hmmm, Strange, most Virginian's I know that go to Dayton take $10,000 with them and come back with $15,000! The guy was probably pulling your leg ;-) Have Fun, dave wa3gin -- Original Message -- From
Probably the 700MHz Public Safety Spectrum that no one bid on earlier in the year... --Original Message-- From: towertalk-bounces@contesting.com [mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of
I have a good friend that worked 100 countries with a five element 6m beam on top his 30ft mast. A good operator doesn't need a 200ft tower with a five stack to have a good time in this hobby! Does a
I love the fact that the guys first initials are R F ;-) Here is a link to a Coast guard tower manual. Some good info in it. http://www.uscg.mil/directives/cim/11000-11999/CIM_11000_4a.pdf 73 Gary K4
Derek, Good luck with the FD Exercise, The Arlington County Public Service Radio Club (ARPSC) is also going to the field this year. Details available on the club web page at: www.w4ava.org Hope we ge
One field day we took a 203BA removed the reflector, moved the driven element to the end of the boom, then added 16ft of wire to all the elements. Turned out to be a really nice 2 element 40m beam (d
I also had a crankup mast. I bolted a piece of angle to the top ladder rung. Then installed a large U-bolt around the top section into the angle. The kept the ladder rigid and made it easy to get to
Would like to rent 100ft crank-up( for up to one month), similar to CT-100 (TRIEX). Must be ready for pick-up early next week. Prefer location close to Suffolk County, VA. Contact N3UW, Rich Biby at
Some of the Tri-ex towers, esp the older ones had all the pull cables on the same section face. In the case of the CT-100 all the section above the bottom section support all the sections above and t
I lowered a 100ft Rohn 25 with one cable and 73 Jeep. The previous owner had the tower installed for about 15 years using aluminum ground wire...believe it or not. He had a tri-bander and a pair of 8
Why not contact the local radio club in the preferred neighborhood or district and then contact the local jurisdiction permits and code enforcement agency. Between the two you'll get plenty of histor
Yes, that was attempted here in my county but several of the hams that worked for the county stopped that notion cold and hams can now built towers up to 50ft w/o interference from codes...they can g
...I've got a spool of LMR1700. The stuff used for cell tower antennas. Was thinking that I'll either sell it or bury it to one of the towers. Its got the end connectors that reduce it to type"N" so
.. 24hr news is what killed the credibility of reporting and journalist. You are right....eyeballs and advertising is what drives "news/entertainment" programming, not facts or unbiased or actual jou
I had a great experience with them earlier in the year. Are they a slow ma/pa shop, yes. Do they make a nice product, yes. Is the documentation lacking, yes. Should expectations be set below those of
Going to Italy soon and would like to visit that company that was building the EURO version of the IR Stepper. Doesn anyone have the web URL for that company?: Thanks, dave wa3gin ___________________
Yikes, is this an antenna or legal reflector ;-) Don't have the answer to your question Pete but if I decide to purchase the company I'll let you know...from the pics I'd say the Italian version is a
Don't do it unless the tower is designed for guying...some are! The TRI-EX CT-100 is a crank-up designed to be guyed. Each tower section carries the weight of those above it. Not a problem for the 1/
Cebik's QUAD books speak a lot about wire size, not so much to address power handling but to improve ant performance across more of the band. Multi-wire elements a very interesting concept that provi
RFI may be a problem with or w/o shielded cable. EMP from summer lightning may be a much more expensive problem. Many if not most of the devices that connect with CAT 5 do not have surge protection.