[ICOM] Fw: RE: AH-4

[PA3DUV]

You're welcome Adam

Cheers, Dick
PA3DUV

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Adam Farson" <farson at shaw.ca>
To: "'ICOM Reflector'" <icom at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, April 17, 2005 7:34 AM
Subject: RE: [ICOM] Fw: RE: AH-4


> Hi Dick,
>
> Many thanks for the updated link to K9EQ's site. I have updated the link 
> on
> the Icom FAQ homepage accordingly.
>
> http://www.qsl.net/icom/
>
> Cheers for now, 73,
> Adam VA7OJ/AB4OJ
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: icom-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:icom-bounces at mailman.qth.net] 
> On
> Behalf Of PA3DUV
> Sent: 16 April 2005 12:23
> To: ICOM Reflector
> Subject: Re: [ICOM] Fw: RE: AH-4
>
> Interesting info concerning the AH4 can be found at:
>
> http://home.comcast.net/~hamlakemn//ah4/ah4.htm
>
>
> 73, Dick Knol
> PA3DUV
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "C Whitaker" <whitaker at pa.net>
> To: "ICOM Reflector" <icom at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Saturday, April 16, 2005 9:12 PM
> Subject: Re: [ICOM] Fw: RE: AH-4
>
>
>> de WB2CPN                 2005.04.16
>>
>> I've had the AH-2 and AH-4 for many years and
>> they've been on a pole at eye level.  They have
>> a good gasket all around the lid.  The trick is
>> to get the coax and the control cable in without
>> leaving space.  I use Goop (tm) and that works
>> very well.  They can be mounted inside the vehicle
>> as long as the inside part of the antenna is not
>> more than two inches at the most.  This is because
>> you don't want a lumped-constant capacitor hanging
>> on the output of the AH-4, which is what you'll
>> get if you run the antenna very far inside the
>> vehicle.  (There's a small screw with a gasket on
>> the bottom of the AH-4.  There's where you can check
>> for water like the airplane people do. I've never
>> found any.)
>>
>> I've had three troubles with AH-2 and AH-4: (1) the
>> voltage regulator failed, (2) inductor relays had
>> one failure.  RS has clone. (3) lightning strike
>> took out the CPU.
>>
>> 73  Clete
>>
>>
>>
>>
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