For Winter Field Day this year I used my UAV (a DJI Mavic Pro) to pull a fishing line over a tree as a messenger line, then used that to pull up a proper rope, and then a dipole. The antenna was plac
I was 21 "back then" working for LeBlanc & Royle out of Oakville Ontario. Free climbing inside towers and stopping every 50 feet was standard operating procedure. Unless you could ride up on the cabl
Hi Jim, At the time, they manufactured their own pieces in-house, right there in the shop at Oakville. I remember one tower in particular that was sitting on a flatbed semi truck ready to go. It was
I used my Mavic Pro for Winter Field Day, and at home several times, to pull a fishing line messenger over the trees to pull up a paracord follower to then raise a dipole. I use a three foot length o
It looks like the SSL certificate was replaced on January 22nd but they did not include the contesting.com domain in the common or alternate names fields of the cert. Common names admin.eham.net Alte
Even if there is no HOA, or a voluntary HOA and has no rules, there still may be deed restrictions that are a covenant on the property. Your neighbors would have to sue you civilly but all it takes i
https://picpick.app/en/ Free and updated regularly. Another good one for windows is MWSNAP @ http://www.mirekw.com/winfreeware/index.html have fun 73 Dwight NS9I On 7/6/2018 6:28 AM, john@kk9a.com w
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Groups.io started charging as of October 22nd, 2019. See https://groups.io/g/GroupManagersForum/message/20002 The existing towertalk @ groups.io was started July 21st, 2019, before they started charg
FWIW, I have had an LG 29UM67-P for several years now and have never noticed it making any noise. That is not to say that it makes no noise. I bought this particular monitor because it runs on 12VDC
Use N connectors everywhere possible. They are designed to be waterproof and as well, are impedance controlled. I have, and I think "we" typically spend thousands on gear. A few more dollars on N is
I've been up many 3ertall towers (most made by Leblanc & Royle of Oakville Ontario at the time) and almost all of them were triangular with angle iron legs bent to 120 degrees. They made at least one
HOA CC&Rs are one thing, Deed restrictions are entirely another. They run with the land. Any neighbor with a mind to do so can sue you. When we were house-hunting in the mid-80s, we found our current
What about XLR? 73 Danny, K5CG HH 550-000-0609 SKCC 14257 I'm looking for a 4-pin panel mount connector that doesn't require multiple turns to secure the plug in the jack. I'd prefer one of the quar
I recall when I was in my 20s (young and stupid) I worked for LeBlanc & Royle in Canada. We had an overnight job near Kingston Ontario to clean every connector of a 3" copper feedline going up a towe
As fate would have it, about 10 days ago I noticed a sub-folder on my web server named /k7nv.com and figured nobody was interested any longer so I deleted it, but here it is mentioned in this group o
Hi Bruce, The problem is that the original owner used absolute paths in his links. The notebook on the page points to http://k7nv.com/notebook/ but if you just change the URL you can still get there.
Here is a link to the k7nv.zip file in case anybody wants it. https://cloud.hamoperator.org/s/DRPrSoNyCqrxXfa I will keep it around until the end of March so get it while you can. 73 Danny, K5CG HH 5
I have a Mavic Pro and I made a forward facing hook that slides sideways into the bottom rear feet. Fly forward until you get where you want to drop whatever (I use a small caribiner) then turn the d