Like with spacecraft grounding systems, eh? You can kind of get away with pouring a bit of household 60hz into the ground, but don't count on it to work for a primary on a power line either! Actually
HAHA, I got the 0 and o reversed and found you in FL... desert, eh maybe not such a big deal. Sorry for the waste of bandwidth. 73, Dave wa3gin -- Original Message -- From: "Larry Loen" <lwloen@gmail
Another GOOD reason to "Follow the mfg's specs" is IF there is a problem, like storm damage, wind, etc....... AND you did your own back of the envelope figuring, instead of relying on the mfgs specs
All this talk about tower specs is interesting. Here's a thought: Another GOOD reason to "Follow the mfg's specs" is IF there is a problem, like storm damage, wind, etc....... AND you did your own ba
please delete me from all future emails, regards Tom -- Original Message -- From: "Penninger Radio" <charles@penningerradio.com> To: "Stuart Browne" <stuartpbrowne@gmail.com>; "Mike Fatchett W0MU" <w
Yep Yep -- this is where I've bought from in the past .. have several boxes of fiberglass masting in my garage. Prefer to metal, anyway, for making K9AY loops, etc. Mark AA6DX _______________________
Hi All, I have several products that would fit most ham needs, www.PenningerRadio.com . The mast clamps are quite robust and the masting is 1/8" or 1/4" wall 6061-T6/651 aluminum. I hope this is of i
Before this tread gets off to far let me throw my $.02 in, 3 months ago I contacted UST about a TX-455, was giving a price and shipping cost. Within the conversation and some emails about picking up
I ordered my US Tower from HRO in Anaheim, CA, and it was shipped from the facility in Lincoln, KS to my QTH in MI a few years back. I think they found a trucker who was coming this way on his way ho
Why not buy it from U.S. Tower, which is in California...? When I've bought stuff from them, I rented a trailer and visited the plant near Fresno, and picked them up myself. "Shipping cost" was a tan
I got a quote from Texas Towers on a US Towers MA-40 telescoping mast. The price $1,480. The shipping to Tampa from California...$1,998 !!! Innnnnsane shipping costs. WH6H/4 _________________________
I have seen the wind generator setups in Montana and they are not nearly as robust as one might think. They are just guyed well. What did you have planned to put on top? The fiberglass poles I have w
The surplus fiberglass poles won't handle the load of a decent sized wind generator. It's hard to tell in the photos, but that is likely large pipe. mike, k5wmg ______________________________________
That is very pricey. You can get suplus fiberglass poles from millions of people on Ebay etc that will do the same thing for much less. I paid more for shipping than I did the poles. W0MU -- J6/W0MU
http://www.harborfreight.com/clearance/30-ft-wind-generator-tower-kit-94712.html Anybody tried this yet? Looks pricey to me, for what you get... but great for carrying around, eh? 73-- Mark AA6DX CU
Well, today was the day, John W2GD and Bill W2RQ, along with Pete, W2IRT came and installed my rooftop Glen Martin and 2 antennas, a C3SS to cover 10, 15 and 20 (and yes, it DOES tune 17m with a tune
We have built close to 400 towers this year. We have not used anything on them. Any diesel fuel (even a small amount) would cause issues with our EH&S department on having it on the ground. We have t
I ended up changing the director to a reflector and the antenna resonatews fine now. I am not sure why a de-dir would not work. Doug N4IJ _______________________________________________ _____________
Did you model the antenna and your resonate frequency is higher? I think that testing the antenna by aiming it into the ground is not a reliable test, I would raise it up at least 35' high and then t
I am wondering if my problem with the yagi is that I am using an old driven element clamp that came from an old hy gain beam. Could the capacitance from the driven element clamp (grounded) to the dri