Yes. I bought some gearhead motors from All Electronics (www.allelectronics.com). You can buy one to provide the rotational speed you need directly, or you can gear them up or down further with inexp
Bud - I've secured radials in a similar environment before. I used some large common nails, about 4" long and made a single wrap of the wire around the nail just under the head. A very slow process,
The gamma match cap is pretty easy. I've always made the cap from two loosely telescoping pieces of tubing, covering the inside one with shrink wrap tubing. That tube then serves as the gamma match t
Reminds me of my experience with the same company. I bought 100 feet of new coax from them via the telephone and when I was installing it I noticed some rough spots on the coax. I put on my glasses a
I've used it for several years. Never a sign of water infiltration into those connections. Weather Stations", and lot's more. Call Toll Free, 1-800-333-9041 with any questions and ask for Sherman, W2
Here in the Piedmont area of NC, mildew (black) grows on the houses and sidewalks along with the green stuff (not mildew). Each year we apply a bleach solution (1 part bleach, 2 parts water) and then
Semantics. Bleach will not kill the problem, but it for sure kills the mildew that's on the surface at that moment. A quick search with "bleach mildew kill" in Google reveals scores of sources (many
If I were you, I'd send her a nice letter offering your assistance in resolving her problem. That will be of some benefit to you when you have to answer the complaint she will file with the FCC. It's
I use a Marksman slingshot from Walmart, at a cost of $4.99. Just this past weekend, I easily shot a line over two 80 foot trees. I suppose if the trees had been 100 feet, I'd have been thinking abou
MFJ has free downloads for most of their manuals at the MFJ website. Weather Stations", and lot's more. Call Toll Free, 1-800-333-9041 with any questions and ask for Sherman, W2FLA. _________________
In regard to the stainless steel shims - I recently did the same, after spending a lot of time finding the darned stainless steel. I finally located some at a large sheet metal shop. They had some .0
I went through the same thing this past year. I'll bet your neighbor installed this fence himself as my neighbor did. It seems that his law school education didn't provide much info on electrical cir
Don't know how things are done in W6 land, but here in NC you'd have to provide a drawing prepared by a licensed surveyor. You can't close on a home here without such a drawing and you need a copy an
No reason to go with a boom that long. 8' is quite adequate and much easier to handle when erecting. K8AC be with _______________________________________________ See: http://www.mscomputer.com for "S
I've used a couple different types of anchors and they work very well. I've never seen a place with soil composition that allows one to screw in an anchor. Maybe if you have 6 feet of topsoil or sand
In the past, I've erected Rohn 25 towers with a section embedded in the concrete. This time, I'm looking at the pier pin approach. So far, I've found references to descriptions of drilling the base c
I had a direct hit on one of the antennas connected to my RCS-4. The box exploded due to the rapidly expanding hot gases inside, and the traces were mostly blown off the circuit board. K8AC up switch
Nope - I don't think any switch would have survived. Perhaps with protection on each of the output coax lines, but then the cost of protection would exceed the replacement cost of the switch. box wer