Re: [Elecraft] DK9SQ Pole Modification

2007-01-04 Thread Stuart Rohre
Don't worry about the carbon in the pole. It is bound up in a matrix of plastic such that it does not make a good conductor. You can check with an ohm meter two places say a foot apart; what does that read on your pole? (don't break the outer covering, just hold the probe side against the pole

[Elecraft] DK9SQ Pole Modification

2007-01-02 Thread KT5X
I use one of the squeeze to open things for grasping two cords on a backpack. A large one has a hole big enough slide down the tip a foot or two. I attached a wire loop to that from which to hang things. I have also glued such a device to a piece of plastic that was serving as a center insula

Re: [Elecraft] DK9SQ Pole Modification

2007-01-01 Thread Alan Biocca
Another way to do this: To attach a wire to the end of a fishing pole like the DK9SQ I tape the wire to a two inch piece of small diameter polyethylene tubing. This is slipped over the end of the pole and the taper of the pole holds it in position. Choose a diameter small enough to fit as clo

[Elecraft] DK9SQ Pole Modification

2007-01-01 Thread Ron Polityka
Hello, Today I went to Cabela's and picked up a replacement fishing rod tip to make a modification to my DK9SQ pole. I super glue or you can epoxy it to the top. Now I have a place to hang the vertical wire. 72 and Thanks, Ron Polityka WB3AAL www.wb3aal.com www.n3epa.org/ K1 - SN 01011 K2