I have posted a few of my personal rotors on eHam for sale. One is a Prop Pitch/ M2 digital control, the other is a M2 2800PDC. Happy Homebrewing, Geo>KØFF www.eham.net/user/profile/K0FF DXCC
Labeling all the coaxes and jumpers with colors got out of hand here so we just use white Scotch 33+ tape, available at Home Depot, and a thin-line paint pen. Write the description in English. For eg
Try the paint-pen instead of the sharpie. Available at art-craft type stores for a buck or so. Dispenses paint instead of ink, through a roller ball. Comes in Silver for direct marking on black Coax
looks the **Looks very similar to my MFJ 259. SWR and Resistance only. 1.8-170, can be easily modified for BCB and lower. A very good all around general purpose test unit. 'FF (+j **Neither the 259B
Kent.give us some more details. What band were you transmitting on? At what power level.. Was the 1000D set for that band and were both rigs on resonant antennas? Did you loose both the main and sub
Oh yeah, what was the setting of the "Front End" switch? -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/FAQ/towertalk Submissions: towertalk@contesting.com Administrative requests: towertalk-REQUEST@contes
The second set of figures corresponds to a 1993 manual, which had been optimized by YO. Happy Homebrewing, Geo>KØFF http://homepages.dstream.net/K0FF -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/F
Manuals available free online at several places. Do a search for it. If you can't find, send me direct (off reflector) and I will find it for you. Problem could well be the brake is engaged and won't
Have this nicely built 3 el Mosley beam here, and am considering making a full size 30M beam with the parts. Anyone try this yet? Looks like a natural. Already took one of the elements, removed the *
If anyone is keeping track of this, I tested the RF-1, RF-5 and MFJ 259 (not B) and found: MFJ 259...+3.5 dBm all frequencies. Quite steady ( I think the simple resistive bridge in there needs that c
When line loss or noise pickup on the feedline is a significant factor, locating the preamp at the antenna is the preferred method. For 2M and up for example where line losses are high, it is imperat
I have 2 new US towers here, and have owned others, all with the US Towers bearing factory installed. Each of these has a concentric cam collar, in which there are a couple of blind holes and another
The current trough a neon tube would be too low to run a relay direct. There is a version of the Vactrol that uses a neon tube, and it shines on a phototransistor, all sealed in a plastic tube. I hav
The following is submitted without recommendations or comments: The other day we were investigating the RF voltage output of various analyzers under the normal 50 Ohm load, as reference to testing re