled. On che
Yup. Did that in the order indicated, Jim. However, the plate-to-tower clamps/nuts were so rusted, I left them alone. Of course, yesterday, while rooting around for something else, I found a mailer
Hi, Stan. Understand. I just got off the tower an hour ago after putting in two shims. It's still binding and grinding to a stop just north of east coming from south -- interestingly enough, the rota
I just got off the tower after adding two more 3/64" shims to the existing 2 shims to pad the 1.875" mast to look like 2.0625 to the rotator clamp. The rotator now rotates smoothly both ways south-to
Also, put your tower/antenna heights in perspective of what the charge cloud in the sky sees. Say it's at 5,000 ft. Your tower, at 70 feet, is above everything else around by about 20 or 30 feet (tre
Okay. I give up. You make it sound SOOOOOOOOO easy to 'search the archive for "ferrite."' That reminds me when I used to own a Mercury Capri and replaced the heater core myself. The service manual b