Kevin, I did a search on yahoo.com for 'snake antenna' and found these two: http://www.hard-core-dx.com/nordicdx/antenna/special/swlant.html http://www.kc7nod.20m.com/snake.htm There's almost nothing
Hopefully, Clive, your situation with Hy-Gain/MFJ won't be the same as mine was with Cushcraft a few years ago. I asked Cushcraft how much the A3 trap internal insulators cost. Their reply: They don
Today, I was really early for a class at Rice U. So, for the first time in over a year, I bought a Houston Chronicle newspaper to read before class. Yes, I live in Houston. The editorial page carried
Sorry this is off topic, but I thought this was worth passing along. If your local theater carries it, go see the movie Enigma. http://www.hollywood.com/movies/detail/movie/377679 It is a war (WWII),
Coax Fittings Redux by Bill Schrader, K2TNO (Reprinted from the TDXS Bullsheet, April 1988) I've always fallen for the old adage that says that UHF coax fittings add losses and should be kept to a m
Tom, I did a search on yahoo.com using "ford fuel pump rfi" and got a bunch of hits. Also, do a similar search on the ARRL website and you wil come up with a bunch of hits. 73, dale, kg5u
Back when I volunteered for and was assigned to a team putting thermal protection tiles on the X-38 vehicle (the 7-person 'lifeboat' for the International Space Station) being constructed at Johnson
20 052148 CAP PLASTIC BK 1 5/8" WITH 7/8 HOLE 0.30 Sez 20, but may mean 24 (2 caps x 12 traps). I received excellent help and service from them anytime I've had dealings with them. 73, dale, kg5u
"You can get more information about this list or you can download the full raw archive ( 4 MB )." I just clicked on the 'download the full raw archive' hyperlink to download the TowerTalk archive. I
We have an A3WS with the 30m add-on at W5RRR. It works great. The add-on is simply that: it adds element segments and traps to the driven element. It is a dipole at 30m. We bought the add-on kit whe
Okay, Jim, here ya go: For KG5U, 100 w in: 160: 97 80: 98 40: 95 30: 95 20: 95 17: 94 15: 94 12: 93 10: 92 I'll give you an update periodically to add to my records you are going to keep for me. Sure
Go to yahoo.com and type in 'steppir antenna' in the search field. You will get 7 hits. 73, dale, kg5u What about a web site URL to visit so we can learn
Wait a minute, Ken! None of us actually get on the air and operate. We just sit around and talk about towers, antennas, rotators, feedlines and ground rods, with occasional diversions of watching the
I went to yahoo.com and typed in the search field: 9002 vacuum tube A bunch of hits came up. The first one gave datasheet links for a raft of vacuum tubes, 9002 included. The next one was a price lis
It sure seems to me you would be the most appropriate person to write such, George. Your middle initial wouldn't happen to be "B," would it? Here are some possible titles.... With apologies to Georg
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You might try looking for vibram soles instead of steel shanked soles. That was the material of my 30+-year-old hiking boots I used for tower climbing for many years. I never once felt a crosspiece
Speaking as an ex-Navy radioman, I can tell you that had there been beams onboard my ship, I would have become a cook. Maintaining verticals? Not much of a problem--we had 8 or 10 of them spaced aro
I recall years ago (~1959) seeing something like that in a magazine or somewhere. The guy pulled the rope until certain marks on the rope representing azimuthal degrees lined up with with a marker in