In the past we used several beverages at a previous NR4M qth to good advantage. Since moving to a farm about 15 miles away we expereinced beverage problems that were a bit bewildering. Last year we e
A debt of gratitude is owed Rudy Severn for the work he did on modeling verticals mounted near towers, not to mention all the other helpful information posted on his site. In your case it would seem
Like Jim N2EA, there are many that understand propagation, fading and such better than I. This year I've had the pleasure of using diversity with an ORION II and a K3 on top band. Antennas were bever
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I tried a number of products for quick disconnect of rotator cables outside. Nothing seemed to prevent corrosion. Then about five years ago at Dayton a vendor of electrical connectors had an eight pi
Hi all, We're in the midst of building a fairly long boom yagi for 20M. When completed it's going to be at 190ft. We expect to initially tune it (T Match) at 15 ft and then tram it to 80 ft or so for
Hello again, Thanks to the several folks that responded. After reading my first posting and the responses, it's apparent that I need to better explain the situation. The antenna is 6 elements on a 56
Some of you may remember my posting about our experience with beverages using plastic boxes to house matching transformers. The black plastic boxes turned out to be conductive which obviously led to
Bob, The 45 is obviously a little heavier, but that's the primary difference we've experienced in dealing with 45 vs 25. Make sure that you're not putting too much lateral force on the gin pole if yo
GM Don, I am using one of the old KLM rotatable dipoles here in Virginia. It's at 75 feet with an M2 KT34M2 about eight feet below it. I have had this one about 20 years and am very pleased with it.