I've found electrolysis to be especially destructive in the construction of some of those High Rises with the aluminum skins. I used to ride up and down the outside of those buildings looking for cor
Ok Antennanites. Limited space. My best chance is putting a vertical on my non attached garage roof. That would make the base about 18 feet off the ground. I could mount it directly to the roof a the
In my never ending attempt to provide the best grounding system I was able to pick up some pretty think, wide copper strips from a local sheet metal company. It was scraps left over from making a cop
I recently developed a SEVERE case of TVI to my home. It was total wipeout on 17, 20, 30, 40. Not so bad on 80 or 160. Very little on frequencies higher than 18 meters. Today was mild temps and I tri
I went out and bought a few boxes of the stuff. Wrapped it around my coax and antenna. Still had static noise in my receiver. But my signals had that 'clean, fresh smell'. -- Once a job is fouled up,
My amp uses the 10 meter band switch & input circuit to tune 12 meters. Apparently it isn't a great match for my MP. Even with the MP tuner it has just a bit of trouble and sometimes times out with t
One benefit of 'Higher is Better' that I haven't seen mentioned does pertain to urban location guys like me. Higher means farther away from noise sources like power lines. Higher means farther away f
Read where during WWII and later they would apply liberal coats of wax to fighter planes to give them just that bit extra speed. Would waxing our yagis give them less windload? ;-))) (No DX and I'm b
Following the thread on antenna switches. So for a inside the shack, multi coax/ant. switch. Who makes the best/strongest/most reliable that is of a reasonable price for amateurs. -- Under the most r
My antenna was BROADbanded Till he met that SLIM neighbor vertical Then the vertical spread out RADIALLY So he dumped her for a blonde DUMMYload. My god we are getting bored, aren't we? _____________
Pete, not sure if this is what you want. I have one of those older Drake Wattmeters. It came with a plastic nomogram that if you forward power read x and your reflected power read y you could lay a s
Guys This comes up frequently Do what you want. For 30 years I was a Chicago Licensed contractor specializing in restoration work. Roofing cement belongs on roofs. Do not put it on metal, wood, mason
Ok, I built a standoff on the top of my tower. I run a 14 awg as per on4un, down to close to the base of the tower. Center coax to variable cap and then to the wire. Braid to ground? Earth or to the
First off I have a old Wilson rotatable crankup. On the mast, I installed a guy ring type bearing with a horizontal aluminum tube. One end supports the middle of my 80 meter dipole. Other end support
It ain't perfect, but the gamma wire to the top of the tower and two (don't think my neighbors will like me running wires across their yards) radials are working quite well in this weekends contest.
Yes sir I have. I have a Wilson, tiltover, freestanding, rotatable. Similar to a US Tower. My Wilson is installed next to the large masonry chimney for my house. When I was building the chimney (I wa
How come only we enlightened ones see the REAL beauty of a massive tower/antenna installation? You would think by now with the increase in popularity of Pop Art, that the ignoranti would be rushing t
While Elmering a friend operating out of a apartment I was explaining a gamma match. And I had a thought. And that's dangerous.... but could I use my old tube/center conductor gamma matching system t
Absolutely Tom. At the Fire Dept. I was with, we would always check the rubber on the aerial ladder rungs. They were slit but clamped to the rungs with a bar that screwed to the bottom side of the ru
Guys, My Wilson Rotatable hasn't been made in many years. So I had to search for cables. I found Ver Sales: http://versales.com Online catalog. I gave them a call, explained what I needed. The made t