Nope, had them attached. Don't know what happened but must have gotten stripped. Here they are again. Don W7WLL Did you forget to add the picture, Don? 73, Jon Pearl - W4ABC www.w4abc.com On 4/29/201
Seems to be the state of the current business environment. Threaten to sue!!!!! Why do we do this? Obviously we aren't turning out enough attorney's (or we have to many and there isn't enough food fo
Before I ask my question, it has been interesting to read the wide set of positions on what folks think a manufacturer could or should do when someone disses their product. I agree that we all have a
Got a lot of feedback re the subject connectors and overwhelming the suggestion was to use Amphenol parts, which I usually do (but I have a lot of inherited connectors). I had never paid a lot of att
Used the best source I could, Amphenol!!! http://www.amphenolrf.com/connectors/uhf.html. Look under Insulator Material. My older ones are clear. I meant to say 'older vintage' vs 'later vintage'. Man
Slow down folks, let's not get bent because someone may differ from your position. But let's not get into an attack mode. IMHO 99% of what I see posted here is based on someone's personal experience
Another good compound is CorrosionBlock made by Lear Chemical Research. I've used it for years here on the salt water in all of my connectors, pins and threads. Was put on to it originally by the fol
I live on the coast, just a few hundred feet from the Pacific. Most wind is from the ocean onshore. The cable and sat installers here use crimped connectors, fast which counts for the installers. HOW
Tower current tilted over at about 30 deg via the layover fixture. Mast has a TH7DXX and A3WS on it restricting the ability to lower the tower any further. Need to pull the mast up enough to do a swa
Considering wiring up the mobile after a few years and a few changes of vehicles. Ive a pile of single band antennas and used to use a 5 in mag mount. They performed well (all modified Hustlers no ro
Brain dead. Manuals all in storage. Lowering the height of an antenna above ground, such as a beam, will cause the resonant freq to decrease, increase? Don W7WLL _____________________________________
Some feel it could vary either way depending on conditions, but generally . . . . I don't have EZNEC nor have I ever done any programmed antenna modeling. At this point in my 60 years of hamming and
Want to restore a small inherited tribander for portable activity. Have a couple of tube to tube joints that are not coming apart with gentle persusian. They been sitting in a coast air environment f
Read all the posts and agree with the penetrox, nolox, corrosionblock, or whatever compound one uses, essential when putting al to al element pieces together. This I was well aware of. As I noted thi
Was looking for a source for some SS 8-32 and 10-24 coupling nuts. Searched the internet and ran across a place back east (from me) which Id not heard of, Albany County Fasterners. They had an very i
MSCdirect for the 10-24 (303 or 18-8) coupling nut was $5.52 ea vs $1.02 for Albany (304). Shipping cost was not determined since I had to register and I didnt desire to do that, but a 4 bucks a unit
True Roger, BUT . . . My location (and I suspect this is true for many on this reflector) isn't where a wide range suppliers is available. One just doesn't run to the local store for anything, it is
Those are fairly common and referred to as 'internal tooth retaining ring'. I would think any place who does motor repair for example would know a local supplier . We used to use them where I worked.
Tempest in a teapotl. If you live in a house on with towers nearby that are from 50 to 200 feet it is reasonable that you are in a developed area by most zoning standards. A question might exist if y
My ME always claimed the last turn on any nut, lockwasher or not, will strip the bolt/screw or snap it off. Of course, without the last turn, the nut will fall off, with or without a lockwasher. I fo