I had a Gotham Quad once. What a beast...made with aluminum wire that you couldn't solder to of course... Hurrican took it in 1979. Nothing left but the spreaders....all pointed the same direction...
Is that QRP QRO (100 watts +-) or real QRP...as in 5 watts or less...:-) Cecil K5DL -- Original Message -- From: "Jim F." <j_fitton@yahoo.com> To: "DAVID CUTHBERT" <telegrapher9@gmail.com>; <jim@audi
QRPers generally do not need Beverages as much as other stations do. Think about that one for awhile. -- Y'all don't work each other...something seems wrong with that...:-) Cecil K5DL jim / W1FMR --
Well the thought behind the Power Company encouraging conservation of energy use was to delay or eliminate the need for additional base load generation construction. That is the most costly thing for
I've never know of a utillity to give away power...usually when the power flows to another utillity on the grid it is billed at a wholesale rate...I'm not sure stock holders would allow a give away.(
--cut-- Hi Mike and the Group.... Sounds like mine as well with the exception of the 80 meter wire and fewer radials. Which concerns me a bit because I had considered loading the tower after I put it
--cut-- I have no way at this point to model antennas but I would guess on bands other than 160 you are seeing lobes in the radiation patern of the L/tower due to it being closer to and over a wavele
I truely hope they are licensed and continue to sell their own design. Because of all of this I have personally made it a point not to do business with PDS Electronics. The owner has a history of thi
I'm just speculating here but back in the day (the W1BB days) the intentional QRM element was not present or at least as prevalent as today and what most folks would desire would be to remove that el
I can understand the practical application for casual DXing but are there not issues with using such remote RX sites and counting the contacts for DXCC and for Contesting? Cecil K5DL -- Original Mess
The polyphasers are good protectors but be aware that they rely on gas tubes for protection and their failure mode is one that leaves you unknowingly unprotected. After so many ionizations the gas tu
Hope you dont mind my use of artistic license.... Cecil Acuff Gulfport MS K5DL (1 slight change made with apologies to Joyce Kilmer) Jim / W1FMR Joyce Kilmer. 18861918 119. Trees I THINK that I shall
I havent used the RBN. Guess I need to figure out how so as to quantify the performance of what I have up. Is there a tutorial on the site? Cecil Acuff Gulfport MS K5DL the one that looks the best an
Me neither... My delete key works if I get bored of it... Used it a lot a while back on the stacked vertical thread. I find listening for hets on LW/MW from across the pond a lot of fun..often during
I had a similar experience a couple of years back. Customer support is not what it use to be years back. Calls went unanswered, emails went unanswered...I was about to trash the rotor controller and
I did a year or so back.... First off for the price I was sadly disappointed with the size...it's a thin booklet. Second I found little of practical use in it for an average small lot Top Bander. I'l
Im curious if its really any different than a two loop K9AY on one support. Cecil K5DL Is the SAL-30 available piecemeal? I have plenty of wire, coax, enclosures, support tubing, etc, and would just
FSJ Heliax...or superflex as it's known in the industry is not rated for outdoor use. The outer jacket is so thin it metal fatigues easily. It's great for low loss jumpers indoors but I would never u