What worked for my XYL Cheryl (WY5H) and I was she drove around several neighborhoods where we were looking at houses and found the ones with the BIG backyard satellite dishes (this was in 1992 befor
Jon, Pete: If you're disconnecting the coax outside, don't forget about the equipment grounds. Several years ago a friend of mine in Arlington TX had all of his coax disconnected when lightning hit t
Does anyone have info on commercial bulkhead panels other than the ones from Polyphaser? Or, can anyone point me to a good article on homebrewing a bulkhead panel? 73, Ken, K6LA
Steve: My XYL Cheryl (WY5H) was watching HGTV (Home and Garden Channel) on cable a couple days ago and the program was about outdoor lighting, and flower bed sprinkler systems, etc. and it showed a m
We're installing a ground bulkhead in PEI. Lots of snow, rain and freezing temps. The concern is that with severe WX outside and warm temperatures inside the shack, the bulkhead will develop heavy ic
Fellow tower talkians: I also used a similar procedure to Bill's. When I installed my first Rohn 25 tower after digging the hole and putting in a layer of pea gravel/river rock on the bottom for drai
I bought some 7/8" heliax that was damaged in shipping. It has some kinks/dents in the runs and some cuts & tears in the outer jacket. I'm planning to use this for long runs (250') at 7 - 28 mhz. Ass
Joe: It comes in colors besides Black. I saw it in red and blue at one store and actually had to hunt for it in black. I've sealed several outside connections with it that have lasted for years with
Fellow Tower Talkians: I have recently purchased a nearly new still in the box Telrex TB6EM (I knew the owner) in so far pristine condition. It still has the original coating material as it came from
Dana: I don't have a U.S. Tower, but do have TriEx WT51 crankup. I took some (galvanized?) stiff small mesh screen wire I got at a building supply store, some call it "hog wire" or "chicken wire", an
Fellow Tower Talkians: I recently obtained a used bu in excellent shape Telrex TB6EM and want to put it on the same mast as a small WARC 12 & 17m beam, probably a 2 or 3 element Mosley or Cushcraft.
I also use the Phillystran 1200 on a Mosley Classic 33 WARC with the 40m kit. Mosley supplies Dacron rope with the 40m kit for support and side to side stabilization, but the Phillystran had a lower
Fellow Tower Talkers: Miracles never cease with homeowners associations. A ham friend of mine who lives in South Texas in a deed restricted development has actually gotten APPROVAL from his homeowner
Jim: It appears to be a TA33jr. if it has the 12 foot boom as you described. I believe the higher powered TA33 had a 14 ft. boom. The instruction "manual" is only 2 pages and if you need one I could
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Fellow TowerTalkians: A friend of mine near Houston WB5IUU Robert Mennell, (bmennell@ev1.net) has a Telrex TB4EC he is trying to locate spare parts for to repair his beam. If anyone has a TB4EC they
George: http://www.w5fc.org/ The above is the link to the Dallas Amateur Radio Club (W5FC) which has a comms van. I'm sure they can help you. Their van was seen a couple times in "Fire and Rain" the
Fellow tower talkians: http://www.hgtv.com/HGTV/episode/0,1101,BDRE_episode_17205,00.html This has nothing to do with an antenna or tower, but for an interesting view of how a homeowner's association
Jim: When I was a newspaper reporter in the 1980s covering the Fort Worth TX police and fire departments, I wrote several stories each time a new UBC or UFC came out because Fort Worth added a lot of