I'm in the process of building a medium performance station dedicated to contesting. Transceiver and amplifier already purchased (MP V Field and AL-800H), in process of acquiring a 24 m (78 ft) tower
Just a short note to thank you all for your comments. To summarize: 1. It seems that the overall preference went to F12 and not Cushcraft as brands 2. Some people have suggested the SteppIR, but my f
It's antenna related: I will be in Barcelona for a few days at the end of this month and I would like to know if there are some ham radio shops in Barcelona. This type of commerce is rare in my count
Following a post by Hubert Gabler (callsign ??), I have sent him the following message. Initially I intended to keep the reflector bandwidth low, but since it seems to be a certain interest for this
Hello everybody, Sorry for this message. I realize that it is out of the mainstream for this reflector, but I don't know where else to ask. So here it goes: A friend of mine has just purchased a Stan
Hello everybody, I wonder if there are some hardware manufacturers and/or U.S. manufacturers distributors in Europe. I checked ROHN Web page but could not find any local/regional distributor. It woul
I don't have any input to your question but have had a similar instance with my MFJ-259. That is, it reads one thing and the xcvr reads something else. If you have one watch, you know the time. But i
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A personal experience: my wife and myself were hit by a lightning strike, in a summer afternoon, when we took shelter under a tree from a sudden shower. This was happening in the middle of Bucharest,
Hi Fred, I knew that. But we were in the middle of the city, not in the open savanna, for Christ's sake ! The whole point of my original posting was to say that lightning has a peculiar way to strike
I am trying to decide which antenna/SWR analyzer offers best value for the money. Every month I see ads in QST for MFJ-259 and family, and also for Autek RF1. Maybe there are others which I don't kno
First of all, thank you all who responded to my query. Here are the results: To date, I received 16 responses, out of which: * 9 pro-MFJ because is versatile, easy to use and have more functions * 4
This is the summary of all responses I received to my query (names withheld). Thank you all for your efforts. == I own the autek RF-1 because it also does uH that I believe are easier, than, if not p
Hi, I'm in the process of assembling a C4XL and had also the same problem. This is how I've solved it: Use only TWO holes at the tip of the elements (although I don't have the manual at hand, I remem
--Original Message-- From: towertalk-bounces@contesting.com on behalf of Dave Bernstein Sent: Tue 6/8/2004 7:07 PM To: 'Michael Tope' Cc: 'Towertalk'; 'Tom Rauch' Subject: RE: [TowerTalk] URI magic a
The same would hold true for elevated radials? I am designing a 4-square for 80m. Full size verticals. Comteq phasing/switching unit. But I need elevated radials for practical reasons (the land below
Tom, I read from your comments that the Comtek box doesn't work and cannot work. Is my reading correct? sheesh, I just bought one, based on favorable comments read on the net.... 73 de Mike, YO3CTK -
Jim, With all due respect, some people <have to> spend money on industrial products because they <don't have> enough time for homebrew, but at the same time they want to improve their stations. I ass