Hi all, Well, it might not be specifically amplifier related, but I thought I'd let you guys now a little about the new antenna tuner I picked up at Dayton. Yeah, yeah, I know - some of you don't lik
things I wonder what an extra 1/8 wave of cable might have done? What was the antenna impedance? Steve -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/FAQ/amps Submissions: amps@contesting.com Administrativ
/\ The Heath tuner would quite likely have worked if you had a broadband 75/80m double-dipole -- i.e., two dipoles in an X config. One dipole resonates at 3.6MHz and one resonates at 3.9MHz. The res
Perhaps graphite and REM-OIL, get it at Sporting Goods/Dicks, etc. in hunting. dept, made by Remington for gun barrels, light viscosity oil with Teflon coat that stays.. GREAT in bearings, we use in
/\ Teflon is an insulator. For a roller inductor, this is not good news. /\ It is a good antioxidant and it does not gum up. Oxidation is the bane of electrical contacts. cheers, Phil - R. L. Measur
*snip* Sorry for being a little (grin) out of topic here, but Rich triggered me with the "sliced bread" remark... I consider the invention of sliced bread to be, not a high point, but actually the lo
You're correct, Peter. Our bread is a pathetic contribution to the world. Some of us have realized that and have purchased bream machines where we can produce our own good stuff! I must say that you
Amen!!!! Get a good Jewish rye with a nice crisp crust warm from a New York bakery. MMMMMMMMMMMMM! broadband is, than San without -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/FAQ/amps Submissions: amps@c
cut Jon, thanks for that review. I've often looked longingly at that tuner but worried about the cost. One thing that I have found though, is that you also have to look at the spacing and insulation
--part1_83.be7eacb.28613205_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I sure enjoyed the review of the Palstar tuner, sounds like a nice one. Personally th
When I was quite young and had very little money to spend on RF radio parts, I would paint my amplifier plate capacitor with TV Corona Dope used to suppress arcs in TV's. Worked great and I was able
Well, Hell why we're at it... They're are a number of good breads available here in the US; just wonder what they're origin is, Nothing like a really good loaf of dense moist black bread with hard cr
This is good bread - and slicing it does not change the goodness. American white bread is next to tasteless, and something I do not eat. cheers, Peter - R. L. Measures, 805.386.3734, www.vcnet.com/m
Good point. This sucker is well built. The caps are very large. Again, I've not seen a better built unit. Of course, the Nye Viking unit may be bigger and better, but it costs nearly $1000 too. 73, J
Leaving aside the comments on bread (you haven't tried UK sliced white bread for yukkiness!), my experience is that if you design the tuner for the antenna, there are few situations where problems oc
The Palstar AT4K looks like a great, well-built tuner. I was considering one recently until I ran across an ad from John Bliss in Electric Radio which describes a high power balanced/unbalanced tune
... if you are looking for a BIG tuner that will not arc have a look here: http://www.helmut-singer.de/stock/1367096816.html Regards, Carsten, DL6LAU -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/FAQ/amps
1) I found this submission quite incredible. Why would anyone in their right mind with a few dollars worth of wire in a dipole with its characteristic narrow bandwidth spend hundreds of dollars to re
Hi all, Speaking of cheap--I built an el-cheapo version of Measures tuner that is on his web site. It uses 2 pieces of pvc, some number 12 wire, 1 air variable, clip leads, a wood board base, an old
Well Jon, it might be advisable to spend time looking at voltages in T network tuners. If you run the numbers, you'll see the largest problems causing arcing are excessive Q on the low bands. Excess