There are guy grips and there are guy grips. I spoke to the guys at PLP a couple of months ago and there are basically two kinds of grips. The cheaper ones which are designed for short loads up to ar
TT: FYI. I found the following for sale: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7564506549&ssPageName=MERC_VI_RSCC_Pr4_PcY_BID_Stores_IT . ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I agree, however read again - it is "unused", not "used". ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Oops, busted ad. Penalize me two ads! Bill K4XS ____________________________
I have a ton of aluminum and am looking to build a 6-8 element Yagi for 6. Any designs, maybe OWA design? Bill K4XS _______________________________________________ See: http://www.mscomputer.com for
Thanks to all who responded to my question about rolling my own 6 meter beam. I have access to 5 foot pieces of 3/4 inch aluminum tubing for $1.50/each at a scrap metals place so it looks like the Ce
Recently I posted about the problem I was having with the defective LMR400 Ultraflex cracking, and how times was going to send me 450 feet of really nice upgraded stuff. Today, I received an email sa
It seems that almost all postings of which elevation angle is best refer to contacts with Europe. The consensus is that the higher the better for opening the band but that 50/60 feet is often better
A long sad story that I will not go into, but I have found I am short by about 10 or more of these grips. PLP number is 22055695 and is marked as being for 5/16 fiberglass rod. Sprayed orange marker.
Dave, for those of us considering the heavy outlay for Phillystran, describe for us the conditions under which your Phillystran was "cut" by the ice storm. You used the word, "cut", and I'm trying to
A link to this array was posted by one of the FCG boys last week. Very impressive setup. However, I wonder how effective it will be. At that height, I think the angle of radiation would be extremely
Is there a dictionary somewhere for all these e-mail abbreviations?...K7PUC ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BIP/BOP...not email abbreviations. BIP......Both antennas
In a message dated 12/28/05 12:40:47 PM Greenwich Standard Time, ad4hk2004@yahoo.com writes: Given that the two antennas are coupling which changes their impedence and reactance, and given the two an
As part of an order I put in to Preformed Line Products, I was mistakenly sent 12 3/8 inch guy grips made for Fiberglass cable. These are used on 3/8 inch Polygon Polyrod fiberglass cable. I would ra
I think someone was looking for this one. It IS NOT my auction item. http://cgi.ebay.com/Manual-for-HY-GAIN-HY-TOWER-10-to-80-M-182-A-Antenna-NR_W0 QQitemZ5855132073QQcategoryZ4672QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewIte
Tony, N2TK terminates his stuff the way I do...with 502s. Not only do I use the 502s to terminate the Phillystran, I use them to terminate the Polyrod I use also. For the smaller stuff like 3/16, you
In Florida the free locating service is call "Candy"...and the nice bonus is they leave those little flags all over the place. They can be recycled for all sorts of things around the property. Bill K
No longer made, but once manufactured........Rohn made a 20 foot piece that had the bottom half as a piece of 55 and then it tapered to a 45 on the other half. It was a little odd looking, but was no
Barry Jet it. I hooked up a hose to one inch PVC and used water pressure to blast a path under a twenty foot wide driveway. It's then an easy task to run the coax through the PVC. Of course doing thi
Is BuryFlex still a really good way to put the juice to a couple of OptiBeams up at 70+ feet? Getting close to my installation time. Might have to run the stuff 90 feet underground to satisfy a good
I also use the RCS-8V. I've used these things for years for all sorts of things, mostly setting up phasing harness arrangements for my stacks. I recommend them 100%...cheap and efficient. Bill K4XS _