O.K. Steve, so now I'm 70 feet or so off the deck. I'm standing on a piece of angle iron thats U-bolted to the mast. I'm praying that my mast is still nice and strong. I tell myself that this is kind
It really is sad to hear that Brian will not support his software anymore. I just bought AO, TA, and YO. The programs are very handy tools and worth every dollar I paid for them. I'd like to see him
Their wind rating must be WAY conservative. A friend of mine has had an MA-850 with a C4 on top for about 5 years. Every year we get 100MPH+ winds here in Boulder. In fact we had a 103MPH gust just l
Serious climbers wouldn't be caught dead (or alive) using a tower climbing belt for climbing. A real climbing harness has zero leather, and no d-rings or latches to fail or come undone. Personally, t
Denny, you might want to try making your own lanyard with locking carabiners and your favorite length of Perlon rope or nylon webbing. The Perlon or webbing is a lot stronger and abrasion resistant t
Hello, does anybody know of an easy way of attaching the shield of RG-213 cable or (similar) to the top and bottom of a grounded tower? I've read that this is desirable for lightning protection (grou
Gents, the two sources I found out about for attaching the coax feedline shield to the tower were I.C.E. and Polyphaser. All of the people using I.C.E. products were happy with the results. I called
Jim, I painted my C3S so it would be a bit camoflaged here amongst the evergreens at my Colorado QTH. Painted my entire tower too. I found that painting with a brush was painfully slow. What ended up
That's what Tom at Force 12 recommended I use. I bought one but couldn't bring myself to dip my whole hand into a paint bucket. It seemed like I'd end up creating a god awful mess. Tom told me to ma
Rick, I've got a C3S and an Icom IC-756. The tuner tunes it in fine on 12 and 17 meters. It even tunes it on 6 meters. I'll bet the TS850 will be able to tune it as well. The C3S performs about like
Some of the recent postings have me thinking about 1/4 wave bandpass filters. I know they have dozens of uses but I've never used one except in microwave amplifier designs. I was wondering if they ar
This is a bit off subject, but I think you'll want to know about this. Ever work that rare DX station and wish that you had more to say to the person on the other end who has already gone out of his/
You towertalkers seem to be the materials experts, so I'd like to ask you as well as the antenna guys: With all the info around about antennas and the modeling and analysis tools available, I've deci
I also like EZNEC. A minor complaint about it is that it is DOS based and also doesn't seem to support my color printer (which is handy for print out of multiple sweeps). I hope the rumors are correc
Can anybody tell me how I can test drive or purchase YO? Does K6STI have a webpage? thanks, Dave AB0GJ -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/towertalkfaq.html Submissions: towertalk@contesting.com
Bill, the force due to wind on a surface is: f = A*(0.5p)*V^2*Cd where: f = force (lbs) A = area of surface (ft^2) 0.5p = 0.001188 (slug/ft^3) V^2 (V squared) = wind velocity (ft/sec) Cd = drag coefi
Bill, great idea. In my earlier post requesting antenna models for EZNEC (.ez extention) files, I received a grand total of 3 files. It would be nice to be able to share these files so that us new mo
Tom, get a USGS 7.5 minute topographical map (available at your local map or outdoor store). A great program to study the effects of terrain if you're not already using it is TA (K6STI). I input terr
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