It sounds like you have quite a few cables in that conduit already. If it were mine I would pull all the cables out and pull them back in as a bundle. And depending on how full the conduit is perhaps
The two heavy wires are to power the brake. As I recall the TR-44 doesn't have a brake so they can go anywhere. de Paul, W8AEF -- ZF2TA FO8DX FO0PLA 8Q7AA XZ0A -- to.
Just checked my Ham IV manual. The heavy wires go to pins 1 and 2. Pin 1 is common and pin 2 is the brake solenoid. The motor windings are common to pin 1, run left to pin 8 and run right to pin 4. A
Gee, I'm not alone in receiving less-than-stellar performance from stubs. I have made several sets of stubs using various methods of tuning them and they just don't work at my QTH. But I took one of
I will be interested to learn how the tubing works out. I suspect that in a straight run the corrugations would serve as bearing surfaces rather than snag magnets, but you will find out and hopefully
I suspect that the lobe that goes straight up is a function of your models ground. Try the model in free space and see what happens. When I scaled the 4 element W2PV 12 meter design to 20 meters (41
The framework of the motor home may come into play Steve. My motor home has a real nice aluminum roof, which makes an incredible groundplane for my outbacker antenna, and would probably destroy the p
I believe the ham that was nailed for running too much power is living in Arizona, and should remain nameless (or is it call-less). de Paul, W8AEF -- ZF2TA FO8DX FO0PLA 8Q7AA XZ0A -- -- Original Mess
The lightning rods on barns are designed to ATTRACT lightning. de Paul, W8AEF fasten risk doing Weather Stations", and lot's more. Call Toll Free, 1-800-333-9041 with any questions and ask for Sherma
The remote control up/down box on my LM470 is quite complicated, perhaps beyond home brewing. Among other things there are two time delay relays in it that prevent rapid direction reversal. This is r
I recently purchased the concrete base for my LM-470 from Triex. The legs had rebar straps welded to them to hold their shape however the rebar for the cage was not welded and included instructions o
I like my Triex LM-470. Whatever you get make sure it has positive pull-down if you motorize it. de Paul, W8AEF -- ZF2TA FO8DX FO0PLA 8Q7AA XZ0A -- models, 55 ft.
The Rohn Catalog that I received on Mar 15, 1968 says that a 40' 25G tower calls for a 2' x 2' x 4' deep reinforced concrete base that contains 4 #6 vertical bars and 4 #3 horizontal lateral ties (ea
In southwestern Michigan and in North Hollywood, CA I had one of three guy anchors rust just as described. 10 years in Michigan, 5 years in CA. de Paul, W8AEF corrosion I'm wondering if it's somethin