On the transmit side, I can usually work anything I can hear by having a 1000 watt signal versus a 100 watt signal. That more than makes up for the lost 1.2 dB from using that terrible G5RV. Then on
Good discussion about ferrite materials. I noticed the same with LDG Baluns. They use a TINY amount of ferrite for a 100 watt balun and the thing overheated the first time I used it and melted the ca
I already tried that and it was a disaster - lots of RF in the shack and lots of RFI to devices in the house. I've used coax fed antennas with success for 46 years and see no reason to change now. Be
Does anybody know of a web site that has information about the color code of the wiring going inside a ham M rotator? Best regards - Brian Carling AF4K Crystals Co. 117 Sterling Pine St. Sanford, FL
Greetings - This is not a new topic by any means, but here is my dilemma: I have a Rohn 25AG2 top section (I believe) and also a 25ASG rotator shelf both courtesy of Bill K4XS. I would like to instal
Thanks ROger, Again this is an 8 foo tlong mast going inside a 9 foot top section, so therefore the rotor plate must go somewhere in th emiddle in the section of 25G and this is not obviously possibl
Not a new topic by any means, but her eis my dilemma: I have a Rohn 25AG2 top section (I believe) and also a 25ASG rotator shelf both courtesy of Bill K4XS. I would like to install the shelf plate in
Thank you everyone. It sounds like I will just need to go with a much longer mast. Best regards - Brian Carling AF4K Crystals Co. 117 Sterling Pine St. Sanford, FL 32773 Tel: +USA 321-262-5471 ______
This looks like good advice. Thank you. There alloy tubing starts at 3 inches in diameter and up but I expect they have something else I can use. Best regards - Brian Carling AF4K Crystals Co. 117 St
I agree with Roger. I have a permit to pass here and the inspection will not look kindly on a Tower that has been cut and modified I am sure. It's simple enough to go buy a longer mast. Hopefully som
That's what is inside most of those current chokes sold on the web for ten times the price. Best regards - Brian Carling AF4K Crystals Co. 117 Sterling Pine St. Sanford, FL 32773 Tel: +USA 321-262-5
FREE tower parts Rohn 25G top section - flat top with hole. Can be used with bearing or not. Has been repaired, and repainted. FREE MAST 2" diameter steel mast, 9 feet long. Thick wall heavy duty gal
I have found a local surplus source for tubing that is well below the high retail prices at ALRO. These probably exist all over the country too... Bry AF4K ___________________________________________
I would think that the OCF is FAR more likely to radiate off the feedline than a conventional dipole in most circumstances. _______________________________________________ ___________________________
... or just simplify things and use COAX feeders! Frankly I have never got along well with open wire feeders. Bry _______________________________________________ _____________________________________
Scrap metal merchants. They are in most major cities and a lot of smaller ones too. Serach under your city name and the words "surplus, scrap or metal." ______________________________________________
My solution is to pull all AC plugs from the wall and disconnect all antennas whenever a storm is coming. That pretty much takes care of most problems. My ground system is going to be improved from t
I guess the moral of this story is don't connect your phone line to your amplifier? _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing l
Some of those commercially made cheapie 100 watt baluns and transformers are obviously nmot made to do the job properly. _______________________________________________ ______________________________