Roof was reinforced from below. My Create 9' has about 8' 2" Chrom Moly 4130 sticking out of it. We installed mast while tower was laying horiz on roof with 2 legs attached. Then we stood it up and g
I'm having an 18*30 Garage built out back about 50 feet away from my house. It is likely that I will place a tower next to the garage as well, or at a minimum a roof tower on garage. The roof peak wi
Thanks to all for their comments. Quite useful. Concerning the additional lightening protection provided by burying the coax. To put things into perspective, I already have a 9' roof tower on house w
I had similar problem. Prior to Dayton this year, antenna gradually failed, but auto-tuner in IC-756 disguised the problem from me. Prior to Dayton only 10M was working. At Dayton I spoke to CC rep w
Val, I found 2 broken solder joints in the inductor box at base which I repaired. At least one of the broken joints appears to be related to the broken cable ties which then put the weight of the ind
FWIW, I currently have the Create 9' roof tower on my roof. Been up for about 5 years. Each leg has two lag screws that go through the roof sheathing which is 1/2" tongue & groove, and through 2 by 6
I'm considering adding a TriBand Vertical to my antenna farm. I want to cover 2m, 223mhz, & 446 MHz. My choices appear to be limited to the Comet CX-333 and the Diamond X3200A. The price of these two
I'm considering putting up a 67 foot long End-Fed wire antenna for use on 80 & 160. The antenna will be fed with Coax with Antenna's West's "In-Line 1:1 Feedline Balun" with the 160 meter optimizatio
What did you find out about this problem? I just put up a R7000. 20m & 40m still need adjustment. Possibly one section slid into another due to loose hose clamp? Bob - N2SCJ - 7 3 Almost overnight i
I've heard one rule of thumb is; keep any two antennas 1/2 wave apart of the lower frequency antenna. I think in your case you will have to compromise a bit. Perhaps start at the top and put a 2m/70c
Just a guess... The 2m beam sounds like an old Cushcraft with the Trigonal reflector. Bob N2SCJ I was just given a Telex-Hygain 52 foot self-supporting crankup tower. Had to cut two feet off the top
When raising my 3 leg, no name tower. I used one line, using 3 pulleys. This results in 3x mechanical advantage. Anchor points were 2 of the 3 legs of the tower about 11 feet up. This represents abou