All, I also am not a telecommunications lawyer but wanted to share some limited experience. I retired from a law enforcement agency and recall when a contractor knocked down our 170 ft tower. Along c
I was fortunate enough to just acquire one of these towers. It was taken apart-cabling,nuts,bolts, motor etc. and the previous owner decided to moved rather than put it back together. Is anyone on TT
Ray, This one does not have the remote kit so I am wondering given the age when they were built if they were just raised and lowered without any limit switches? Cabling diagram and whatever else you
Clay, Reference the building dept issue you might want to start by looking up your local ordinances that deal with building regulation and see what language they use. Some years back the municipality
Great Point Steve-I have an old pre-MFJ HyGain 205BA that I used for years. The instruction book for it states that it has 9.4 dbd of gain. Realistically I think modeling shows it to be around 6dbd o
John, It can be accomplished either with a balun or 1/4 wave matching sections as mentioned earlier. I have used both the 3 and the 5 band Lightning Bolt quads. The triband model was easily fed with
At one time AN Wireless had them on their site. Not sure if they still do or not. Steve WD8NPL Interesting! Where do you get one of those? Hans - N2JFS The slickest thing I've ever seen is a cable st
Mike, Some oldtimers used to say to just put your belt on and use a painters mitt and paint-not particularly pretty (the tower or you) but it does work. Only other option might be to paint the tower
Agreed.. Yeah, at this point, it is getting ridiculous. Who wants to be against this proposition: Those arguing about 1.32 per connector and less probably own at least one HF rig that cost between 20
This is and always has been an area where antenna manufacturers wildly over rate their gain figures. I have a pre-MFJ 205BAS which HyGain rated at 9.4dbd. The more accurate forward gain is just over
Keith, As Jim pointed out you do not mention how long the run from the base of the tower to the shack is. If it is another 100' or better one option may be to put the repeater in a doghouse at the ba
What do you suppose hams did before computers and test ranges? All they had was their knowledge, their antennas, and their radios. In 1925 Loren Windom 8GZ worked Australia with just over 1/2 a watt.
John, You just beat me to the punch...I would also like to hear any input on the TH-11 if anyone has or has had one up. I have one in my barn hopefully going up as soon as things dry out a bit. I was
Hi Joe, If you can find one around a used Hygain TH6DXX is a good choice-not overly big and will most certainly compete favorably with others in its class. Going price is usually aruond $200.00 and p
One thing I have not seen in the posts is using ScotchKote over a couple wraps of Scotch 33 tape. The Skotchkote will seal the connection 100% and is available at most electrical supply houses. If yo
I think there are some differing opinions expressed here: www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/04/11/ohio-earthquakes www.rt.com/usa/fracking-ohio-quake-earth-165 73, Steve, WD8NPL Earthquakes are not caused
Those websites just regurgitated what was on a number of sites here in Ohio.Funny thing is for all the tremors that took place in a short time there were no more reports after the ban. 73, Steve, WD8
I just installed an XM-240 10 above a HyGain TH-11 and 3 under a Diamond X-50 2m vertical. This is all on top of a 71 tower. I cannot get a dip anywhere in the 40 meter band. We did not have a chance
I just installed an XM-240 10 above a HyGain TH-11 and 3 under a Diamond X-50 2m vertical. This is all on top of a 71 tower. I cannot get a dip anywhere in the 40 meter band. We did not have a chance