Barrel Material is now in.
Field Day Orders should be placed now. Time is getting short to allow for preparation and shipment of Field Day orders. Ordering will be shut down sometime during the evening of Wednesday May 7th, and reopened July first.
Trigger Strut
Recently we have been testing a new trigger strut. This simple upgrade to the CSV launchers prevents the trigger from moving on the threads. In the distant past we used to glue these threads, but that did not always work and it made service difficult. Recently we have recommended using teflon tape in the threads which works well but does not provide firm support for the trigger, so it may move. The new aluminum strut goes from the rear of the barrel to the top of the trigger and solves this problem.
North Hills Radio Club
Eric and Alan are preparing to do an invited presentation on Antenna Launching at the March 25th meeting of the North Hills Radio Club near Sacramento. If you are in the area we hope you can come by. This will be a bit different than the last presentation in Sacramento when the projector was not available. At least we hope it will be different, and we can show the slides and video that we have. We will also bring some launchers to look at. No selling is planned for this event.