Hi Dale, Annual rotation of elements is truly ridiculous and wastefull. Around here we take preventive maintanence seriously. We have opted for keeping the same elements on the boom and merely rotate
Boy, nothing like obtain the straight poop! Lee Wical -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/towertalkfaq.html Submissions: towertalk@contesting.com Administrative requests: towertalk-REQUEST@conte
Hi Kelly and other scatologically interested parties, Simple Kelly! RF flows under the the stuff and through it.... and not around it. Furthermore, RF is also not slowed down traveling through it so
Hi Bob and all you dipole users out there: my the I see nothing wrong with suspending the 80m wire below the 160 as I do... using half inch wide strips of fiberglass perfboard every ten feet. Then, I
Hi Roy and all, Flying cows and elephants, guanno encrusted beam elements.... it all boggles my mind. And here all I was worried about previously was Jack Kavorkian coming to visit! Next hams will be
Hi Henry and all, If you think April Fool has already passed... then why are the stores filled with "Monster Speaker Cable" and gold plated connectors that have not a smidgen or skootsh of real gold
Through-Put Test Please Disregard. Roger -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/towertalkfaq.html Submissions: towertalk@contesting.com Administrative requests: towertalk-REQUEST@contesting.com Pro
Hi gang and Jack, Wow! What an absolutely marvelous piece of writing. This story, so masterfully crafted and chock full of beautiful imagery, was a joy to read and re-read. My ribs ached from laughin
Hi Dale and the TowerTalk gang, This too MUST be added to the lunatic lore of Antenna And Tower April Foolishness! If it's a wonderful sentiment to have Christmas (and Hannukah) all year round... why
Hi Mary Francis and all. Well, you should know that I read this piece from Jack awhile ago and urged and cajoled him to post it. It took quite a bit of doing to get Jack to do so. Now, we're all glad
Hey Dave.... joke! I hope none of us forgets that reports such as yours IS or at least SHOULD BE... the meat and potatoes kinda stuff on this reflector. Some humor for desert isn't a bad idea either.
and said if you didn't Can someone refer me to an empirical source where 1 S-Unit = 6DB? I mentioned this in an off the cuff manner one day, to a person who has dedicated his Amateur Radio focus to t
Hi Pete, I think that we get into an area of semantics, or assumptions at this point. I would hope that it would be obvious that all S-Units are not created equal, and that whether a particular S-Met
Hi Mark, Your post was a beautiful response to my serious query. Thanks a million. Lot's of guys out there have learned something as a result of your input as well as that of several others who took
I'll have to admit that as of yet, I have not seen a definitive empirical standard for an s units value BUT, to back up Rod's statements, I offer this quote from an owners manual to a Hallicrafters S
Are you refering to the Same issue that contained the article on "Breaking in your Coax"? Roger KD6CC -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/towertalkfaq.html Submissions: towertalk@contesting.com
Hi Press, Just a brief note to say how much I enjoyed reading your notes on soldering PL-259's- and Dick's, WC1M's too. There are things I care about... besides humor. A quick question.... do you hav
Hi Al (GM4BAP) and the TowerTalk gang, Thank you for saying what needed to be said... and doing it so well. One factor also seems to be neglected.... QSB and voice peaks. It drives me absolutely craz
Hi Gang, re: I promised I'd cool it awhile with the humor... but this whistling trap thing has intrigued professor Igore Helfenschmaltz of the Elvis Presley Conservatory of Music and Whistling Trap P
Hi LB ....and the TowerTalk Gang, Can't thank you enough for the humorous reply. We absolutely need more of it... as the occasion, material and good sense (?) permits. This one subject has a multitud