Doug, I use 3/16" Dacron covered rope to support my 70ft vertical. It is made of 3" and 4" irrigation pipe. 1/8" Dacron may work for your antenna. Mine has held up for more that 15 years. Dacron is U
The Simpson company has info on the hole size and depth to bore, the bolt size and epoxy to use. You could look in the phone book/internet for a local concrete boring company. They could do the job o
Thanks for the good replies and suggestions. As recommended, first thing for me to do is establish a noise background reference for my station. This would include readings at different times of day/n
I just purchased 10 sets of the 45JBK bolts from 3StarInc.com On eBay their shipping was $31.90, but I called 3StarInc direct and paid only $14.85 for shipping. They said their eBay shipping calculat
Dave, I'm not a structure engineer either, but an easy short term, or long term fix, depending on how you feel about it, is to U bolt on a piece of 1/4" or larger by 1 1/2 in to 2 1/2 in angle iron o
The clamps that GM3SEK mentions look good for connecting fence wire together, but I have not been able to find a US source so far. Here they are: http://www.rappa.co.uk/products/151-four-way-line-cla
Bob, I have used about 25 Cadweld One-Shot devices with really no problems. Once, one of the two wires backed out a bit and was not welded. There is no pouring of metal and igniter material, it all c
I purchased cheaply, 10 different Andrew 7/8" hardline connectors w/o center pins, internal insulators and O rings. O rings are not hard to get, but does anyone know of a source to purchase just part
I have two of these rotator units in various conditions. One I used parts of to build the rotator for my 90 ft Sky Needle. I now use a K7NV prop pitch with a chain drive system. I would like to get r
Charlie, No, I do not have any schematics or manuals. Would you send me what you have? Tnx, Ray, N6VR _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ T
Gents, I'm not a real technical person, but have been following this thread with interest. I have always used insulated wire for dipoles, verticals, and now have over 10K feet of the same in my 80/16
Bill, I will be buying a 250 - 300 ft spool of 1/2" hardline from a local salvage/surplus store for $100. Guess you would consider it NOS. The wooden spools themselves are in poor shape. Not certain
Jim, Attached is the info for building your own HyGain rotator cable connectors using Mouser parts. For others who would like to see this doc, please send me a request. If anyone would like to post i
Herb, I have an older A3 but do not know the power rating. I have found though, that on hot days, 90+ degrees and continuous use, I start to see fluctuations in my SWR when I am running 1.5 kw to the
All, I'm looking for a wet stamped UST TX455 set of plans for IBC 2012, any state. The UST website has a wet stamped plan for IBC 2006, my County has asked me for an IBC 2012 set. I am hoping they mi
Here is a offering of limit switches from eBay. I've all ready bought some. Not a bad deal. Ray, N6VR -- Ray, N6VR _______________________________________________ ____________________________________
Not sure if this is the correct reflector concerning a question about a Yagi dimension. I am rebuilding a old HyGain 204BA using the ARRL Handbook CD dimensions that was run on YW. The CD has the D1
Eric, I have the install instructions somewhere and can scan and send to you if you need them. Ray,N6VR Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone -- Original message --From: Jim Hargrave <w5ifp