Hello again, I have just updated my qrz.com/ki7m page concerning the 40 meter dipole and the Comtek 80 meter 4-Square I've mentioned before. Took some helpful advice and rebuilt the 40 meter dipole s
Hello Guys and Gals, Recently Tree did some work for me and one of the things was to put up the Comtek 80 meter 4-Square switching unit and a couple of pulley setups for my raising of the 80 meter sl
Not wishing to sound callus since I just read about the ham who lost his life on a tower collapse.....But does anyone have a copy of the story of the guy who writes to his insurance company explainin
FYI concerning my 80 meter 4-Square using sloping dipoles.... I have now disconnected all four 75 ohm links from the Comtek box. The 75 ohm stubs are just left hanging, not shorted or anything. Comte
Sad to see he will no longer be there to give out Nova Scotia. I see I've worked him three times 2014, 2011 and 2009 for a multiplier during CQWW160. Never really got to know him but I have enjoyed t
Hi folks, I know it's been discussed but I don't recall the specific questions I wish to know. Does the WD-1 need to be separated (2 wire) to work as a beverage or bog beverages. Can it just be used
Interesting about the drones. I want to get one or maybe have someone who runs them take a video of my tower and place. High quality video that is. If you ever watch youtube/Andrew Caramata doing his
Sometime back I bought one of those cheaper launchers that shot a 1-1.5 oz. fishing weight with fishing line attached. It was scary because if that fishing weight hit something other that the ground
Hi Dick, This looks like a pretty go launcher for putting lines over trees. I've only seen them while watching some youtube videos of the tree cutting/pruning arborist and never knew where to buy the
Hello guys and gals, I just bought 10 of these from China. Free shipping if you don't mind waiting a couple of weeks. Anyway I'm not exactly the best soldering guy on the block and would like to know
Hi Gary Take a look at ebay 'UHF PL259 male clamp Plug lot connector for LMR400 RG8 RG213 RG214 Coax cable' from 'superstore_dan'. Terry KI7M _________________ Searchable Archives: http://www.contest
Hello again, Just and FYI of why I asked about these new 'PL-259's'. I don't remember ever seeing them before and thought I had found perhaps a better style connector. With my hit-and-miss soldering
I agree with Frank, Not that I necessarily think PL-259's are the greatest, they are not. But I have never really learned to put N-connectors together and don't trust my skills at trying it again. Fo
Thanks John, Now if some of us only knew where we get a solder pot to pxxx, excuse me, dip out coax in. Terry KI7M _________________ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband
Hi again, This may not be possible to answer with anything like 10% accuracy but can someone give me an idea just how much capacitance I need for putting up a 50-55' vertical wire up the lower half o
Let me see if I can paste a link here. Using Windows 10 copy and paste never seems to work right for me. Anyway, this place has the most 'serious' line launchers I've ever come across. http://www.she
My experience with sling shots has been dismal and dangerous. I've had the lead weights come back at me or go off in other directions. And anyone who can put a line over a hundred foot tree I'll take
Hi folks, I've ran into this problem multiple times and thought I'd ask to see if there is a simple explanation or if perhaps manufacturers of universal angle iron brackets as sold in Lowes, Home Dep
Thanks for the help guys. Got reminding about the difference between pipe and tubing sizes concerning the U-bolts. And some other things like overbuilding my detune setup. Terry KI7M ________________
Hi folk, Been looking for this for I don't know how long. Had it up out in Keizer but wasn't that impressed but I'll now try it out here. But going to need to get it near some trees and possibly powe