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Jun 13
Cleaner Signals Start Here!
Reduce unwanted noise and improve your operating experience with Antennas-Amplifiers band-pass filters—now available at DX Engineering!
Upgrade your station and hear the difference.
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Jun 14
Need a lightweight headset for your next activation? The Heil Ham Radio BM-17 Lightweight Headset is a great choice for comfortable, hands-free operating.
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Who’s using a headset for Field Day this year?
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May 29
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May 19
This perspective was a surprise to me because I always thought the thrust bearing was supposed to handle the weight of the mast and antennas. According to the following comment, that's not true. Convince me one way or the other! 73 de Robert K3RRR
VCTowers: "The weight of your mast and antennas belongs on the rotator. Not the thrust bearing. This is one of the most common misconceptions in ham radio tower work and I got into it with a client about it this weekend on a rotator install.
The thrust bearing at the top of the tower is there to keep the mast plumb and centered. It handles lateral side load. It is not engineered to carry vertical dead weight — and here's the thing — not a single major manufacturer publishes a vertical load rating for their thrust bearings. Not DXEngineering. Not Rohn. Not Yaesu. There is no number because it was never designed to carry that load.
The rotators are what carry the weight. Yaesu G-1000DXA is rated 440 lbs vertical. Hy-Gain T2X handles over 1,000 lbs. The M2 Orion OR2800PX is rated 1,800 lbs vertical with an internal thrust bearing rated at 2,000 lbs. These are published numbers. The Yaesu G-1000DXC manual specifically states that installing a thrust bearing does NOT remove mast weight from the K-factor calculation — because the rotator is still carrying it.
Snugging your thrust bearing down tight to lift weight off the rotator is a workshop myth. Not a spec-driven procedure. Your rotator was designed for this load. Let it do its job.
If you are planning a mast and antenna installation and want it done right, reach out to VCTowers"
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Visit booth 4107 at @hamvention for your very own piece of history! #boondockecho @HamRadioOutlet @DXEngineering @gigaparts @IcomAmericaInc #hamvention #boondockecho
ALT Mark wrote this. We think he's getting a bit full of himself. We'd like someone to save us from him. I mean, have you seen him? His head is ginormous. I don't know how he is able to buy hats. It's insane! Anyways -- go to the booth, take the card, the doctors say it's best to just play along.
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Happy World Amateur Radio Day!
Celebrated every year on April 18, this day marks the founding of the International Amateur Radio Union in 1925 🌍
From connecting people across continents to assisting during disasters 🚨, amateur radio operators (aka “hams”) have been pioneers of communication technology!
Long before the internet, they proved that voices can travel the world through the air 🌐📶
Let’s celebrate the passion, innovation, and global friendship powered by radio waves!
#WorldAmateurRadioDay #HamRadio #WirelessCommunication #STEM #Innovation #Technology #Radio #OnThisDay #Science #Engineering #GlobalConnection #IARU #April18 @ITU
@ITUnews
@IARU_R1
@IARU_R2
@IARU_R3
@arrl
@RSGB
@HamRadioOutlet
@DXEngineering
@NASA
@esa (European Space Agency)
@ISRO (Indian Space Research Organisation)
@IEEEorg
@sciencemuseum
🇮🇳 India-Specific (important for your reach)
@ARSI_India (Amateur Radio Society of India)
@DoT_India (Department of Telecommunications)
@PIB_India
@DDNewslive
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Apr 10
Mission to the Moon..!
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#KUWAIT 🇰🇼
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Please follow us and share! There appear to be at least two EOD hams in QK23!
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Got to see the Hummer that @DXEngineering donated to my radio club, the Dayton Amateur Radio Association (@W8BI), at tonight’s general meeting ❤️
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