My favorite tips are to not stay on the tower past the point of tiredness and to drink lots of water in warm weather. But then again who works on antennas when it is warm! Barry KW8W
Not an answer to your question but isn't it going to take something larger than a typical birthday balloon to lift 30-40' of wire? Barry KW8W Hello Group, Maybe someone can direct me with this projec
Rechargeable gun. Barry KW8W A thought which runs parallel to K4OJ's suggestion about having the necessary cordless drill.....How do the guys handle soldeiing up on top of the tower? I mean a very hi
I just did some tower work for an OM that used fairly lightweight aluminum attached to the tower with about 2" PVC, cut at small lengths(maybe 2" long) , attached to the other end. He ran the ladder-
Kelly, For close in work as in SS I cannot complain about my inverted V at 40 feet. Last year a managed to hold a 5 KHz wide freq at 7240 for most of Sunday afternoon with only 100 watts. Like others
I just returned from Dayton and for the second year in a row I didn't buy anything big (really wasn't looking) but some valid points were made about prices. There are some exeptions though. I ran acr
I use an outdoor electrical entrance piece. I don't remember what it is called but it is two pieces - one PVC pipe like about 5" long, the second is a cap that goes over the pipe that makes the entra
What is a "CB Shootout"? Cleansing of the gene pool perhaps? Wonder what 84KW in my car would do to the onboard computers? Maybe I should post that to the RFI reflector... Barry KW8W
Hi. After reading many, many posts from the archives here and elsewhere = I have decided to ask for suggestions from the many experts and more = knowledgable people here. I am looking to improve my 8
Hi All, I wanted to summarize the suggstions I got in response to my request for improving 80/160 on a city lot. K2AV: Guy suggests using an L 55' up and 78' horizontal and a matching network that wo
Cody, The EI7BA site is very usefull. May I also suggest the the Electrical Components section of eBay for a source of relays etc... I am in the process of gathering part for a switch myself. I am pr