Hi All I built 3 UNUN's for some EFHW antennas I plan to use. On 2 of them, I used 1 FT-240 mix 43 core (will be running these as portable antennas on LP) and one one of them I used 2 of the same cor
Thank you for your dissertation on end fed antennas. Maybe you missed the point that I want this for camping and portable, quick to set up antenna. I have beenbuildng antennas for a long time. First
Do any of you really think your senator listens to or give a big rat's patoot what you want? Only way to get their attention is to attach a LARGE contribution to their campaign fund. That is what the
I have seen some questions about having a broken line in a conduit and how to run a new one. I worked for a short time at a vacuum cleaner place, and one great way we found to pull a line though PVC
I just put up an inverted 'L' for 80 meters with 2 rasised radials. The radials are about 8 feet in the air at the base of the antenna and slope down to about 5 feet. It was strange as when I put the
If you look back at pictures of the early stations, a lot of them had a horizontal wire with 4 or 5 wires in a flat-top configuration. Most of them were between a couple of supports and fed with a si
I bought some 2.4" #31 cores from Mouser for around $4. 73 Tom W7WHY _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing list TowerTalk@c
When we were Novices, it's a wonder we made any contacts at all :-) Back in '55, I was the only ham in Port Orford when I got on and had a sort of Elmer in W7EUG, who lived in Riverton. He gave me my
One thing that has always worked for me is Vaseline. A friend who worked for the telephone company said they used it to cover exposed connections. I tried some on some antennas and found that after a
Maybe I am 'inept' on how to use ladder line, but I have been using it for 60 years off and on. Problem with my setup using ladder line is noise. Maybe I just don't understand how to use it, but on m
Where I have my 80 meter dipole, it is in a kind of noisy spot. I was thinking of replacing it with a Bazooka antenna. I know there are no 'magical' properties about he Bazooka, but what I was wonder
Thaks for all the replies, on the list and off. Decided not to fool with the bazooka. I have some #31 cores here so guess next thing is to check Jim's cookbook and try that. 73 and thanks for the hel
Hi All I have a Daiwa CR-4 rotor on the tower here and it has quit turning. I was wondering if anyone on the list has one of these. Mine is the 1-motor version. What I would like to know is can anyon
Would it be better to switch something like some 450 ladderline in at the feedpoint for linear loading instead of putting the relay at the end of the wire where a higher current point is?? Just wonde
Hi all I have a HB 2-el 20 meter monobander on a 16 foot boom. I would like to add 15 meters to this antenna, but can't find any diagrams anywhere for such an animal. Googled it but no joy. Does anyo
Don't know if this will help but there are manuals for the Pro-67 and Pro-96 at this site. 73 Tom W7WHY http://www.radio2way.net/mosley.php _______________________________________________ ___________
I think the problem with this article, along with many other antenna articles.is they have nobody to proof read and see if this is actually factual or not. I have seen many articles in QST that I rea
Me, too. In fact, I have 5 of them here and have only had one problem and it was my fault. You have to use a little common sense when trying to load some antennas I found out the hard way. 73 Tom W7W
Hi All Which is the most important part of the RG6 CATV coax, the tinfoil shield or the braid? I have come into a bunch of different coax - they both have the tinfoil wrapped insulation, but one has
Howdy all. I am building a 2 meter J-pole out of TV twinlead for portable use. When cutting the short side of the lead-in wire, is it better to leave the piece after the cut in the insulation, take i