Have been for the last 7 years...no issues at all. The tower products are just an adaptation of products used in the power distribution business for years. I work for an electric utility, one of the
As a follow up...check the PLP product catalog...they make the "Big Grip" product for communications tower guy installations.... Like I said Rohn is just using an existing product made by others. Can
Greetings, I have a brand new Comtek ACB-160 transmit 4 SQ or two element hybrid for sale. It has never been installed and is as new with manual. It is excess to my needs and needs to be put on the a
And one is of little use for lightning protection. Cecil K5DL Sent from my iPad _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband
Delay the audio by 15 seconds (or employ some other method) to eliminate its viability for contest and DX contact use and that will be fine...of course nobody is going to want to hear that... It's us
It's one thing for your place of residence to change over a career or lifetime...it's totally another to, based on the contest or location of the desired DX, be able to selectively choose your recei
Just curious, not knowing anymore than I do about RHR....how do they verify that a paid user even holds a ticket. It would also be alarming to find that RHR sites are being used to stage DQRM attacks
Sounds like phone sex to me....not my bag. You can hang up a picture of whatever partner you like and call them your significant other...just can't substitute for being there. Next big thing will be
Polyphaser made a test box for a few years...model was F.I.S.T. 4. Worked really well.. Watch ebay...they may turn up there at times. Cecil K5DL Sent using recycled electrons. _________________ Topba
They also made an earlier version that had an analog meter. It would indicate the clamping voltage. Typical failure mode for the Polyphaser is an open gas tube that doesn't clamp... You loose protect
There is a spark igniter that is used with cadweld...I've had trouble lighting them off with a propane torch. Usually if they have been stored in a dry location they are good for years. The blue tube
I agree with you Joel, DXCC is a competitive endeavor, in a different way than contesting but competitive none the less and it's excluded from the discussions here I believe because the focus of this
Excellent application of a remote station....I see no problem with that. Cecil K5DL Sent using recycled electrons. _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband
All excellent points and very well stated Larry.... Cecil K5DL Sent using recycled electrons. _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband
Maybe a new licensing incentive is in order to get the numbers up... Pass your General and get your DXCC thrown in (first 100). Pass your Extra and you go at the bottom of the Honor Roll. Incentive s
It's obvious the DXCC award system is not important to you by your own admission, which doesn't put you in the best of positions to be so vocal about paid/shared remote station access and its impact
Well for one thing your $100,000 station doesn't magically appear anywhere in the country just by selecting a new location on the computer screen because where it's located at the moment ain't gettin
No issue with that...remote operation of your primary station...I don't see any difference between that and local operation of the same station...even if you had worked some DX...great use of the tec
I vote you take your contentious attitude somewhere else MIKE DURKIN Cecil K5DL Sent using recycled electrons. _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband
Yup...wish I could find an RX-366 to upgrade my OII... Production was short... Cecil K5DL Sent using recycled electrons. _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topb