Hi Alan; I, and perhaps many others on this thread, would like to look at that "independent report". Can you direct us to where it is. Somewhere other than a competitors webpage, I hope. Oh, in regar
Years ago, when I worked for a large electric utility, I recall seeing this in the company's overhead lines specification manual. I also recall that method being derived from what was in the Lineman,
Rohn J series, also called "Rigid-Tube", featured knocked down tower sections (i.e. all bolted construction) 18" triangular (19-1/2" face), 10 ft sections, similar to Rohn 45G. According to an old sp
In a message dated 10/18/2004 11:29:47 AM US Mountain Standard Time, k7acz@cox.net writes: Does anyone know of any problems with Array Solutions, WX0B, the maker of tower and antenna stuff and dealer
I suspect there is more to this story. I, for one, have purchased a tower, tower services and climbing equipment from Steve (Champion Radio) over the past 2 yrs and find him to be very reliable and a
Tommy.....Most of the guys who have any of the SteppIR antennas retract the elements during possible storm times. Not much for lightning to strike then. Certainly much less conductive surface than an
How long does it take to retract the elements? Do they come all the way in, or just down to the 6 meter element length? Keith NM5G Keith; The SteppIR "elements" are copper tape encapsulated by fiberg
won't argue with the specs or bang for the buck, but I don't understand the statement about Trylon and "8 ft. pipe". Maybe they've changed something, but my Trylon did not have any "pipe Mine did, ci
I have been evaluating a MFJ-1026 for several weeks here now to assist with a noise I have on 160m and, to a lesser extent, 80m. Although I havent integrated it into my contest station, here are my o
Excellent, excellent idea, Tod! I am one of the "careless ones" I wrote about earlier so this is timely for me! Thanks for sharing, Tod. 73, Bob K8IA nr The Superstition Mtns Arizona, USA http://memb
Re Telrex 40m yagis: You know which model KS8S had, Mike? Performance-wise the 3 el on 29' boom model was marginal while the 3 el on 46' boom played very, very well. I used them both, at various stat
Something is not right here. Queen Creek has been giving KF7E the run around for several years and all he wanted was a "to Rohn spec" 70' Rohn 25G ! I suggest you look at the codes and find someone o
I've never operated from MI so I'm not familiar with the propogation there. But, from here in southwest Virginia, my best shot to southeast Asia is often on the long path, particularly around Decembe
Hi Bob. I didn't mean to say that anyone here could stand a chance against the west coasters doing a run of JAs in a contest. In a contest, I'm happy to get one JA station on each of the low bands fo
Morning long path from W6/W7 is so common that I would say it is the predominant way EU/Middle East is worked. Bill is right on the money! My 40m long path (1300-1500Z or so in Fall/Winter) into Eu/M
Ohh, I forgot. You're not a real W8! For some reason I thought you were in Michigan, or am I in a confused state now? Gotcha Tom, hi. Yes, I was in MI for many yrs and operted there as K8HLR/K8IA, fr
However, that doesn't mean you can't find out about deed restrictions, on your own, well in advance: You can, and I do. It is very unlikely that a single property will have restrictive covenants unle
Am in the process of installing a 100' self supporting steel twr but am going to put some guys on it just for my own piece of mind as there are some pwr lines abt 60' away. Dont do this just with som
Have any Towertalkians actually installed this huge antenna? Your comments will be appreciated)! k7puc See KY6LA's website. He has a whole commentary. I think he's had his up abt 3 weeks now. 73, Bob
There is a great sequence of pictures of the Visalia 2005 setup, MonstIR and 105' crankup tower. That was erected several weeks before Dayton. _http://www.scdxc.org/visalia/pics_2005/_ (http://www.sc