I'm about to turn 65 yrs of age and that means climbing towers, cranking towers etc for antenna maintenance is over.
I probably have 1 good antenna replacement session left in me, so the steppir 3 element that needs work has got to go.
I'm not much for dxcc awards etc, just casual qso.  reliability is paramount. hexbeam, quad or ?

tnx  for the tip.  problem solved.  wound up pulling out the usb-serial
cable and process died.  go figure:-)

i am attempting to use digipan on a alienware m17 running win7 pro.
the problem is when i click the 'x' to exit the program, everything appears
to terminate normally.  however, when i attempt to start digipan again,
it can not open the com port, so i ctr alt delete, look at the processes
running and digipan *32 is still there. right click, select terminate
process does not end the process, the only way to clear digipan from
the process table is to reboot:-(  my user account has administrator
privileges.

any ideas??

tnx

larry
kd5foy

try http://groups.yahoo.com/group/palstar_atauto/

I knew him many years ago.  His call sign is now expired
and I'd bet money he is know silnet key.

Any help appreciated.

larry
kd5foy

guys

tnx. sage advise and apprecitated.

larry
kd5foy

given that the length of a half wave dipole is
calculated by 468 / freq in mhz when velocity factor
is 1, ie 468 / 1.9  is about 246 ft.

i'm sitting here wondering why folks with small
city lots don't use (468 / freq in mhz) * velocity factor,
to construct a much shorter antnenna, particularly on 80m & 160m?

as an example, rg59 coax typically has a velocity
factor of .66, so plugging to the formula,
468 / 1.9  is about 246 ft, * .66 is about 162 ft.

why couldn't 162 ft of rg59 be cut in two, attached
to a 50 ohm, have the remaining ends of the rg59 shorted
together, and hoisted into the air?

so what am i missing? there are no free lunches:-)

larry
kd5foy

anyone have any experiences with a rotor RL-1100 by c.a.t.s(the-rotor-doc)? looks interesting but i can't find any reviews.

larry
kd5foy

hi there

i've got a dipole that is 200 ft end to end and fed
with 450 window line.  i attached a palstar zm30 via
its vendor supplied 4:1 balanced transformer and then
scanned the antenna from 1 - 10 mhz.  i do not see a
"V" trace at (468/200 is about 2.3 mhz) where i think
the antenna should be resonant. it my thinking off or what?

larry
kd5foy

K8AC

Wow!!! very, very impressive indeed. many tnx
for the url.

larry
kd5foy

brad, tnx for a very helpful post!!!!

larry
kd5foy

don't know if this is the right forum but what the heck.
i have always wanted to build a step motor driven
balanced tuner.
i have acquired an excellent tx air capacitor and 2 matched
28 uh roller inductors.  next step is to acquire 2 step motors with
some kind of positioning indicator, either optical or a pot.

anyone have any recommendations for a company site, or for
anything else related, pulleys, belts, encoders etc

larry
kd5foy

Is it ok to call cq and request that the answering station answer in only specific language? i don't
see any problems, your thoughts please.

larry
kd5foy

many thanks for the quick info.  i have no info on
how long steel cable should last.  i'll ask the question
again in 15 years:-)

tnx again

larry
kd5foy