Recent content by NY739 Mobile

finally got a real good gate with 4040 today....at 1:22 YouTube - fortymobile's webcam video March 6, 2011 10:31 AM :thumbup:

in theory that is ok but its not the safest way to go....generally in a pannel box the neutral and ground bars are bonded at some point but if there is no actuall ground going to earth somewhere in the configuration you can get current feeding back to the neutral side of things....not good for...

they will trip in both circumstances....but the more they get used and are tripped they tend to get weak. it will also trip neutral to ground but it has to be wired properlly...

It all depends on where you are geographically I guess...an electrician in NY city probablly would charge about three or four times as much as I do in Western NY...and sight unseen...depending on how bad your pannel box looks...or how outdated your wiring is...I can't really say.....find a...

A new standard duplex three prong outlet should be sufficent...no water near by = no need for a gfi.....GFI's tend to trip easier than breakers of the same amp rating ( 15amp gfi will trip before a 15amp circut breaker)...this can tend to be an annoyance when drawing alot of current...you may...

Thanks for the reply's gentelmen....thats pretty much what I thought...:thumbup:.....but I had to ask anyway....thanks again

I've read many a thread about coil vs. 1/4 and I agree hands down that 1/4 wins every time but .......This might be a really dumb question, but If I don't ask I won't know the answer...... I find that this forum has a vast wealth of knoweledge of antenna theory so ...... Can a mobile antenna...

The RCI 2970N2 gets my vote....I get great audio reports on SSB and AM. Its a clean, powerfull, modern looking unit with out a bunch of extra crap(echo,talk back,colored lights,etc..) I can talk 20+ miles on AM locally (102whip+6" brass rizer, behind cab mounted center box rail), and when...

Back at ya 178, we had a great QSO today...mother nature was deffinatlly being kind, Great sounding station you have there...73 from the old ford truck in western NY....

I finally made it on one of 4040's video gates.(at 11:21 on vid)..I been tryin to hit southern Cal for days and mother nature was kind to me today http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Im0nWirR3EY

You can still go online to the radio shack web site, purchase them , and have them shipped to you or your local store, or a guy sells them on Flea Bay for twice as much as radio shack......

turned out to be a good day of DX in NY...its been about 3 weeks... I made contacts with: 645 arizona 4040 san fran cal 555 cal mobile 178 wash state 660 arizona 640 oregon 880 cal 87 arizona 412 arizona :thumbup:

Finally heard some real good dx on 38lsb today....its been a couple weeks since the last time i made any contacts...made a couple today....also heard ww11 and 4040 boomin in to NY for a little while...i tried to get back to them but it was pretty rough on there..:thumbup1:....hope this weekend...

I recentlly purchased a rci 2970n2 from coppers because it was the cheepest place (even with the expand and shipping) and when I got it, from what i could tell the only thing they actually do is expand....there is no align and tune....but like someone else already said, if you want your e chip...