I can add some additional color to K4XS commentary. For a few reasons ? I know Bill and he won?t mind and I actually own/owned a few of Bill?s antennas from his original W4 QTH before moving to KH6.
At N1UR, I have parallel - phased - terminated - 1000ft beverages aimed at Europe. With a 20dB preamp (with gain up to 20Mhz), I can usually receive EU within 2 S units of the full stack or either of
"I want to install 30 or 40 feet of rohn 25 against my house. It is against a garage wall that is not that tall, so I can probably only put 1 bracket. The Rohn design specs show bracketed towers sta
Is the Rotor actually acting that erratically or is it the indicator that is. My experience is that the rotor is moving steady and slow and the indicator is the weird part. I have had terrible luck w
My experience is that the first 1000 ft of radi is critical and that 100 foot pings are not sufficient. In my case, to EU, my 2 towers radi are essentially flat for about 60 ft and then drop 120 ft i
When dealing with zoning and permit officials, you need to understand what your application is vs the local and state statutes and also whether those statutes are in compliance with PRB-1 reasonable
?Same here. My T vertical for 160 is 100 ft vertical and 82 ft horizontal. That makes the antenna resonant below the band, with a feedpoint Z of 50 ohms plus some inductive reactance on 160M. I add s
Sorry, the previous email should have gone to the topband reflector. 73 Ed N1UR _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing list
The issue is not the weight - it's the area in the truck and the lack of a roll off loading dock. The easiest way to deal with the loading dock is to find a local business that has one and work a dea
Personally, at my QTH which is prominent but not quite hill top. I have 2 - 70 foot towers with 14 feet of extended steel mast. They are 150 feet separated. I also used to have a 60 ft tower with 10
I did this with a Hy-Gain 105BA. The question is are you trying to optimize on the same boom or use it to build on for a much larger antenna. At the end of the day, you are simply buying the hardware
Yes, a number of them over the years. They do have nice gain and are simple in concept. However, a few points to remember: - The gain is VERY narrow. A 4 wavelength long legs V Beam probably has a 25
I have a 2 element 40M delta loop beam facing south. The peaks are at 50 feet and the base wire at about 10 feet above the ground. It is fed for vertical polarization. I can verify that the gain is a
I am a happy user of Yaesu rotors but can't stand the controllers - any of them. I recently purchased a Hy-Gain Yaesu clone rotor controller and liked it so much I bought another. I now have one Yaes
I originally had the EF 240 at 80 ft. It performed pretty darned well with a 230 - 250khz bandwidth as advertised. Its very lightweight but its fragile. I beefed up some of its weak points that neede
Its serious ?pucker factor? doing a 10 ft mast climb at 80+ feet. Personally, I have found that I can pull the rotor and drop the mast down with a ?come a long? to a serviceable height of 5 ft (allow
I have put up 6 towers over the years, solo. Up to 100 ft. My last 2 were 70 ft 45G about 6 years ago. Used a gin pole. A pulley at the bottom. A pick up to haul the section up to height. Just a coup
Patrick Greenlee , stated, "It is disappointing to see people line up to take a turn at claiming to walk across the street without looking in either direction and not getting run over thinking making
No municipality can "refuse to consider" an amateur radio antenna proposal. Nor can they incorrectly apply commercial statutes to your "auxiliary personal use" application. If they have added reasona
Its true. But often the threat of the dialog is enough to have people who refuse to even consider to consider a reasonable proposal. Ed even though that is legally correct sometimes unfortunately you