I must concur totally with these remarks! I have 100ft of Rohn 45G with the remote switch located at the 20 ft level, as I run elevated wires 250 ft to this tower, with tag-lines. Any coax losses at
At 08:07 PM 10/14/03 +0000, Dave Hachadorian wrote: Dave When I had my KT34XA, this was a constant problem here in Iowa. I covered those phasing bars with heat-shrink and never had the problem of the
At 07:39 PM 12/18/03 +0000, kb9cry@comcast.net wrote: Thanks for the photos and information about the installation, Phil! Very impressive. Looks like you had fewer problems then I did getting my 5el
At 10:40 PM 3/2/04 -0500, you wrote: I have a very similar situation here in the corn fields of Western Iowa, although I opted to bury my guy anchors quite alot deeper. In fact, I called the rural el
At 05:51 PM 4/30/04 -0400, K8fu@aol.com wrote: Wow! I have always taken for granted the fact that ground rods go in easily in the corn fields of Western Iowa, and never gave it much thought. The well
On Sun, 02 May 2004 00:14:18 -0700, Bill wrote: Part of what you say is true, Bill. I have been raising parrots for 20 years and while the overheated Teflon pans have not proven toxic (so far) to hum
At 09:35 PM 5/30/04 +0000, epetek1@att.net wrote: As Per Norm's Rotor Service FAQ below: http://www.rotorservice.com/faqs.htm#What%20is%20the 3. What is the difference in the Ham series of rotors? Th
At 08:33 PM 6/25/04 -0400, Tom Rauch wrote: I beg to differ! I was used to HyGain antennas made in Lincoln for most of my life and was a wee bit skeptical about buying an "MFJ" HyGain 4 element 6 met
Greetings Has anyone ever made a "ring rotor" similar to the TIC, where you can rotate an antenna that is mounted part way up a tower? I know you could rotate the entire tower but that is not an opti
At 12:24 PM 9/8/04 -0700, daniel hearn wrote: http://www.hy-gain.com/products.php?prodid=VB-66DX Chuck KØTVD I have aquired a 6 el 6m yagi with no information on it. I believe it is a Hygain p
The Telrex VHF beams were VERY well built and lasted many, many years, unlike their HF Monobanders and Tri-Banders. I had a 6el 6 meter Telrex on a 24ft boom that was up for over 25 years and another
Hi Tom! Yes, I realize the difference between Telrex and Telex. Due to my location, I have visited the old HyGain/Telex plant in Lincoln, Nebraska, on several occasions. Never made it up to New Jerse
Yes Dave, *I* was one of those idiots who attempted using an HDBX48 tower to hold up a KT34XA and a 14 element 2 meter beam atop that!! Unfortunately, I can no longer find any of the photos of that d
OK. Here are the dirty details, as I remember them from 7-9 years ago.... Put up the HDBX48 in 1993 with a huge concrete base. I am in Western Iowa and out in the middle of 10,000 acres of corn field
This brings up a haunting question that I have had for a long time.... Can an HF SWR/Power meter be used on 50Mhz accurately????? Just what is the difference between... say... the Mirage MP-1 HF mete
I was not quite as lucky. Here in rural Iowa, the winds constantly twisted my HDBX-48 with my KT34XA atop. I replaced the two top sections because of rivet failure and moved the rotor WAY down in the
I have a 2.4Ghz dish on my tower at the 30ft level. It's one of the BBQ-like grill dishes, as my ISP tower is about 20 miles away and I need all the gain I can get. I have unshielded CAP-5 wire runni
Check out this link at Norm's Rotor Service http://www.rotorservice.com/serv3%20identify.htm Chuck KØTVD _______________________________________________ _______________________________________
Bill It's pretty hard to beat the HyGain 204BA. Good gain, low windloading and a top performer. Chuck KØTVD _______________________________________________ ____________________________________
While I was in the local (Omaha, NE) Home Depot the other day, I decided to price some of their wire. 500ft of #14 was $39.99 while RG-6/U was $.06 a foot. Let's see...500ft X $.06 = $30.00 so using