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My actual question is near rhe bottom of this post I have a ham iv that is mast mounted... using the mast adapter... The specs on the rotor with no support is 7.5 square feet windload and not more than 3.5 feet above the rotor I have in the past mounted up to 9 feet above a ham iv... at that...

I have a ham iv like is not braking.. I have seen that the solenoid works fine. I think its a bad brake wedge The one in my rotor is shaped like a knife

It just started doing this today no warning no unusual things happening basically all other modes work lower side band works just fine as soon as you key down on upper side band it throws out the quick blip and then it says busy and the display flickers and it just kind of goes on and off and on...

I opened up an old rci 2950 that was recently given to me what the heck are these I've never seen all these capacitors

I am thinking about mounting a mobile 102 whip above a Wilson sy-33, 3 element tribsnd (10m, 15m , 20m) The Yagi is horizontal. The whip would be mounted vertically on a trucker cb mirror mount the clamped to the Yagi's boom... Or a may clamp it to the aluminum mast that the Yagi is mounted on...

ok...so for some reason my MFJ 259b analyzer is giving weird readings... I have tried different coax... it's telling me my beam is 3.5:1 swr or worse on all bands, the SWR dip is where it should be. but there is high reactance and a impedance mismatch I have similar results on all...

OK so I tried building a 300 ohm twin lead j pole... I followed the directions for 450 ohm window line seen here http://www.qsl.net/dk7zb/J_Pole/wiremanjpole.htm I used some random 300 ohm twin lead I had laying around (the black hard plastic stuff with windows through it) for the matching...

I need a 10m vertical antenna for local work... I dont want to deal with radials... I have an Imax 2000 sitting around... but the antenna is broken on the bottom section

I had an old Hi Gain TH-4 (2 elements 20m/15/10m, 1 element 10m, and 1 element 15m/20m) laying around... it was not worth fixing as it was just falling apart... I stole some parts off it to add 6m to my triband yagi (old Wilson SY-33) (built 3 6m 1/2 wave elements) It has 4 traps for 10m and 6...

Ok so I am revamping my VHF UHF stack. Currently it's a 2 el 6m Moxon, a (single) m2 432-9wl (432mhz, 28 element, 20 foot boom) and an old Cushcraft a144-11 (2m 11 element, 13ft long???) The plan is to install a 2nd m2 432-9wl (which I have sitting in my garage... cost = $0 and some elbow...

I am trying to figure out if the Yaesu ft-8000 is DCS TRANSMIT capable? I would think is would be... I mean my old Motorola Maxtrac can do dcs... I have tried to look online but the 8000r is somewhat of a 'rare' rig

I have been spending the last few hours trying to get DM780 to work with a COM port (RTS/DTS) keyer I built... It works fine on 432, 144, 50, and 28Mhz... However When I dropped down to 21 and 14Mhz and Key up it locks in transmit... NOTE: into a dummy load this does NOT happen I have...

well I have been scoring consistent 90-96% on the practice tests. I have been studying in between calls at work... but for the life of me some of the math is still giving me problem, mostly phase angles and junk like that, I know most of the answers to the phase angle questions, but only...

Ok... So I have an 857d, and I would like to be able to operate computer controlled and decoded CW... I have NO interest at all in sending Modulated Morse Code... using VOX... so please dont suggest this. So how should I approach this? What I have: -857d -Digital out to computer sound...

I am getting ready to build an invert L, with 160m, 80m and 40m, all on the same feed point... I have chosen a tree next to my 2 car 1 story (tall) garage... it is all steel, roof and sides... the plan is to attached radials on the ground to the entire base, along the perimeter of the...

For trade: Crouse Hinds antenna beacon light fixture Model number is HL-P1810. It does not include a light bulb. But a standard 110v light bulb screws right in you will need to add your own power cord... This is a used item, but it does work. The paint is not in very good shape, the...

I now have a respectable station... HF: -Homebrew triband Vertical (built from an old Antron 99 CB antenna, some wire and a old coax) -Wilson SY-33 3 element Triband beam -about 14.5 feet long boom -nearly 30 feet wide on each of the 3 elements _So far it's held up find in...

I have a HAM IV that is not braking... it still offers some resistance, and the teeth looked good 6 months ago... but it is clearly not braking as I can grab the antenna and rotate it by hand... NOTE: I can hear it when I hit the brake release button on the box any ideas?

I have a 2m / 440 8.5 foot tall vertical colinear antenna. If you had to choose: - 40 feet high, in an oak tree, surrounded by branches and leaves, using RG8x (mini), this will require a 60 foot run of feedline OR - 20-25 feet high, on an asphalt single roof, using either RG-214 (basically...

Well... I have been talking about doing this for a LONG time... So I gutted it, shortened the neck, removed the keying bar, stripped the base... Now I am faced with a few tough decisions... 1.) Stay with the semi-bushed look on the base? Fully polish the base (lots of sanding and polishing...