Hi Roger, I recommend you get Dean Straw's transmission line modeler program "TL" from the ARRL download site. It's called "tl.zip" and can be gotten from here: http://oak.oakland.edu:8080/pub/hamrad
The ZRC in cans is around $26-30 a quart, give or take for shipping (so find a local source). If my math based on Scott's mail is right, that makes the cost comparable to the spray cans at $6 on the
Hello Mary-Frances, I've used 6-8 of the 16oz cans of Rust-oleum brand of spray cold galvanize. It appears to me to be excellent. The spray action is very uniform and of high quality. Of the three br
I would have done something like this long, long ago (NEC deck<->.EZ file) except for the position of EZNEC's author, W7EL. The last time I pinged him on this issue Roy made it very clear that he con
Who are they? When and where did this happen? Many of us who have heard about this legendary behavior over and over again are dying to know the facts. Regards, Pete KS4XG -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.co
I have two ICE model 301 coax suppressors that have been out of service for a while. Trying to tie my new tower feedlines into them I find that they are transparent on receive but cause a severe mism
Color me sheepish. Woulda helped if I'd put the Autek ahead of the coax jumper I added to tie the ICE suppress in with. It's defective. Sorry for the bandwidth. Pete KS4XG -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.c
Davilyn Corp (800 235 6222 FAX 818 787 4732 WWW.Davilyn.com/Electronics) has B&W type 3064 (10" long, 3" diameter, 4 turns per inch) and type 3027 (10" long, 2" diameter, 8 turns per inch) with no pa
If you pull your Autek out one day and discover that when hooked to an open ended piece of coax (80' of 213 in my case) all impedance measurements come out "H" except for maybe around 2000 ohms in on
Hi LB, Hopefully you have Web access and can point your browser here: http://www.contesting.com/_towertalk/ All the reflector traffic is archived there for reference. Regards, Pete KS4XG -- FAQ on WW
I'm 99% sure this is identical to the cold galvanize that Rohn sells. I'd love to see a phone number for ZRC so a stocking retailer could be found in my part of the world. Those $5 and $9 spray cans
Scott Bullock <twoway@scoden.ma.ultranet.com> said about finding the ZRC cold galvanize people: That's pretty good! Judy at ZRC is on the other end of that line. She sez to use 800 831 3275 from outs
(nice tensioning primer omitted) Is there a formula for computing guy tension at other angles? Regards, Pete KS4XG -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/towertalkfaq.html Submissions: towertalk@co
Texas Towers won't be stocking forged EHS clamps in the future so I cleaned them out of their remaining stock of 1/4CCF. I'm curious what the tradeoff is. Do malleable clamps differ in strength or du
Hello Mike (and reflectorites), I have used an Autek RF-1 for a bit over a year. I've used other Ham's MFJ 259 at various times too. In my opinion the Autek RF-1 is the better value for the money but
Hi Guys, This is just to show a difference between the MFJ and the Autek. To make 1/4wl open stub with the RF-1 you connect the stub, monitor Z while tuning until a minimum is found. The cable is now
Hi Dave, For there to be arcing there'd have to be a large potential difference which would imply that the folded back part is really an extension of the element, right?. I think it isn't, but instea
There once was a ham from Connecticut Who's solder was soft and eutectic It started to flow When all hell started to blow The D4 goes in later, you idiot! Please send my G5RV for Nth place to callboo
If I put nuts every few inches on a piece of threaded stock with large flat washers between each pair, would this be as effective for holding in concrete as bending the stock into a "J"? Regards, Pet
Thanks to all for the quick primer about pier pins. Here's a summary that might be useful. The purpose of the pier pin is only to keep the base from sliding and to allow it to rotate during installat