Gents (and ladies too), in my opinion Paul has hit the head on the nail (with minor exceptions, in my opinion)about deed restrictions....CC&R's as they have been written and subjectively enforce go w
Stu, while I completely agree with your points about CC&R's being a contract between private parties, I must add that this discussion belongs on all reflectors, in my opinion, regardless of the Refle
Stu and Chuck, I find it interesting you guys believe this is off the Tower reflector subject when in fact these covenants aim to eliminate just that, towers and antennas attached to towers....so, te
Guys, first my apologies to the Towertalk moderator, I know he gets really mad when the topic isn't about towers or antennas, but if he'll give me a bit of latitude here cuz a lot of really smart guy
This for the antenna prognosticators...... I have up in my backyard a ground-mounted Butternut hf2v 80/40 vertical with 24 buried radials of various lengths, none of which are of the "optimum" lenght
Kelly, I have the Butternut hf2v, never owned the hf6v, so can only speak to the hf2v which is an 80/40 meter based loaded vertical ground mounted and using just 12 radials buried below the surface m
Guys, fascinating thread about CC&R's but where the hell were you legal pundits back in 1982 when I was being bullied about by the Lake of the Pines CC&R Design Committee (near Sacramento, CA) over o
Bill, this is the best idea I have read/heard of in 20+ years of CC&R crap!!! Good show!! Who was it that once said everything in life is negotiable? The problem for most of us, if it's written down
Guys, this has definitely been one of the more interesting threads on towertalk I can remember! For me more an intellectual exercise than reality!! .....I mean, I've been chuckling all this time....b
Hello all, I'm looking for a source to buy a new Astatic D-104 Mic element (just the element!), preferrably a crystal element. Thanks mucho for any help..... 73..../ed _______________________________
Very interesting.....now, what about RF elbows and barrels and the like? And I always wonder about the quality between manufacturers? Thanks.....73 /k6sdw ____________________________________________
Howdy....since I don't own a GPS, using just my street address is there an Internet site that can provide me with a fairly accurate latitude and longitude in degrees, minutes and seconds coordinates
Guys, Many thanks for the help finding an accurate source for determining my Lat and Long coordinates using only my street address! Now I have them on qrz.com so chose that in the aerial view you can
Mike, some great ideas here!!! It always amazes me what we have to go through just to buy some stinkin' cheap(?) ham toy, but if the wife needs a new couch or bedroom set (easily exceeding the price
I'm thinking of building/buying a KW 6-meter AMP for dxing. Any suggestions from the amp wizards in the audience? If I build one, what's a good tube to use vs costs? Is it feasible to take a popular
Stephanie, welcome to 160 meters and high noise levels!!! I have often thought DSP and Loop antennas were invented because of 160-m noise! 73 and gud luck on the band...../ed ________________________
Home Depot sells 500-foot roll of #14 copper with jacket fer $12-15 a roll! Can't get much cheaper than that.......73 /ed _________________________________________________________________ Get your FR
Cool......if only I had the much space to run radials for my 80-40 vertical! Typical city lot I have barely enough room for 30-40 feet in any direction. I could try sneaking onto the neighbor's prope
Thanks Kelly, that's been my experience thus far running shortened radials....also more or less confirmed in ON4UN's "Low-Band Dxing" book, a must read! 73....../ed To: <towertalk@contesting.com> To:
Hi all, When I was a young ham in the 60's I never ever had any problems assembling PL259 connectors, particularly when it came to soldering them to the coax. I'm sure I never used anything hotter th