I have Great Horned Owls that hang out on my tower's . They'll have a who off in the mornings just before sunrise. They leave presents at the base of my towers, normally the fur of an eaten mouse.
Check out Balundesigns.com Nice chokes ready to go in many different configurations. I've been using them for years. Very well built and quick to ship. Rich - N5ZC On 9/20/2017 9:31 AM, Dave Sublet
I can recommend the 80m JK801 rotatable dipole. I have one at 138' and so far so good. It's only been up since July so I'm looking forward to the fall/winter DX season. The antenna does not use coi
Hi Bob, Yes the tornado tuner is a dual motorized coil. It works just like a mobile coil antenna. Rich - N5ZC On 10/8/2017 8:25 PM, Bob K6UJ wrote: Rich, I looked at the stack on QRZ.com. Great st
Hi John, The preset's are built into the MFJ-1924 mobile antenna controller. So if I know I'm going to qsy more than 20 khz in either direction I'll have to push one of the memory buttons on the 1924
Jim, I have a 140' rotating tower. We get regular high winds here in Amarillo. The last big wind storm was back in June when we had 80mph straight line winds. Both my towers/antennas survived nicel
I agree with Tim, Stay away from the MFJ unit's. I put up some new antennas over the summer. We used an MFJ-259 and the readings didn't seem right. We then tried a Rigexpert AA-54 and the readings
Jim, Good info. I don't have the #'s to back up my results as you do. I only have empirical info that coincides with your data. I replaced an M2 40mLLDD with a JK SR3040 due to a bent element from a
Matt, I agree with the support. I was on the phone with Ken on a Sunday resolving an end user mistake on the JK3040SR. I had installed the phasing line backwards. After fixing the initial problem,
Ken at JKantennas (jkantennas.com), is now handling the F12 stuff. Not sure if he has coil upgrade kit's or not. Not sure if he's changing them up electrically, but he's improving them mechanically.
Lately, during the day, I'm getting full band interference on 20m. It almost sounds like line noise. I'm in the middle of a remodel of my shop/shack and my 4O3A high power band pass filters have been
Patrick, I use the small prop pitch from K7NV to turn my 140' 55g rotating tower. Hasn't missed a beat in over 2 years since installing it. Great piece of work. The prop pitch will actually move in
Dave, Go with a a balun designs ( balundesigns.com ) 1115d with the studs on top. Go from the balun studs to the element halves with a length of wire and ring terminals crimped/soldered. For mounti
Jim Good points. It reminded me that my original post was for tribanders. The 1116 would be a better choice for 40m. Rich - N5ZC <Dave, <Go with a a balun designs? ( balundesigns.com ) 1115d with th
I have an HDX-589. I'm in the planning stages for getting the tower installed. I ran across a driller yesterday that can drill the 10' deep hole to a diameter of 7' (87" to be exact). We have excel
Another options is KF7P.com Rich - N5ZC I'm trying to line everything up for a March project date. Question-tower will be approx 100' from house. I plan on bury coax and rotor cables in PVC Would it
Clay, I emailed a fella by the name of Jeremy. He quoted me $2800 for a 10' hole. From the other post's on the subject probably a reasonable number. I'll still research the back hoe method. I'll be
I'm working on installing my first 160 receive array. I don't have room for traditional beverages. Ground mounted receive loops like the K9AY array will not be a good solution as I have a large deer
I like the thewireman.com He has 2x14 / 6x18 good to 325' or 2x12 / 6x16 good to 425' Rich - N5ZC On 2/19/2018 10:33 AM, Richard Smith wrote: I am looking to purchase a 500 foot roll of rotor cable,
I installed several JK Antennas last year. Ken uses two milled aluminum halves that are attached to the boom with two bolts. One of the bolts is what the truss cable attaches to and is centered over