KR> BNC connectors

2008-12-22 Thread Ken Linder
Do you need the Male or Female side? I might have a few male BNCs around here. FWIW, IMHO, the twist-on BNC connectors are good for almost nothing. If possible, get the highest quality connectors you can. Cheap connectors are rather prone to intermittant problems. I don't like 'em. Ken (KC

KR> Looking for someone nearby to see their plane, AZ or SoCal

2008-10-12 Thread Ken Linder
Hi Nick! We're not far from each other... sort of. I'm in Vegas. I know of one fellow here that has one, but haven't called him yet. A pilot friend of mine (I'm still a student) told me that the RVs are pretty popular here and that he had only seen a few KRs in the last 5 years. I hope to

KR> Radio...

2008-10-12 Thread Ken Linder
Bill, I am also looking at Vertex radio equipment. I have used Yaesu (Vertex) ham radios for a while now & pretty much like them. One thing you may want to do, is wrap the feedline into a coil. Start with 5 or 10 turns & see how that works. If not, maybe try 20. The coil should have a diam

KR> Yokes -vs- Sticks

2008-10-12 Thread Ken Linder
All, I have been surfing the web for info on yokes -vs- sticks. I've only trained in a 172, so yoke only for me, so far. NOW, the stick looks unwieldy to me... probably because I have never flown one. Several places on the net, most of the ones I found anyway, contain comments that sticks a