hello jon ... ur experience echos mine.....
the best solution is to plan a minmum number of splices/connectors
as possible in your installation!!
73 de bravo
>From AA3JU George Cook <george@epix.net> Sun Mar 17 18:23:56 1996
From: AA3JU George Cook <george@epix.net> (AA3JU George Cook)
Subject: ARRL DX CW Mystery
Message-ID: <199603171820.NAA23198@epix.net>
At 05:45 PM 3/16/96 PST, you wrote:
>
>I think he one of the *very few* weak Italians telling you in his native
tongue the cordality "ciao" and thank you for working him with his pathetic
signal, ten watts and a coat hanger....You Never Got His Callsign!
Now wait just a second here! I have been studying "contest Italian" for a
few years now and if my translation is correct then it goes something like this:
If 300watts = 3 Kw then:
10 watts = 100 watts and Coat hanger = TA-33 at 60 feet.
Man condions must have been pretty bad to miss a signal like that!!!
Laugh it's humour dammit!
george
AA3JU george@epix.net AA3JU@W3PYF
Proudly F R C...........
"FRC When second best just isn't good enough!"
>From Victor Vernon Burns <vburns@netcom.com> Sun Mar 17 18:37:20 1996
From: Victor Vernon Burns <vburns@netcom.com> (Victor Vernon Burns)
Subject: Rotators for 2 stacked 15/20m yagis / [YAESU COMMENT]
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. cast aluminium mast clamps of YAESU rotators don't hold very
well and will break under stress
KC2X
. likes his G2700SDX, but..
. broke 2 of the mast clamps
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o problems with and 85# double walled 15' Mast, a TH-7DX 85# and a 2 Elemen=
t 40M 65# with no thrust bearing, and it will turn it in very heavy wind no=
problems.
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there directions in centering and tightening. Specifically, tightening is=
just barely past finger tight and I can well imagine that some guys torque=
d the $@%^%#$ out of the bracket.
Victor KI6IM
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