guess that makes you a cracker, Charlie? I use a coaxseal like product on top of an initial tape layer too, it works well to make the transitions on connectors mild slopes insted of steep right angle
You missed the bovious solution to driving your ground rods.....TNT! k4oj -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/towertalkfaq.html Submissions: towertalk@contesting.com Administrative requests: tow
white man speak with forked tongue.... must be a phone guy! oj -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/towertalkfaq.html Submissions: towertalk@contesting.com Administrative requests: towertalk-REQU
don't do it Bill! Before you even think about the other beam as a possibility you should put replacing the exisiingmast with a heat treated tube first priority.....if you are gg to be stacking then y
....the bottom line appears to be that this indeed is a great conversation piece of an antenna....but, I wonder if such a long boom antenna is worth a damn when suddenly the path to EU isskewed / ove
I am sure the major consideration in the development of this antenna system was not the resulting gain, but the resulting consistancy on receive of incoming signals as prop changed.....fading should
Steve - it will rotate but there is a caveat (great word, I probably used it wrong)....the knobs/bumps on the casing will bump into the diagonal cross braces if the rotor plate is mounted at just the
my assumption is that Matt has the ability to selcet if no individual yagis, pairs or sets of them....I mean he is getting up there, pushing the hardware envelope, eh? k4oj -- Forwarded message: From
...OK, I have some nice brand new, manufactured in 1997, CATV hardline that I want to use to feed the new 20 meter beams....my question....what should I anticipate as a velocity factor? I will try an
There is one factor in my selection, Mr Russell, of which you are unaware (the price of the virgin hardline in question) :-) A new neighbor with a spool trailer, had just a little tiny 160 foot piece
ARR was W1VD...if all else fails, work Jay's call backwards into a number. oj -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/towertalkfaq.html Submissions: towertalk@contesting.com Administrative requests:
funny you should mention this.... just built some boom struts this afternoon and ran into the same thing....kinda felt like I could have used another hand to hold a wrench or something......and this
just the facts, ham....... oh no you appear to be Jack, not Joe Friday.... oj -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/towertalkfaq.html Submissions: towertalk@contesting.com Administrative requests:
first, off, you did change your underwear! - glad you're safe....please be real careful with that tower - lets not add you to the list of hams unable to participate on towertalk due to an inability t
an option: add a clevis....the clvis pin will fit the smaller hole, and its radius is big enough to allow for the bigger thimble. k4oj -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/towertalkfaq.html Submi
I have found it worth going up another notch to the bigger thimbles....the formation of the middle of the guy grip is not perfectly round/flat but has some twist to it...if you can provide a wider to
these type of j-olts or anchor bolts are frequently used in building construction....try a bolt-house....look in the yellow pages under bolts.....a chain here in FL that seems to be everywhere is Hou
....when we use the putty, experience has taught us that it better not be in immediate contact with the PL259 (or whatever fitting) - initially wrap the joint with Scotch's tape (does anyone know any
We are going through the same phase on a 55G installation now, I would appreciate some feedback from the group on the following: The fact of the matter is that the rotor is below the top of the tower
I am told that K9SD knows of a source for guy insulators at a reasonable price, Sam I think you are on this reflector....I believe the name of the outfit is Porcelain Products.....If you can help me