Well Tom I don't want to besmerch the ARES volunteers but perhaps they don't have the antennas tuned. I've read the book, I've installed the antenna, I've got other antennas (I can raise the rotating
...one method to increase longevity of the HDBX48 tower is to mount the rotor on the tower base section using angle steel and a rotor mounting plate or direct ly on the concrete pad and run a 2" pipe
IF anyone would like to see jpg of base mounted rotor email me direct. 73, dave wa3gin _______________________________________________ See: http://www.mscomputer.com for "Self Supporting Towers", "Wi
You can clamp 6ft sections of 3/4" angle to the cross arms (using small u-bolts or stainless hose clamps, but ensure these clamps don't interfer with the moving section of the tower) on the bottom se
You read it correctly. Here at work we're having an emergency AM radio xmitter installed. The system is going to use a 49ft helical antenna tuned to 1700Khz. (10 watts erp). The radio engineers say w
Remote Back- up Command and Control <>Primary control of the IRAR station equipment is dependent upon the remote host server and the Internet link. If the server hangs or the Internet connection beco
YUP, I have the stiff tower and it's a beauty. Got it from the Swedish Embassy in DC when they decomissioned their RTTY station. It came with a KLM 7E LP and Tailtwister rotor, etc. They had two for
Those emails contain zip files that contain virus...go to your anti-virus vendor web page for details... _______________________________________________ See: http://www.mscomputer.com for "Self Suppo
Hi Folks, Does anyone remember the old days of two to three TV channel reception? Does anyone remember when the local town geek who would go up to the top of the mountain and install two VHF antennas
It's called BUYER BEWARE! On the radio nets held every week the Net Control Station typically starts the net by laying out the user guidelines..."This is a buyer beware net..." As silly as it might s
Hi Doug, Two inch irrigation tubing fits perfectly into 2" PVC electrical conduit (which makes a perfect insulator) which fits nicely into DX engineering 2" U clamps. I use it for insulating the driv
If you live where there are potential ice storms you want the tower as far from the house as possible if for only one reason. Chunks of ice falling off the tower make a lot of noise when they hit the
...net net....if you want to lower your primary radiation angle going to 1/2 wave vertical isn't going to get you there. The work effort has to be spent on the radial system but in reality if you are
...Just completed a cage vertical for 40m. Used 1/2" PVC tubing configured into a hoola hoop about 2ft in dia. Used six wires equally spaced around the hoop. Used Ham Rope to suspend the hoop from a
I was hoping the FCC would add an element to the exams that would help filter out the idiots, criminals, wacos, PHD posers, liars, space cadets, lids, old white men waiting to die and ego challenged
...variety is the spice of life...on 40M I use a NVIS (8 - 1/2wave elements in phase 15ft above the ground), when short skip isn't in I use rotating dipole at 60ft, for longer skip I use a Cage Verti
This is the 2nd time I've seen someone climb a crank-up tower when it was fully extended. The first time I was there in person and the fella was stuck on the second section because the 3rd section sl
Author: "WA3GIN at King George" <wa3gin@erols.com>
Date: Sat, 23 Jul 2005 16:22:17 -0400
Go to www.w4mq.com get the software free and plenty of details to read about the synergy between Radio and the Internet. 73, dave wa3gin _______________________________________________ See: http://ww
Author: "WA3GIN at King George" <wa3gin@erols.com>
Date: Sat, 23 Jul 2005 16:25:37 -0400
The Kenwood TS-480 comes with free Internet Remote software that provide FULL FUNCTION of the radio, including VOIP for the audio. I run two Internet Remote Stations one on a dial-up 50 miles south o
Author: "WA3GIN at King George" <wa3gin@erols.com>
Date: Sun, 24 Jul 2005 16:42:10 -0400
I remember and I used to go back to him on 40 SSB when I was 13yrs old... the CQ has been updated for the 21st century... "....space cadets, no posers, no wanna bees...?" ;-)))) _____________________