Glad you rang in, Jim. I haven't looked at anything other than lumped LC at this point. I should look at the alternatives. I'd probably learn something. In the meantime, thanks to other responses I l
Check out trueladderline.com -- Art Greenberg WA2LLN art@artg.tv _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing list TowerTalk@conte
Gerry, I have a new, unassembled KT34 in its original (if somewhat ragged) carton. I also have all of the parts from M2 to make it just like the version they sell. I bought all that a while ago, the
To be clear, this antenna was never assembled. -- Art Greenberg WA2LLN art@artg.tv _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing li
I'm in the research & planning stages of a crank-up (telescoping) tower purchase. It would be my first such tower. I'm looking at "small" towers (for < 12 square feet of antenna) in the vicinity of 5
I'm putting up a tower soon, and I have questions about working with concrete. The tower will the a Tashjian WT-51. The hole is 2.5ft x 2.5ft, 5.5ft deep and the concrete extends 6 inches above grade
Thanks Dave. Well, I am taking the instructions rather literally, I guess. Maybe too much so? Now that I am looking again ... I have an older copy of the instructions from the TriEx days that shows t
I have a SteppIR 3 element yagi. I want to add 40m and will probably do it with a 2 element yagi like the Shorty-40 or XM-240. And I'd like to have an 8 or 10 element yagi for 2m as well. I have abou
Tower is a WT51. There is only one place to put the rotator where the manufacturer placed welded rests for the plate, about 3 feet down from the top. Big, burly bearing at the top plate. This would b
Homing the elements only retracts the conductive ribbon. The fiberglass element tubes are fixed length, so the wind load does not change. The weight distribution probably changes only minimally. I'm
Don, Thanks for the offer of a photo, please do. I'm very curious about what you've done. -- Art Greenberg WA2LLN art@artg.tv _______________________________________________ _________________________
Grant, I'm curious about this. Some questions: - How did you drill the hole for the mast? - How much oversize? I imagine its not very critical, is that true? - Is any particular color better with re
I am working on the layout for my tower lightning ground system. I have on hand about 275 feet of #2 bare solid copper. I also have 17 8-foot ground rods. I've read that lightning protection "radials
Just drill away and use a good quality caulk to seal around the outside. If the block is solid or concrete filled, getting the cables through a drilled hole is easy. If not, use a wood dowel and some
Like this? https://www.mcmaster.com/eyebolts/machine-screw-style-hangers/ -- Art Greenberg WA2LLN art@artg.tv _______________________________________________ _________________________________________
Al, I have a (much) smaller cousin of the DX-70, the WT-51. The tilt fixtures are the same design. The WT-51 does tilt well past horizontal. I have taken advantage of that capability. I installed the
With the tilt fixture. The "hinge" is 8 feet up. The WT-51 (at least mine and others I've seen) is designed to tilt over from the base planted in the concrete, like _most_ other crank-ups. Was curiou
Here is one way, there are probably others. 1. The turnbuckle is opened up all the way. The free end of the guy wire is passed through the eye of the turnbuckle but not connected. 2. The tension gau
The Ambient Weather Falcon and its family of accessory sensors use 915MHz. I have a Falcon and I'm not entirely happy with it, so I'm not recommending it. I only mention it as "proof of existence", w