I am the Technical Officer for the Coos County Oregon ARES/RACES group, and tasked with maintenance of our installed equipment county-wide. I use only crimped connectors purchased from Davis RF or DX
Auto-correct is the most entertaining thing to happen to computer communication in decades! Thomas W Noel KF7RSF _______________________________________________ ______________________________________
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I have a 135 OCF strung between Douglas firs at about 65 feet. In our common 70+ mph winds the trees sway enough that my two old bowling balls used as weights go up and down 6 feet or more. I used to
Curious as to thought process. Why half full? Why do you care if the shot is loose in the closed container? Why arent you using old damaged bowling balls like I am? Thomas W Noel KF7RSF _____________
Check out Rohrer Man-Saver pneumatic drivers. Designed for driving T-posts and steel fence posts up to 2+ inches in diameter. Operates just like a manual post driver that you lift and drop on the top
Absolutely. The circumferential expansion far exceeds the tiny inward radial expansion. Thomas W Noel KF7RSF _______________________________________________ __________________________________________
Hard to buy the Prepper theory. Preppers dont base their survival plans on an ephemeral resource such as available grid electricity, and the amount of power needed is well beyond solar or wind genera
Paul, I fully understand the anguish you are feeling over this. I alphabetize my sock drawer. When the base has had a chance to set up hard, rent a large abrasive concrete cutting saw and trim the tw
Hi Steve, I am a fan of a 135 OCF Dipole. Mine is a Buckmaster rated for full legal power, and is at about 65-70. Heavy insulated wire and heavy duty hardware throughout. I do have a serious CMC (K9Y
Gamer One, When you do your estimates and planning for the needed height, dont forget to add in the Fresnel zone for the line of sight. You must have a long football" shaped clear path for good signa
Has anyone ever used the Muletape Quad Detectible as antenna wire? Has 4 22 ga tinned copper insulated wires embedded, so much like electric control fencing but insulated. 4 parallel wires in a 1/2 t
Jon, I had never heard of Muletape and Googled it, and discovered the Detectible version with embedded wire. I have built <100W antennas with the cattle control version in 1/2" size. It has fine stai