Absolutely ! I learned the hard way many years ago. Cover it well to keep any water from hitting it directly or rolling onto it from the tower. 73 Gedas, W8BYA http://gedas.cc http://www.w8bya.com --
Art, about a year ago I was faced with exactly the same issue. It came about when I had to extend my cable by about 100' and the new cable had different colors available. After some frustration, I sa
Almost 15 years ago I had an R7 mounted on top of a Universal 40' or 50' Aluminum tower (sri, don't remember height at this point). By pure luck, because of the length of the tower, the way it was gr
What Jerry said below is exactly what I have seen between my CC 2-elem @85' and a full sized 1/4-wave ground mounted reference vertical. Never less than 2 SU in favor of the yagi out in DX land. 73,
I have ordered lots from Northern. Some of them very heavy duty. Have a look at: http://www.northerntool.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/NTESearch?storeId=6970&N=0&Ntk=All&Ntt=pulley&Nty=1&D=pulley&Ntx
Hi Phil, not sure if this will be of any help to you but I got rid of all my physical phasing lines for 40m and substituted them with a simple and small variable phasing network in the shack. Just a
Does anyone have a good source for inline polarized 8-pin cinch-jones connector pairs? I have found some on the net but am having trouble swallowing almost $25 per pair. I remember getting them for l
Hi Dick, looks like you have had lots of very good suggestions. I too would very strongly advise against trying to use any passenger vehicle for your application. I have three 70' universal towers wi
I have 3 Universal towers; one 50' and two 70'. The 50' I have had up for 30 years at two different QTH's and I purchased it 2nd hand. Who knows how old it is. The two 70' towers have been up for abo
Jim is right. I used a simple variable L network to create the required phase shift to convert my CC XM-240 into a rotatable, phased array that works really well. There's a Youtube video of me runnin
That's a great idea but I wonder about all the QRN generated by all those DC motors and digital circuitry. Gedas, W8BYA Gallery at http://gedas.cc Light travels faster than sound... This is why some
I may have some more XM240 images but for now here are two: Before: http://gedas.cc/v/Misc/HAM-1/IMG_0866a.jpg.html After: http://gedas.cc/v/Misc/HAM-1/IMG_0274a.jpg.html Gedas, W8BYA Gallery at http
Very interesting.....I would not have thought the Sulfur would be that hard. Would you use the Sulfur over Epoxy ? Gedas, W8BYA Gallery at http://w8bya.com Light travels faster than sound.... This is
I found in my collection a Hy-Gain rotor control box that has a push/pull switch on the calibrate pot. None of the manuals for my TT and Ham-4 rotors mention that switch. Can someone explain how the
I did but none of the manuals I DL'ed explain the switch even being there or how it is to be used. Gedas, W8BYA Gallery at http://w8bya.com Light travels faster than sound.... This is why some people
TU kindly for that information Bud ! Exactly what I was looking for. 73 Gedas, W8BYA Gallery at http://w8bya.com Light travels faster than sound.... This is why some people appear bright until you he
As much as I hate to admit it, at times I have been guilty of leaving rotor cables or even coax outside unprotected from the rain and snow. Later on, wanting to put it to some use and after stripping
LOL......never would have guess that one, TU Ed ! 73 Gedas, W8BYA Gallery at http://w8bya.com Light travels faster than sound.... This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak. Ketc
Gedas, W8BYA Gallery at http://w8bya.com Light travels faster than sound.... This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak. Hi Gregg, I asked this same question a couple of years ag
TU kindly Jim. 73 Gedas, W8BYA Gallery at http://w8bya.com Light travels faster than sound.... This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak. On 8/26/14, 6:16 AM, Gedas wrote: Hello