Recent content by Sarasota Slim

I don't much care for bird meat, but I am a fan of fried stuff. What can I say? I'm Southern, lol. This thread DOES remind me, however, of the time that my neighbors chose to fry a turkey. I don't recall the occasion, but it couldn't have been Thanksgiving. I was sitting in a lawn chair...

That was my general idea; although, I would need 2 antennas outside, as the 2 towers that I'm trying to reach are in different directions (Sprint tower is north-ish, Verizon tower is west-ish)

I live in a rural area. ("Live" meaning that I own a house, keep personal belongings in it, and occasionally visit the property, lol) I have one phone that utilizes Sprint towers, and another that utilizes Verizon towers. My house is too far from the nearest Sprint tower for the Sprint phone...

Lol, that would be a selling point, to me.

I can't speak to the functionality, but if you were to build such a thing, then went over it with a silver or grey rattle can, that might fool the copper theives.

I am no battery expert, and I could very well be completely off base or wrong... Unless your on air speaking habits are akin to those of Beavis on crack, I doubt that you'll be drawing 20 amps continuously. I'm thinking (again, I could be wrong ) somewhere between 5-10 amp average continuous...

And costs 4 times as much. Outside of old stock, I'm not sure that Barjan exists anymore; they were, if I recall correctly, absorbed by another company, which was, in turn, absorbed by DAS. As crappy as the Astatic meter is, (Astatic is another DAS company) it cost about $20, gets me in the...

That's pretty spiffy. Thanks for the tip. (y)

My God, what tacky radio's. I like how they look. I may be inclined to let Mr. X decorate my equipment, but that's about it. When I followed the link to Simon the Wizard, and I watched the video on the really shiny Galaxy 98, I noted that the radio seemed to be on channel 3, and the frequency...

Well, I don't reckon that I'm too impressed with Opek. As I mentioned above, the SWR seemed to read a bit higher on it. At first, it was a minor difference. I've been making some changes to my antenna system lately, and having a devil of a time getting things adjusted right. Finally, I ended...

Interesting.

Heh. My theory has always been that electricians die because they get cocky and lose respect for electricity. Much of the reasoning behind my theory is the great frequency in which I have witnessed electricians do stupid or thoughtless things. And, I'm not picking on electricians, here...

It's not particularly relevant, but that statement reminds me of a lecture that I once received on a jobsite, from an older coworker, many years ago, on the nature of electricity. I don't recall everything he said, but he did say something along the lines of "electricity likes to take the path...

If I'm looking at that pic correctly, it looks like you've got your ground half at a 90 degree angle to your "radiant " half. Wouldn't that lend a more directional quality to your signal?

I assembled a vicegrip mount for dipole use (have not yet used it, though), for my spare radio system. My wife and I, occasionally, have to go pick up a tractor to drive back to the yard, so I keep a spare system on the truck. What I did with the vice grips, was I painted the jaws with liquid...