RING ROTOR ASSEMBLIES

[Ron Stone]

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| Ron Stone, GW3YDX -    EMail ron at gw3ydx.demon.co.uk                 
                               
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Friends 

(Yes even those who don't send QRL ? before opening up !)

For my fantastic stacked antenna system (using the Brand X tribander) 
I was thinking of either buying or making a Ring Rotor of the TIC 
variety. Otherwise we are into limited rotation.

Does anyone please have a manual of the Ring Rotor or some fairly 
detailed info they could send me please ? Also what is the ring rotor 
costing these days (did I hear mention of a 50% price hike ?).

73


Ron



>From Charles L. Word" <word at crl.com  Fri Aug  4 19:02:46 1995
From: Charles L. Word" <word at crl.com (Charles L. Word)
Date: Fri, 4 Aug 1995 11:02:46 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Pho Netics
Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.91.950804105732.26369B-100000 at crl7.crl.com>


Here's some neat stuff tagged on me.

N F 6 S

Normal For six seconds
Nukie from six sisters
Nine Five Six Seven
Nuts for six squirrels

Great on CW to 
-.  ..-.  -....  ...

This could be fun---

Larry NF6S  word at crl.com


>From David O. Hachadorian" <74752.115 at compuserve.com  Fri Aug  4 19:49:29 1995
From: David O. Hachadorian" <74752.115 at compuserve.com (David O. Hachadorian)
Date: 04 Aug 95 14:49:29 EDT
Subject: C3
Message-ID: <950804184928_74752.115_EHL41-1 at CompuServe.COM>

What's all this flap over the C3?

I have the company's catalog, and thsy claim a gain of 10.2 - 10.6
dB over a freespace dipole, which is about 4.2 - 4.6 dB over a
dipole at the same height above earth. Claimed F/B is 14 - 20 dB.

Sounds about right to me, respectable, but certainly no giant
killer. Give the company credit for being very specific and
reasonable on how they quote the gain figures.

By the way, it's 1130 a.m. Friday here, and the tropo on 10 and
15 is HOT! See you on those bands on the hour and half hour
respectively throughout the _entire_ NAQP CONTEST this weekend.

Dave, K6 Liver Lips
74752.115 at compuserve.com

>From k2mm at MasPar.COM (John Zapisek K2MM)  Fri Aug  4 20:45:42 1995
From: k2mm at MasPar.COM (John Zapisek K2MM) (John Zapisek K2MM)
Date: Fri, 4 Aug 95 12:45:42 PDT
Subject: C3 Gain Figures
Message-ID: <9508041945.AA24913 at greylock.local>

Dave/K6LL wrote:

> Give the company credit for being very specific and reasonable on how
> they quote the gain figures.

I must disagree.  I find the gain figures too fudgeable.

> they claim a gain of 10.2 - 10.6 dB [C3] over a freespace dipole . . .

They're comparing their Yagi over ground against a dipole in free space.
Is that ground the mythical flat, perfectly-conducting ground?  Also,
how many of us use dipoles in free space (not over ground)?

It would be better to see numbers comparing their Yagi over ground
against a dipole over the same ground.

Or, better yet, compare their Yagi in free space against a dipole in
free space.  This way I won't have to guess what elevation angle or what
height above ground they've picked to do the comparison.

Lest my attitude towards Force-12 antennas be misconstrued, let me close
by saying it's my impression that Tom/N6BT & Co. make absolutely FB
stuff.  It's just this one marketing-hype point that bugs me.

73.  --John/K2MM

>From Ken Silverman" <ken.silverman at CCMAIL.AirTouch.COM  Fri Aug  4 20:41:45 1995
From: Ken Silverman" <ken.silverman at CCMAIL.AirTouch.COM (Ken Silverman)
Date: Fri, 04 Aug 95 11:41:45 PST
Subject: Fun-etics
Message-ID: <9507048075.AA807565671 at CCMAIL.AIRTOUCH.COM>

     
     Sometimes ya just gotta jump in...
     
     I guess my call was a prophesy fulfilled:
     
     WM2C, or  We Moved To California!
     
     Ken, WM2C/6
     
     
     
     On a different note, the best California License plate I saw was:
     
     IYQ2
     
     Say it a few times fast, It's cute.