I am using the #14 copper flexweave, but I prefer the tinned stuff, as I don't have to clean off the oxidation to solder it after it's been out in the weather. I'm using #12 from Davis RF, #FW12T. I
That's been my experience in every move I've made. Not exactly conducive to marital bliss either. Jim N7US -- Original Message -- From: "Alan Braun" <albraun@earthlink.net> To: "Richard M. Gillingham
My Yaesu rotor just stopped indicating the direction; it's stuck reading 45 degrees though it does turn. The Yaesu manual doesn't have a troubleshooting section as the others (HDR-300?) I've had did.
Mike, You're right about the manual. I had missed that when I discovered the problem last night. I got a couple of suggestions identifying the motor that turns the display as the likely problem. K1TT
Larry, I didn't have a problem with 20, but the 15M problem seems to occur frequently. Many, including N6BT, will tell you to fool around repositioning the red wires between the two driven elements.
Jerry, I have a G-2800SDX. The first time I installed it, I did as Yaesu directed and pinned the mast to the rotator. This time, I went back to not pinning it, as I wanted to be able to rotate the ma
Bruce, I too have a G-2800SDX and found the indicator to move when I transmitted with my FT-1000MP, which I assumed is RF getting into it. I tried different grounding connections and found that a sma
I've taped them in the past, but they look lousy when the tower isn't all the way up, as all of the cable is still up in the air. (I frequently have my tower lower to sleep better during frequent win
Well, it looks okay to me but this message isn't going thru contesting.com. Try a post an see what happens. If it bounces, I'll know it. Cheers, Steve K7LXC TT Admin -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contest
Besides Yaesu, W9KNI of Bencher may be selling them now. He had a prototype at Dayton. I have a G-2800SDX but don't have the RS-232 (yet). Jim N7US Has anybody come up with a rs232 hook up to the G28
I have Outlook set to send messages in plain text, but there is an option for plain text that I don't understand. You can specify MIME or Uuencode for plain text. Anybody understand this? Apparently
This is a rhetorical question, but what happens when you want or need to move and you've signed a long-term contract with a cellular company or wireless Internet provider? I'd think the first questio
Brad, How far is it from the spot where you'd stop the truck to the holes? Would a concrete pump work? I'm thinking of the type you might have seen in commercial work, pouring highways or big slabs.
Hawks have taken a liking to my Force-12 Magnum 340. Sitting on the boom doesn't worry me, but that's not the case with the elements. Would a plastic owl keep them off? Jim N7US With conventional yag
Bruce, CABLE-Xperts sells them: http://www.cablexperts.com/cfdocs/cat.cfm?ItemGroup=5&itmsub=0&bskt=0&c=0 73, Jim N7US Anyone have a good source for 8 pin Cinch Jones connctors? Bruce, K1MY Sunny Sun
My experience with the F-12 EF-340D, the predecessor to the MAG-340, seems to have been better. The original boom/mast bracket broke, much like the picture in QST (February?). I should have checked b
I've seen an awful lot of 2M Ringo Rangers in the Caribbean countries. I kinda doubt many are owned by hams. Jim N7US << I think they do have a sizeable and probably more profitable commercial busine
Bob, I bought a Vector Control Systems beam indicator to enable me to do that several years ago (1992). It came with a great circle map (centered on my QTH) in a picture frame with LEDs around the pe
I'm trying to sink 8' ground rods using a heavy, blue, post hole setter from Home Depot. Worked great on one, but I'm now putting them around a tower base and there's caliche, a very hard layer, down
I feel like a straight man for a late night talk show host for asking the original question about ground rods. I guess we've all driven the point home. (And I do appreciate the advice, as I got them