I built the Catfish Special when I was a new General Class ham back in 1965. The article was in the November 1965 CQ Magazine page 11. It worked amazingly well for a cheap 2 element Yagi built by a 9
Sorry for the error in my last post. The Catfish Special Yagi was in the 1955 CQ Magazine NOT 1965. Thanks W5GN for catching my error. 73, Ron W8RJL _______________________________________________ __
You are both right. Retract, "Home", the SteppIR elements to reduce chance of lightning strike and in case a fiberglass tube falls off you don't want the wind to whip around the copper tape. I always
Chris, A true screen room must have all cables in and out, including power, grounded to the screen and filtered if not coax. A screen room is needed for working on sensitive equipment when it is unsh
Mike, it is a dipole. No matter how it is fed it is a dipole. Where you place the OCF point (which end is where) is what is most convenient for coax to shack. Yes the antenna might work best flat but
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Jim, sorry I responded to wrong person but thanks for comments. Sniffing out RFI is almost an art form. I worked in Land Mobile Radio for 10 years and did a lot of sniffing in the 150 to 800 MHZ spec
Gut the touch electronics (oscillator). Mount small toggle switch on mirror to give mirror LEDs on/off modes. GL, 73, Ron W8RJL Sent from AOL Mobile Mail My wife has a capacitve touch makeup mirror t
You said dangling. Vertical or horizontal??? Was it the same distance from the guy wires when dangling and bolted??? Did you check for resistance between either side of dipole and tower?? Does SWR ch
Well Dave, my questions were basic but one never knows the expertise of the person asking the question. Obviously you know what you are doing. I learn something new every day so I will be watching fo
For sale, moving to CA, selling my excess. Have a TH-7DX maybe it is a TH7-DXX located in Virginia Beach, VA. Asking $200, its on saw hourses in back yard. Thanks & 73. Ron W8RJL Sent from AOL Mobile
Eric, what is the problem using spud gun. Mine shoots weighted tennis ball trailing monofilament line. I shoot almost straight up so it stays on my city lot. Better to just go over top of tree than t
Does anyone have a link for a installation manual for a US Tower MA-40, MAF-40, MARB-40. I've requested a quote for J bolts and manual from US Tower but not sure how long that will take. Looking for
Thanks to all that responded. Problem is the links provided show base for a MA-40 attached to a structure at the eave. That installation uses just 2 bolts sticking out of the concrete. For a free sta
I have started digging the hole for installation of a used US Tower MA-40 with MARB Rotor Base. I contacted US Tower for a quote on four 3/4" X 27" anchor bolts but they say that is not a stocked ite