Just wanted to reiterate Jim's advice and share a story... Years ago, my Elmer showed me how to use a small cheap AM transistor radio (seems that lower quality ones seem to work best) to locate line
I know the International Building Code which is adopted by a lot of permitting jurisdictions has requirements for restraint of roof mounted equipment that can potentially blow off at design wind spee
Wind drag over tubes essentially acts perpendicular to the axis of the tubes, thereby transferring the drag force axially to the boom, which creates a torque moment about the mast because of the shor
Condensation will form when surface temperatures are below the dew point of the air inside your box. Ground moisture will migrate into your conduits and thus into your box on warm days and elevate th
Silicone (pure) dielectric grease works fine for connectors. PVC-IIA (non-contaminating) or PE-III jackets both hold up pretty good in Texas. Flooded cable never hurts but be sure the center conducto
Starting caps come in value ranges. My experience is that slightly higher values generally pose no issue, whereas too small may not be enough to get the motor started under load. Try it to confirm. I
You need to buy, fabricate, or borrow a mast raising fixture. 73 Matt KM5VI Chuckle! Got on the air two months short of 70 years ago and there was always some bitchin' going on the about some issue b
Just a question - but why Moxon 30m and not just 2-el? Moxon advantage on 40m is the improvement of performance bandwidth compared to "typical" design with shortened 40m elements. 30m band is only 50
Hi Jim, Yes - I used some RFI brand connectors with no issues - they were very good quality. I think I got them online from "The RF Connection" vendor. I have also bought a lot of connectors from N5I