When installed, drill a weephole for water to escape from the side facing down. The TH7 traps come with weepholes. They cause a more or less constant drone from whistling in the wind. Anyone ever sol
I have found the same thing on my 2 stack of TH7s. If I had to do it again, the only reason I would do the upper/lower/both switch, is for when I point the 2 Yagis in different directions. Most commo
I had the same thing happen a few years ago. I wound up pulling out all the cables together, and prior to doing so, tied a new pull rope to the far end. BTW, in case you haven't discovered it, cable
Hopefully... I recall back in my W2SZ days that all coax lines came in thru a bulkhead panel, which then had to be jumpered to one of many SO-239s to feed into one of the rooms in the shack. When not
Pete - I made my anti-climb panels (for 45G) from 16 ga galvanized sheet metal. I believe the plans were in the ARRL Antenna Handbook. I had a machine shop cut three sheets, then made little brackets
Russ - Interesting analysis, but... I have my 402-CD tuned for CW dimensions as recommended by Cushcraft. It works great on CW and lousy on SSB (it works great on CW, and on SSB I get beat by guys wh
You have to look at the cost-benefit ratio. I presume you are insured, so why spend mega-bucks for protection which probably wouldn't work on a direct hit, anyway. Do you think your homeowners ins. c
And who is buried in Grant's tomb? 73 Barry W2UP (boy, it's hot here. Maybe this will let off some steam) -- Barry Kutner, W2UP Internet: w2up@itw.com Newtown, PA Frankford Radio Club -- FAQ on WWW:
Perhaps I'm overlooking something obvious, but how would I know, for sure, if I took a hit? Am I supposed to run home and stare out the window at the tower every storm? All I know is the formula in t
Seems like a scam to me. These are power co induced surges they're offering to protect you from, for an extra monthly fee (at least here in PECO land it is). Kinda reminds of the phone company offeri
I believe most surges that can damage electronics (other than lightning) come from the power company. I filed a claim a few years ago against PECO for excess voltage, and won. Actually, it was their
Hi gang - I was re-reading some of the archives on ground rods, etc. on the reflector today, in preparation for some impvement in the tower ground. This brought up a few questions: 1. When you have m