After dealing with multiple antenna repairs and fine tuning, 3 weeks ago I finally had my station the way I have always dreamed it to be. The perfect set up (for me) lasted all of 13 days. Last Frida
Good story from Fried Gap, VA. ;-) Good luck settling the new rig in the shack. -- Happy Trails. == Richards / K8JHR == So I apologize to Stewart and Ten Tec for everything I muttered under my breath
Let us know how you make out with Nationwide. Carl Moreschi N4PY 121 Little Bell Dr. Hays, NC 28635 www.n4py.com _______________________________________________ TenTec mailing list TenTec@contesting.
re the NEW O2! (that replaced the one lost to lightning) DON"T ever leave any ham radio plugged into the AC line and on an antenna when you are not using the shack! That is so basic, to not have the
All you have to do is get the correct Polyphaser stuff, do the grounds correctly and you have a very minumum risk...almost 0 (never 0). Most don't even have close to the correct grounding and surge s
Another thing to remember to disconnect when a storm is coming is the phone line. I draw an imaginary circle around all my stuff on the operating bench and disconnect everything that crosses that lin
It is important to ground those disconnected coax cables in the shack... like using the ground buss Stuart mentions... as I have seen the damage an arc from the end of a disconnected coax plug can do
Let me caution about grounding. Unless your ground is a very good one, connecting your disconnected coaxes to ground may be actually connecting them to the lightning source directly. You must have an
These are all good points. Add the following: ground system maintenance. Periodically check ground connections for corrosion, and clean accordingly. Clean connection clamps and and clean wires at con
Agreed... I have four 8-foot rods circled just outside my shack window (garden level window - earth is waist high outside when I am inside) and they are about 4-5 feet apart, interconnected with very
Are those ground rods connected to the electrical service ground! I not, you run a greater risk that not having a ground. During a lightnibg strike you want everything to rise to the same potential
Yes... Quite right. It ultimately all ties together. I was only describing the rods in the immediate vicinity of the shack. There is a stretch of heavy cable (6 gauge I think) , and more rods running
Geez, guys, is there a way for me to kill the post that I started???? I was attempting to tell a story about Mr. Murphy and his laws, and my quest to get back on the air with another Orion 2. Instead
I put my coax end in a fruit jar!!! n5ii Bill -- Original Message -- From: "Richards" <jruing@ameritech.net> To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec@contesting.com> Sent: Saturday, September 10
Good discussion. Thanks Jack for starting something useful. Ralph Howes W8BVH _______________________________________________ TenTec mailing list TenTec@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mai
I would like to thank the moderator for allowing interesting discussions such as this to continue, even when they are not Ten-Tec specific subjects. I would also like to request that the participants
HI JACK Very funny and thanks for setting us straight. I think you woke up folks with both comments. Let's have more of this stuff :-) Ron K3MIY -- This mail sent through CSOnline Webmail http://webm
OK... and you say, "So far... so good" no problems with that so far. OK... here is an analogy... (offered in good humor of course...) ;-) A guy claims he can disprove the Theory of Gravity. He assemb
Many evaluations of equipment specs are based on averages. This is dangerous in that if you are standing with one foot on a block of ice and the other in a bucket of boiling water, on average, you ar
Be prepared for an exploding fruit jar if you get a strike. Lightning will shatter glass. Ron K3MIY -- This mail sent through CSOnline Webmail http://webmail.csonline.net ____________________________