to the antennas that Stan Byquist, W0-something, built in the 1960's up in North Dakota. Can't remember the 'name' he gave his design, but, to me, it also looked like a small bedspring! Somewhere in
To those of you who inquired, here is the way I do it. Sorry .. but my scanner quit, so I can't send a diagram of this item. [No webpage up and running yet!] I bury my coax with a device that I built
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Don N8DE ________________________________________________________________________ Where do you get ICE bandpass filters & beverage matching boxes? The same place that pays for the h
Tom, What if the coax is in SERIES with the feedline, like in a gamma match, instead of using the coax as a 'tuning stub'? This was my impression of what the questioner meant. Don N8DE ______________
Tom, I think you still misunderstand what I'm saying. What if the coax is in series with the feedline ?? For example: The center conductor of the coax 'capacitor' connected ONLY to the center conduct
Comments inserted below: YES NO .. the power rating will still be 1/2 WATT ! NO .. the power rating will be 2 WATTS Power rating of a series string is the same as the LESSER/LEAST powered element. Do
Mea Culpa ... you're right! Don N8DE ________________________________________________________________________ Where do you get ICE bandpass filters & beverage matching boxes? The same place that pays
Ron Educate us! What was the orientation of those antennas to the wind direction when they 'failed' the stress test? What was the amount of radial ice on them? Were they stacked in a Xmas tree? If so
I mentioned a few months ago that I had purchased a ham estate. As I sort through the 'junque' I am discovering that this old-timer collected MANY carbon resistors .. of many different power levels.
Don, I would suggest that you run the plastic tubing through your sleeves, inside the coat/jacket [much like a child's mittens], getting it away from your neck. No matter how 'weak' that cord is, bei
Comments inserted below: 25 years in the tower business? ...and you're just using suppositions? Where's the evidence? You use the phrases: 'load them to the hilt' .. and 'know that' ... Suppositions
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Comments inserted: <snip> Believe I said something to that effect. <snip> Believe I said EXACTLY that. My engineering education was begun 47 years ago [and ended 44 years go!] .. that's the term I wa
Dan, Not sure, but I think it's .367" .. 7/16 = .4375 .. OD wall thickness of .035 would give .367 for ID wall thickness of .049 would give .339 for ID { these are standard wall thickness of .065 wou
Comments inserted below: A ground screen will help a lot; however, those MOLES are eating the grubs in your yard. Get rid of the moles and your grass will suffer. [Yeah, I know that those tunnels loo
Bruce, My experience with Universal Aluminum towers has been that they disassemble quite easily when they are horizontal! If it were my tower, I'd hire the crane to lower the tower and then disassemb
I can remember ALMOST 50 years ago in Ham Radio .. Got the 'radio bug' 50 years ago this month .. but am licensed only [!] 48 years now. Towers? .. few and very far between .. Antennas? .. WIRE !!! T
If someone is looking for STRONG fiberglass booms .. try your local High School track coach .. ask him if he has any old or broken pole-vaulting poles that he would like to get rid of ... tell him yo
I've been following this thread since it began. Sorry, but I don't understand WHY anyone would want to go through all the trouble of doing this. My reasoning is this: IF you intend to 'fan' the radia