When I was in Frigid North a month or so ago, they had LOTS of Rohn 25 and accessories in stock. 73 Jim W7RY You bet - Frigid North Electronics used to sell Rohn - bought a bunch when I lived in Alas
What do you mean by a single core Tom? Do you mean that this type of balun requires 2 cores stacked on top of one another? Or 2 cores making up 2 actual transformers? Could you please explain that? T
I'm looking for a good rotator and a side mount for a Rohn 45 hopefully in the Pacific Northwest. I want to side mount a 15 meter and 10 meter monbander on my Rohn 45. Hy-Gain Ham 4 or Tailtwiseter w
That QST review of the Maxcomm is quit interesting! I'm sure that kind of thing is more prevalent today than 1983. Thanks for passing along the info. 73 Jim W7RY testing filled couldn't The Maxcom wa
I have found a rotor. Thanks for the queries about it. Now I need a control box for a Hy-Gain CDE type rotor. What do you have? Don't want the older Ham-M style. Thanks and 73 Jim W7RY ______________
I was listening to the WAE contest on 20 meters. I got up to do a few things.... When I returned.... Nothing! Nadda! Zip, Zippo! Just a local calling CQ on CW. 73 Jim W7RY That is one big sunspot gro
What? Jim W7RY take those moth balls and put them in your wifes old nylon stcoks so air can get all around them buy them in the jar the smell effects won't do it's job aroma of the moth alls is what
Not true. It would depend on the failure. Don AA5AU's tower came down in Katrina on his neighbor's roof. 73 Jim W7RY This clip seems to demonstrate that when towers come down they don't fall into you
They are so cheap on EBay.... Even for new ones. Why waist the time? 73 Jim W7RY Has anyone fabricated HF connectors for LDF4-50A hardline with 1/2" copper tubing couplings? It looks to me as if thes
Who was looking for connecters for ½? Andrew Superflex? Here you go. This is from http://swap.qth.com/index.php The fellow that has these is K7FF: Excellent used Andrew 1/2" silver male N Supe
What about a tape measure and a pencil? Oh if you want to use paper instead of something else you may need paper too. 73 Jim W7RY Isn't the formula pi * radius(squared) * the number of turns what you
But Tom, my 2003 Ford Explorer AM/FM antenna has a stainless steel antenna whip. It also has a "wrap" of what looks like wire. 73 Jim W7RY My car antennas are wrapped because they are fiberglass. Rec
Concrete reaches in maximum strength in 28 days. 73 Jim W7RY --Original Message-- From: towertalk-bounces@contesting.com [mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of EL34GUY@aol.com Sent: S
Because they're cheaper and stronger and UL listed for a grounding rod. A piece of 1" copper is not. And you can Cadweld to the top of them. 73 Jim W7RY Hello, I have been thinking of using 8 feet of
Yup! You should have enough play "slop" in the bearing (or tube top) and rotor to be able to use 1-1/2 water pipe. I used it for many years in Rohn 25 with a Tailtwiseter and both a TH6 and a 204BA m
Tessco probably stocks it in Nevada. www.tessco.com 73 Jim W7RY HI TT's Any one know a possible supplier for this guy wire in this side of the country ? looking for CA AZ or NV with Stock for a few r
I used the sun and the tower. When it was "noon" sun time, (time exactly between sun up and sun down) and now have my true north tree marked. Easy as cake! 73 Jim W7RY --Original Message-- From: K8RI
No wench! She was in the house baking cookies! --Original Message-- From: RMorris Sent: Friday, October 26, 2012 9:06 PM Cc: <towertalk@contesting.com> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Calibrating antenna di
Is this 75 Ohm CATV cable? If so, there are NO standard adapters or connectors. The cable TV industry does not use "connectors" on this type of coax. The cable connects directly to the device through
.One problem with crimps is that they require the right tooling and a bit .of training. The usual ham does this kind of thing once every 10-15 .years. It's sort of like installing coax connectors: wh