[Elecraft] 2-meter solid-state linear amplifiers with K3 2-meter option

[Dr. William J. Schmidt, II]

This sounds good on the surface, but has the potential to be a disaster.
New end-of-spool heliax is fine.  BUT...Avoid used heliax like the plague
unless you have the equipment to scan it (like a good Time Domain
Reflectometer).  The longer the heliax is on the tower, the higher the
percentage that lightening damaged it (carbon tracks inside).  The only way
to know is to scan it... and that may be long after you've bought it.  So
what?  You may re-live the lightening strike with mere RF power!


<<< For the cost of LMR-600 you can find excellent used hard line removed
from cell use etc.
I used to buy it from the tower installers for 1.00 ft.  most of it was new
end of spool stuff even.
Shop around,  it's there, even the junk yards have it many times if your in
a large populated area.  A 12 pack of beer to the junk yard man produces a
lot of good stuff set aside for you.
Merv  K9FD/KH6 >>>


Dr. William J. Schmidt - K9HZ / J68HZ/ 8P6HK/ ZF2HZ/ PJ4HZ

Owner - Operator
Big Signal Ranch
Staunton, Illinois

email:  bill at wjschmidt.com