Hi all, I'm new to the list. I've been reading the current threads on lightning with great interest. I'm going to be erecting a TX-455 (US Tower) later this year, and I'm studying grounding and light
Not only that, but in some states like Colorado, the law could bring you down even if your land has no CC&Rs attached to its deed and there is no homeowners association. How? The Colorado law is call
This may not be specifically applicable to the situation under discussion, but the concept might be useful. I created a flat-roof "tower" of sorts using a Radio Shack steel telescoping mast (not the
Yeah, one would think, huh? I guess not in Colorado... Bill / W5WVO _______________________________________________ See: http://www.mscomputer.com for "Self Supporting Towers", "Wireless Weather Stat
And you want as much isolation of the chosen antenna as possible to prevent coupling from the other antennas of a) strong out-of-band signals and b) lightning-induced common-mode currents. Bill / W5W
Note the correct form: Emerson & Cuming (no "s") -- but you're right, nothing on their website about this product, or any similar product. However, if you want to make your own <g>, here's the formul
I have no idea. I always just used a little piece of emery paper. But it was kind of a fun thread anyways. :-) Bill / W5WVO _______________________________________________ See: http://www.mscomputer.
I'm making a stab at starting a new thread here, as decision-time is coming up for me. I'm erecting a TX-455 crank-up upon which I plan to mount an as-yet unpurchased HF beam, with my existing 5-el 6
I actually started looking at that antenna (XR5) just subsequent to sending my post. But the WARC band I'm really interested in is 17M, not so much 12M. They're re-offering a "low-sunspots" antenna c
I can't emphasize strongly enough the advisability of using an anti-seize compound on stainless steel hardware when assembling antennas with it! I had to completely replace the SS hardware on my Cush
First, many thanks for the overwhelming response to my query about rotatable HF antennas. The vast majority of you seem to think the SteppIR yagi is the greatest thing since the discovery of the iono
Good question, and I cop to repeating something I read on an anti-seize product website. :-) Trouble is, I now can't find the site because I didn't bookmark it. Unless or until I do find it, therefor
I looked up this Bury-Flex stuff on the above-stated website -- they call it "RF-9914F" -- and compared its specifications to those of Belden 9913F7 (the "flexible" version of 9913). I'm currently us
I read through an extensive, several-years-old archived thread the other day, -- somewhere, maybe on QRZ.com -- on UHF vs. N-type connectors. While the recent discussion of UHF connector loss at vari
I own this switch -- the model equipped with UHF connectors. It is also available with N-type connectors. I've found that the switch remains relatively "flat" well up past 50 MHz -- I feed my 6M yagi
The problem with super-critical yagi designs is that they're, um, super-critical. What he said. :-) If you have the time and patience to fiddle with them until they are JUST RIGHT, and also have the
Hi Joe, One caveat to what I said about "self-wiping" relay contacts -- obviously the contacts are only self-wiping if they have the opportunity to wipe. If you actuate an open-frame relay only rarel
Hey Todd, You know, I kinda thought the initial answers you got to this question the first time (26 April) were pretty unequivocal. :-) To wit.: "9913 is not a good cable to use where flexing is enco
Waidaminnit heah... Something's fishy. I think the reflector is re-sending old posts from late April for some reason. Todd, sorry about thinking you were repeating yourself. It seems more likely that
Looking at the Molex plug on my G-450A, it would appear that you're correct! Pin 1 of the chassis-mounted female connector is the upper-left and is numbered as you suggest. Bill / W5WVO _____________