Mark, I've been using Quads for about 40 out of my 47 years as a ham. They work very well, and I have never had a problem on twenty meters or any other bands for that matter. They are really pretty f
Stan, I have had to use my insurance a few times and all I have ever had was just typical homeowners with no special riders. In fact, since I am not currently a homeowner, my renters insurance has co
Howdy, I hope someone here has experience with the little G-450XL Yaesu rotor. I have been having problems with mine. Had it down for a while and checked it out the other day and it worked fine on th
Chuck, Sorry but this Yaesu rotor does in fact use an AC motor and it does have a start capacitor. Maybe some of the bigger more heavy duty Yaesu rotors do use DC motors, but not this model. I still
Just a note to thank every one on their input to my problem. As it turns out, it appeaers that it was the connector at the rotor itself that was causing the problem. The pins are not fixed hard on th
Hi, I have a Yaesu G-450XL rotator that has failed to rotate anymore. The cable has been checked from one end to the other, all ok. If anyone is a rotator guru, I would like to discuss this problem.
I built a hazer, I mean an antenna elevator. It's all steel and cost about 60 bucks including the winch and hardware. 73, Tom K5IID At 16:49 11/02/03, Greg Gobleman wrote: Hi Ed, The instructions suc
Copper pipe at the hardware stores is fairly inexpensive and it's been said to be a pretty good conductor...hi 73, Tom K5IID At 06:15 11/08/03, Gary K9GS wrote: Hi Jim, I really doubt the extra resis
Les, John, ON4UN, wrote a very comprehensive thread about using the Orion in the CQWWSSB on the CQ-Contest reflector just recently. You can find it in the CQ-Contest archives. It seemed to me to be v
Kelley, CQ ran an article about an outboard controller that was designed to control the HD-73. It required a few mods to the controller and also required another complete circuit to be built. I built
Kelley, Oops! Sorry! I would have sworn it was CQ. I am not sure that the article you found is it though. I don't hav ethose old magazines around any more, but I'll see if I can dig up anything on it
Kelley, I found what I was referring to. It was CQ...January 1991...pp11-16. L.B. Cebik I found it on his website. http://www.cebik.com/rot.html It's a winner! 73, Tom K5IID Attachment: Rotator Direc
Noel, So far in 47 years of hamming and antennas, towers, I have never had to get a permit to install a tower. It's a whole lot easier to get forgiveness than it is permission. BTW...I am moving and
Jim, Is the IDG the same as the IDG Books that write the "for Dummies" books? Tom K5IID At 13:19 01/09/04, Jim Jarvis wrote: "(Interference) just doesn't exist," Birnbaum said. "They based a lot of t
Hey all you guys out there with big amps..., just run their power cable out to the proximity of the fence and and save on your electric bill. 73, Tom K5IID At 20:14 01/23/04, Robert Shohet wrote: Wow
This is a common misconception, but anyone with any basic knowledge knows that although the electricity drops onto the fence, it's only the voltage part. Without the current it can't power your big a
Bob, Unfortunately, my water hose is frozen...CU next year from TX. 73, Tom At 22:32 01/23/04, Robert Shohet wrote: Just bring your water hose out to the power pole to supply the current and then you