Jack, That 7 wire cable will work with any of the Ham M series, Tailtwister, etc. rotors. You really only need 6 wires in the first place (though 8 is better). The "trick" is to mount the phasing cap
I posted the message on the Force 12 reflector, but I am sure there are some Force 12 user here and/or guys that are a lot more versed in antenna theroy than I !! I have a Mag 640/340N that has been
I have seen several interesting comments on the reflector concerning Heights Alum towers; and in fact, I posted a couple myself. As I mentioned in a previous post, I have three of them and they all t
I saw a post referencing what I assume was what type of iron would work outside to solder a UHF male connector. One of the replys was from K5UJ and he said "A gun no matter how high watt isn't any go
Jamie, I have two Force 12 160 mtr verticals that I have spaced at 1/2 wave and am using the ComTek PVS-2 system. It uses a three wire configuration to switch three directions. Before I bought that,
Mal, You are certainly correct in being able to have the phasing box at the antenna (or anywhere else you might be inclined to run the two coax ant feed cables to). My bet is it is a function of cost
In theory, buying 6 ft sections of tubing and throwing them up sounds like a good plan. I tried doing something similiar to that with the "remains" of a 2 ele 80 mtr beam. Very simple plan, take the
I have seen a lot of discussion of "how much" overlap of tubing you need when putting the sections together. On my "homebrew" vetical I used 3" because that is what the 80 mtr beam I used parts from
Rob, I would totally agree with you as far as not using hose clamps (especially on the bottom) of a 66 ft vertical. However, I will disagree with you needing alum lattice tower. I constructed a 80 mt
I am not sure why you would need to insulate ladder line in the first place? I have seen ladder line made with bare copper wire; and I have a section of mine that a tree limb "removed" the insulation
Ted, I forgot to mention that you would only need to use one of the internal capacitors, so you would only hook up six leads to one of the boxes. 8 and 4 would only be to one box. I forgot about that
Ted, I am doing just the opposite of what you are trying to accomplish. I have one controller and use it on five different rotators (mix of Ham IV's and Tale Twisters). In my case, I use sets of rela
Chuck, If you are SURE that the problem is not in the coax to the transformer; I would think you have isolated the problem to a bad transformer. Wires can break, short, cold solder joint, etc. I thin
Dick, You have to have power for the meter to work. As I mentioned in my last email, you might get by with having both controllers hooked up in parallel (with the exception of the two leads for the p
I recently put up the DX Engineering 43 ft vertical for use on 60 meters. I also purchased the DX Engineering radial plate and attached 60 radials (I think 37 to 38 ft each). I went to Home Depot and
Tom, I am not an antenna expert, but on 160M there seems to be quite a few guys using Inverted Ls. I will say that 80 ft is pretty low for any type of dipole on 80 meters (at least for a low angle of
Lonnie, I have a Force 12 Magnum 620/340 beam at an elevation 6685 MSL (120 ft AGL). It has been up over 10 years, and survived 75 mph winds (maybe slightly higher - my anemometer is 35 Ft AGL). The
Nat, To tell you the truth, I have never heard that; of course that "begs the question" as to why the "ground" screw is on the control box and the rotor connector if you are not suppose to use it. Ad