Re: Topband: Homebrew capacitors

2013-10-04 Thread Jim GM
You could use Teflon tap, it is used on plumbing pipe threads to prevent leaks. Some one once told me that 1mill thicknes was good for 1K volts. -- Jim K9TF _ Topband Reflector

Re: Topband: Homebrew capacitors

2013-10-04 Thread Jim GM
You can use Coax seal in a tube thats used to fill in the gap between coax connectors to keep the moisture, which has teflon. Put that on first then wrap with teflon tap to close up your gaps. To weather seal it, there use to be the brown tap like stuff radio shack use to have and it molds itself

Re: Topband: 2 wire Beverage question

2013-10-04 Thread Mike Waters
Carl, It sounds like you are asking if transposing the two Beverage antenna wires at either end will make a difference. It will not. For a single, bi-directional Beverage or BOG, phasing does not matter. Are you going to phase two parallel BOGs together? 73, Mike www.w0btu.com On Thu, Oct 3,

Topband: More on two wire Bevs

2013-10-04 Thread Cqtestk4xs
Planning on putting up 880 footers. One for NE/SW and the other NW/ SE. I'm not planning on using relays etc for these, just planning on running two wires parallel to each other for the 880 feet with the usual xfrmr on one end and a terminating resistor on the end for each parallel