Terry, contact Allen Bond, WB4GNT at <mgs@avana.net> - He has a wide variety of fiberglas, etc., and can prob take care of your need. 73, Press Jones, N8UG, The Wireman, Inc., Landrum, SC, 29356 Sale
No such thing as a dumb question, Russ, but there are often dumb answers! Here's one that is pretty well proven out over the years as sound. The air dielectric - type coaxes are not much more suscept
Be a hero - help 'em out! You might even get hired as a consultant! Press Jones, N8UG, The Wireman, Inc., Landrum, SC, 29356 Sales (800)727-WIRE(9473) or orders@thewireman.com Tech help (864)895-4195
Go for it, Dink - it is a great coax - no reason not to use it. Points to be aware of: 1. OD is 0.030 less than reg 8, so it will not be supported very well by the PL259, which bites nicely into the
Great thought LB- The WIREMAN will be in same old spot - double booths at time to come by. Joel, of The RF Connection is right next to us, and WB0W, Gaylen, with his big display is just across. Y'all
Hi Jim Have been following the sad tale with interest and sympathy - glad to hear that the antenna is repaired. There is little doubt to me that the coax is destroyed. LMR400 will not take a kink und
Carl, many baluns that work as you describe can be saved, Simply bake them for as long as it takes at a safe low temp (about 70-75 C) until bone dry - it could take a day or more dependoing on the si
Best bet is Allen Bond, WB4GNT, in Georgia - good stock - good guy. mgs@avana.net (770 973 6251)(before 9PM EST) Good luck - holler if there's a problem getting in touch. 73 Press Jones, N8UG, The Wi
Several years ago, W9DNI and I applied our collective genius to determining whether a big dead oak, when felled, would hit the porch of his QTH. With the use of most of the methods in the several rep
Jim, the route you've outlined sounds fine, and if you follow a few basics along the way your operating problems should be minimal, as well as solvable, if any. 1. On the route, minimize the number o
Hi Tom - this is a question we deal with over and over again, and have sold hundreds of heavy duty baluns and kits for the purpose. A 10 ft max run is suggested, and the balun is one Lew McCoy tested
Rogerio, The correct wire of the Ameritron is 6-22 for most every installation, due to the very low current requirements. On longer runs 6-20 is a bit of assurance, but not until you pass 200 feet. T
We've been working on a higher power level, flexible coax than RG213/U that can be used in rotor applications - as a jumper or full TX line, and have just posted a notice that the first of it is avai
Ian, the bakelite you refer to is a phenolic material used by reputable connector for years. It is an excellent dielectric, every bit as good as teflon for all amateur purposes. One caveat, if you "a
Mike, we make several items that might be helpful to you: p/n 840 - a simple adapter, first designed for G5RV's, that has 2 legs of 14AWGccs a simple body the size of a 1"PVC pipe cap, and an SO239.
Hi Brian - Good news that your coax has faired well underground, but I would encourage everyone to carefully consider their plans before jumping in without studying the full picture. This is excellen
Hi Lane - The Dacron rope is the preferred choice for this purpose and many similar antenna needs short of hi strength tower guying materials. You need to be sure to get the UV resistant type black,
Reference the current thread, we've still got an assortment of it on "The Wireline," and often have unlisted stuff as well. Went through 30-40 K of magnet wire for radials, etc., a month or two back.
While everyone is tuned to the balun thread, perhaps someone could give me a hand with a question regarding KLM:- I have an inquiry from a guy who has a KLM balun (10Kw 4:1) with a "screw connection