I have 200 ft of extension cord which I drag up the tower with me, along with my Weller soldering gun. When I need to solder on the tower, I wait for a day when the wind is as low as it gets. If you
Let me correct this before anyone blames me for anything :.) It's actually 5 to 8 for CW and 4 to 6 for CCW. Barry W2UP -- Barry Kutner, W2UP Internet: w2up@mindspring.com Newtown, PA Frankford Radio
While I'm no botanist, as far as I know, trees get taller from the tips of their branches. The base doesn't rise. So, if you put at anchor at the 5 ft level, it will always be at the 5 ft level. It w
Out of all the boxes I've tried, the best have been those that held "baby wipes." I'm still using some from diaper days and my youngest kid is now 10 :.) These boxes are labelled HDPE and #2 inside t
If it's a dried out capacitor or a sticky brake, it's a lot easier to correct that than replacing the rotor. I've had a T2X up turning a TH7 and 402CD for 12 years now, without a problem (other than
I went through this a couple of years ago with a TH7. I don't know if the trap construction is the same or not. The first trap took me about 2 hours. Once I figured it out, disassembly, cleaning, and
Yes, I had one. Bought it around in 1972 at a Harrison Radio Washington's Birthday sale. It was probably 10-20 years old at that time, but still in original carton. Worked well, when it wasn't broken
Thought that's why so many VEs come to Dayton. Fill up the trunk and hope for the best at the border :.) Barry W2UP -- Barry Kutner, W2UP Internet: w2up@mindspring.com Newtown, PA Frankford Radio Clu
I found a good source for high quality motor starting caps - a swimming pool supply store. I just picked one up for about $8. The particular cap I got is singificatnly bigger than the one in the T2X
Peter, I have a 3 TH7s (25, 40 and 76 ft). The upper two are phased. The bottom one is usually used with the second radio, but occasionally with the run radio, depending on band and condx. There have
I built the lightning detector that was written up in last month's QST. It's pretty neat, and actually may be too sensitive, as the way I have it set now, it picks up stirkes about 100 miles away. Ba
What kind of monitoring do you want? A basic digital voltmeter should do the job. Otherwise, if your concerned about fluctuations, call your power company and ask them to put a recording voltmeter on
Has anyone on here ever put up an AN Wireless tower? If so, care to comment? Barry W2UP -- Barry Kutner, W2UP Internet: w2up@mindspring.com Newtown, PA Frankford Radio Club
Alan, I would say YES, unless you are out in the woods where nobody will notice the tower, and your town has a history of laissez-faire for things like this. I asked that same question before putting
I recently installed a Polyphser IS-T1 on my DSL line. It cut the bandwidth from about 1.4 MBps to 200 KBps, so I returned it. Can anyone suggest a lightning arrestor for DSL lines that does work and
In case anyone missed it, there was an article in last month's QST about building a small lightning detector. It's pretty simple, using about $10 worth of parts. I'm in the process of putting it toge
I believe whoever is the virus-spreader was at Dayton. For the last 4-5 days, I haven't received any virus-laden messages. In the last 30 minutes I've gotten three, and also received several bounced
I don't want to dampen anyone's spirits, but... isn't it enough already? Is this the Whatevertalk or Towertalk reflector? Cheers, Barry -- Barry Kutner, W2UP Internet: w2up@mindspring.com Newtown, PA
Several years ago I bought some N connectors for 9913 from Joel at RF Connection. As I recall, the only difference was a different pin for the center conductor. Barry W2UP -- Barry Kutner, W2UP Inter