Ah come - on dan... It's an inexpensive solution that is effective often times. Not every instance requires the optimal solution! No I don't wrk for Times Cable ;-) 73 Dave Wa3gin Sent from my iPad B
If that water table is salt water then maybe yes... Fresh water doesn't really make that much difference until you get to 160m . YMMV, Dave Wa3gin Sent from my iPad Be Prepared Stay Prepared ________
I wonder what the original design spec was for the system 75mph or 100mph... Wonder what the cost differential would have been to raise the spec 25 mph. 73 Dave Wa3gin Sent from my iPad Be Prepared S
I think it was mentioned... about 100years ago ;-) 73, dave wa3gin I wonder why no one has mentioned the fact that the "50-ohm antenna" is NOT 'etched in stone'. ANY antenna can be made to have a 75-
Pat, The irrigation tubing worked for me and another ham buddy. We used 500ft lengths. I used a shop vac to suck a cotton ball tied with light weight line to traverse the 500ft length. Then pulled a
One has to ask why anyone still uses yahoo. The account passwords have been breached so many times I've lost count! Gmail or others seem to be doing a better job with service and security. Sent from
Author: "WA3GIN in King George, VA" <wa3gin@comcast.net>
Date: Sat, 3 May 2014 07:47:18 -0400
When did matchbox or coupler get replaced with tuner? I thought a tuner was what was used to TUNE-IN AM and FM broadcast stations or one TUNES a VFO -- aren't these devices coupling RF from the feed-
Common use since no code licenses or since most of the Navy radio ops, Collins and Drake tech have passed- on. ;-/ Sent from Dave's iPhone4 ;-) _______________________________________________ _______
Author: "WA3GIN in King George, VA" <wa3gin@comcast.net>
Date: Sat, 3 May 2014 12:17:50 -0400
Dave, with ipmost and all due respect those mentioned auto-tuners do NOT adjust the resonance of the antenna... they are purely impedance matching devices... some do understand the terminology and th
Haha, yes, jump rope a great body tuner upper? I just switched on the TV and gosh DISH Networks greeted me with this screen shot: Welcome to DISH TUNER 1. What..I didn't know their was an auto-satell
Not really... The term condenser is interchangeable with capacitor but not used much; the name didn't change because of the influence of more modern language... Good try though. Antenna tuner was use
Look up Cutler-Hammer CHSP-ULTRA for the generator and use typical end-point protectors at the stations... Good Luck, dave wa3gin First, if all three conductors go through the choke, a fault on the c
Oh Mike, Gosh it can't be that bad... I work for a local government.. when I started here many years ago there were few if any employees that understood radio, cell, RF, anything about our hobby. Lot
Hi DINO, There are operators with similar scenarios to yours where the operator builds a nice mobile station and operates remote to the mobile or if the operator lives on the 1st fl of the apartment,
I had a friend spend hours trying to match an antenna with a short piece if coax. Turns out his proximity to the antenna caused the SWR to be high. When he installed a 1/2 wave length if coax and too
Great article from 2001... I've been on 40m for decades, never heard one of these antennas... guess they are skipping over me ;-) 73, dave wa3gin -- Original Message -- From: "EZ Rhino" <EZRhino@fast
Open Air Choke Balun or UGLY Balun There is a copy of a how to build article on the WA3GIN QRZ site or you can just Google UGLY BALUN. 73, dave wa3gin -- Original Message -- From: "James C. Hall, MD"
I use electrical PVC, designed for UV exposure. Seems to work well and a good fit for 2" OD elements. See construction project pics at QRZ site. 73, dave wa3gin The W6NL Moxon design uses schedule 80
Author: "WA3GIN in Alex. City, VA" <wa3gin@comcast.net>
Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2014 20:11:16 -0400
Hans, I still climb...age 65. But I prefer to put my wife in the man-cage of my neighbors 100ft 40ton crane. I give her a 2m handheld and a bag of tools. She takes instructions very well... This way
Doug, You are a brave commentator... don't you know it's an old passtime to bash MFJ and even other vendors like ALPHA, Mosley, Hy-Gain, Cushcraft, etc. get bashed by some. I think the bashing occurs