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Well, it has been some time, but I seem to recall him writing about them and the recommended mix and size for common cables. Really, there wouldn't have been much to say but as I recall it was part of a larger section on coupling-decoupling. He did spend a considerable amount of writing on...

Dad had the parlor built in 1972 as a double herringbone with three on each side. In 1980 as part of an expansion one was added to each side so we could do eight at a time. Some time later we peaked at around 100 cows but settled into the 70s and 80s for the most part.

We always had to be a bit careful in the spring when we'd start chopping rye for silage and then feed a load of freshly chopped rye to the milk cows. It didn't take much and the milk would get quite bitter. Seemed like after the first week the bitterness eased off or we just got used to it...

It depends on the style of the balun. Ferrite transformer type baluns can suffer from the problems you describe. Choke style baluns that use ferrite beads over a length of coax should be more immune to the issues. Walt Maxwell was among the first to promote choke baluns in his Another Look at...

One thing is obvious, there is no sense of proportion nor is there forgiveness even though apologies are demanded and provided. smh

Moving sucks--no two ways about it. I still have stuff in boxes and I moved over four years ago. Motivation is low and space less so, so the stuff stays in boxes.

Agreed, though I understand there are communicators and not just technical people in amateur radio as well. Of course there is room for both. That said, it is my opinion that even communicators should have enough technical acumen to at least describe the problem at hand accurately. Tue...

Dairy--I wouldn't tell my worst enemy to get into dairy. The Holsteins left here almost 20 years ago. Good riddance!

Here's a four million acre ranch for sale in Australia: http://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2018-07-12/massive-outback-cattle-station-up-for-sale/9986342 Might be a big jump! :ROFLMAO:

Where you're located will have a bearing on your opportunities. Around here one can find pasture to rent from about ten acres to hundreds of acres. If you live in real ranch country, the block might be in the thousands of acres which is a mighty big chunk just starting out.

We dairied in a previous lifetime and I would agree with you 100% when Holsteins are under discussion. That is one of the reasons I suggested weaned beef calves--Angus, Hereford, or a cross between the breeds--and run them on grass during the spring and summer into early fall and then sell them...

A lot of how you'll do things depends on where your operation is located. Here we can raise feed rather easily and have access to multiple sale barns and veterinarians, though we use the one of each that we prefer. We're not in "ranch" country as its mostly farm country with pasture lands...

I'm going to guess that ham radio is much less expensive than racing! Actually ham radio has a wide dynamic range in terms of money spent. A lot of people are quite frugal with it and others seem to spend every free dollar on ham gear. Most of us are somewhere in between. After about 35...

6 opened this morning for us. All state side. Computer I was going to use to log went tits up (working now at home--odd), so logged by paper. Tried CW for a bit but either the Es was very unstable or it was meteor scatter. I think I made two CW Qs and gave the keyer back to the HF station...

I'm taking the FT-100D and my 6m loop along to FD. If we get ambitious we may have W0GCJ running on 6m SSB. CK-don't break the band! :ROFLMAO:

Looked over the big round baler Friday night and missed seeing the bearing that was going out as it was hidden by a large sprocket. :mad: By the grace of God I didn't set anything on fire. It was a large drive roller and what was left of the bearing carrier ground the hex shaft where the...

I am looking at a friend's '890 and discovered that that the top panel above the heatsink is very warm. A quick Google search found someone else with the same problem and most suggestions were to measure the current on receive. I did so and after watching it for a good while it had run up to...

For the record, ham is not an acronym so no reason to put it in all caps. :D It's nothing other than a slang name for amateur radio these days. As for how we got started, my first exposure to two-way radio was probably VHF low-band business band in use by various businesses and then CB, both...

Welcome! Unlike in years past, you no longer have to buy a receiver to hear what's going on as there are plenty of Web connected receivers that allow you to listen in on various bands and modes. That said, do be aware that there are some well-known frequencies that various loonies hang out on...

I haven't been on 6m but have been working FT8 on 10m the past couple of days and it has been hopping. I even snagged E51BQ last night! I'm trying to close the gap on 5 band WAS and with ND confirmed on 10m I have 24 to go--11 on 10m alone.