What say Tom? Would seem that having this as an outboard device would be better. If it's internal, then there would be "blind spots" when doing stuff like measuring electrical length of coax, etc. Pu
On Tue, 15 Sep 1998 12:30:15 -0400, "Jim White, K4OJ" <k4oj@ij.net> wrote: Would it not be possible to place shims behind a smaller pipe to force the center of the pipe over the center of the rotator
On Tue, 15 Sep 1998 20:48:36 -0400, "w8ji.tom" <w8ji.tom@MCIONE.com> wrote: I agree, model it and it becomes clear. An oft used variant of the inverted L is to let the far end of the flat top drop do
...snip... How much sweet-talkin, gentle complimenting, arguing, cajoling, and outright bribes would it take to get you folks to do the same for the various 2 & 3 el 40m antennas? Who better qualifie
See below... 73, Guy. If you just use it for 160, the length is not so important as the ground & whatever radials you can install. The ground and radials will be 90% of the performance. The lengths y
There is a dealer here in Raleigh who will take care of you... Ed Engebretson W4YC (goes as Global Communications, Inc) 1308 Hunting Ridge Road, Raleigh NC 27615-7021 Telephone/Fax 919-846-1515 No co
Where is a source of incoming angle by freq, etc? Has anyone ever *Measured* incoming angles carefully? 73, Guy. -- Guy L. Olinger K2AV k2av@qsl.net Apex, NC, USA -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting
You wouldn't be living on a kudzu farm, would you? -- Guy L. Olinger K2AV k2av@qsl.net Apex, NC, USA -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/towertalkfaq.html Submissions: towertalk@contesting.com A
Howdy folks, Something about antenna square feet, tower ratings, etc, has been bothering me ever since I started planning my little antenna farm. And the queasy just won't go away. Not so much about
... snip .... Many thanks for several very forthright posts. Along this line, take a look in your favorite Rohn catalog. Count the number of designs which have the guy wires going to the *TOP* of the
This would be good. Not because it's HyGain. Because it's unambiguous and one doesn't have to wonder about what reduction was built in, because none was. Right... No ham designs, Rohn 45 for tribande
Part of the problem is that the definition of "overload" seems to be a proprietary and self-serving definition by one company. Can we get the definition of overload out in the open? I couldn't agree
Many thanks all for continuing to pursue this in an open forum. Please keep it up. I am starting to get a little bit of a grip on things. Also am scheduling a free day to get over to the library at N
This is one area where I have never been able to reach a comfort level, and am currently trying to see how to get my configuration up on a quite shorter self-standing tower. It has it's own set of pr
On Thu, 27 Aug 1998 16:12:30 -0400, "J.P. Kleinhaus" <w2xx@cloud9.net> wrote: After seeing some of the awful stuff on usenet, I can readily understand why Steve uses such a filter. If one of those cl
Scott, Do you have the Polyphaser Book? If not, spend 20 bux and get it from them. Set aside some serious evenings for reading and studying, and then revisit the questions you posed. This is not abou
Hi, Just to clarify, that in searching out the kinds of open wire available, the 14 gauge stuff that was advertised by the Press (his product #554) is plainly marked as "440 ohm" on the web page. Alw
I heard firsthand a story about a ham who had all his computers and ham equipment on a long table in the center of the room. When not in use, all cords, connections, etc, were rolled up on top of the
I wonder if Rohn deliberately designed this weak so that it would break before the twisting moment took down the tower? 73, Guy. -- Guy L. Olinger Apex, NC, USA k2av@qsl.net 'AV since '74, previously
As usual, we all like simple figures ... as in "how much gain does that have?" Oh, 13 pink db's! Neat. That's a lot better than Forge 90's model that only has 4.5 green db's! I like pink db's better