I had a Crank up tower(54 ft) for a while and I did not trust the thing for climbing. I put the blocks in that you guys are talking about but just the smallest slip can be disastrous to your fingers
I have been using the method that Jim mentions and it works very well and I can work almost the entire 80 meter band. Bill W5VX of the band. There's an easy method to obtain a broadband match using t
Mike, What kind of 40 M beam? Full sized, Cushcraft shorty forty...makes a difference what the weight and surface area are as to whether Rohn 25 will handle it or not. Bill W5VX Problem: I have a Roh
I have installed the linear loaded F12 40 M antenna. Tried to keep it up for a couple of years before trashing it and buying the CC XM240. No amount of work seemed be enough to keep the F12 antenna u
Dave I guess that it is all a matter of antennas and situations. I put up a XM240 at about 133 feet above a Force 12 C3E at 120 feet or about 13 feet apart. The interaction between the two was fairly
I had a lot of trouble with the 155 and 105 Hygain antennas. The tips of the elements kept vibrating and breaking off. I put rope in the antenna elements and it looked real funny with the tip broken
I think that anemometers are an interesting topic but it appears this one has been beat to death and I'm not sure why this is even a topic for TT. Is it because it is attached to a ham radio tower? I
Jorge, I have an XM240 and I checked to see the swr, it is set for the CW portion. I have had it up and down a couple of times for lightning strikes and at one time used the "MID" measurements and fo
I used a Sterba curtain one time at W5SZ's house for a contest. There were actually three set in a triangle for 160 meters. Was a pretty big antenna but it sure worked nice. I don't think I have used
Oops, I meant to say Bobtail Curtains not Sterba Curtains. Sorry Bill W5VX I used a Sterba curtain one time at W5SZ's house for a contest. There were actually three set in a triangle for 160 meters.
I agree with John. We have no idea what the parameter for his tower installation are. A 100 foot crank over tower is a prodigiously expensive setup. It is real nice but a guyed tower is fine (particu
Herb, Joe is exactly right. I have used quads extensively. I have had two different 2 element quads and one 4 element quads. I will grant you that they may hear a little better but they are WAY TOO M
I tend to agree. It has been my antenna of choice for the past 15 years. I currently have a C3E (with the extra element on 10) and it works real nice. We do multiop with this antenna our only one for
Listen to what Steve and Joe are saying, they are consistently right about antennas. ...or read the book "HF Tribander Performance" by K7LXC and N0AX. There are any number of antennas that are availa
I am completely in agreement. My e-mail box for TowerTalk has devolved into one man's vendetta against M2. I have no idea whether he has a good reason for this vendetta but I personally have heard en
I used Microsoft Internet Explorer and never have the problem with TowerTalk. The only thing that I may do differently is that I have created a TowerTalk folder in the Inbox folder. Any e-mail with T
I am not sure what the problem with Microsoft Outlook. I have been using it for years and have had no problems with it. I use Time Warner (Road Runner) for my provider. Perhaps the problem is not Out
Back in 2001 I spent a great deal of time learning from all you guys regarding putting up a guyed tower. It was a huge help. One thing that I didn't see or missed was something to put on the guy wire
Herb is exactly right. Just get you some pop rivets and put them on the elements. It is really hot here in south Texas and I have had more than one of those clamps that you mentioned break in the hea
I agree. I live 1/4 mile from two big hospitals and I get all kinds of garbage. I can't imagine trying to trace that kind of thing down. You might consider if they have MRI machines with 8877s in the