I tried to post this the other night, but it never showed up. I'm in the process of putting together the plans to put up a 60 foot Rohn 25 tower with two sets of Guys (As prescribed by the plans), wi
The guy "Posts" will be installed in a similar fashion to the tower, drill a 4 foot deep hole, put the steel post (Probably somehwere on the order of a 3 inch reinforced thick wall steel 12 feet long
I'm hanging a Van Gorden All Bander this weekend and was wondering what the minimum practicable distance from metal I need to keep the 450 Ohm Ladder line away. In order to get it on my lot, I pretty
Ok, so I have a 50 foot mast pushed up to about 35 feet and guyed near the top. I'm thinking about adding a second set of guys (And replacing the other set) with some small phillystran to set up as a
What I don't understand... Yes.. Legally.. He can have it... Obviously, it's an issue of an HOA, and not a land use restriction. Most HOA's have lawyers. I have a good friend who was recently sued by
AMEN! I live in one of those older neighborhoods... Get this... I have a ham who lives down the street from me, whos 40 foot push up mast is literally in his front yard. You know why no one notices o
Well, I ran a search, put in my own address, and discovered that not only do they not have MY installation listed, but they don't have the hotel that is 3 blocks away (And one of the higher points in
Well.. Since we now know that any creature that breathes oxygen, will eventually die... I guess I'll start a public service website and charge $9.99 to tell them where they can go and not have to bre
Last weekend, at Hamcom, I was talking to one of the guys at Force 12, and he pretty much confirmed what you said. (My question was "Why 20 foot radials on 160Meters? How's that gonna work?" Where it
I am looking at putting a pair of 11 element antennas on 2M with the factory created stacking harness up on the new tower. My question is this... Both of these 11 Element antennas are on 12 Foot boom
Well.. I have an old 5BTV (Hustler) that I'm going to put up this weekend... It is spec'd for 1/4 wave radials on each band, telling me that I need to have 3 on each band... MY question... If I were
Ok, I like this idea and it makes the most sense. I just picked up 500 feet of 500 foot spool with the lengths cut to 60 feet. I'll just snake em anywhere I can, and then pin em down with some Lawn s
Ok, so I'm sure it's been asked before, but is there any real problem with using Category 5 cable to control a Ham IV? This is going to be about a 100 foot run (Thinking 90, but just being conservati
That is the best answer I've heard. Everyone seems to be in agreement, but that was the first explanation of why, other than "It's too small". Thanks, Dave, W5DMT using Category 5 >cable to control a
I'm planning to put up a Gap Voyager this weekend. Using a tilt over bast that will be mounted on the ground and most likely about 10 -20 Radials/Counterpoises. (It calls for 3, I know better) So, an
Anyone on the list here, live in Arlington, Texas and know what the city allows there? Several calls to the Code Enforcement folks have gone unanswered and unreturned. Thanks, Dave __________________
I'm trying to get more comfortable with EZNec, but honestly, I'm still hackin... Does anyone have a modeling file for a Force 12 40 Meter Vertical? (A vertical dipole that uses T bars to shorten the
I'd like to build a rotateable dipole for 40M.. Anyone got some great plans for such a beast? (I don't have the spare windload for a 2 Element beam) Dave _____________________________________________
I actually have NOTHING to speak of in the air. I've got the tower on the ground. (60 feet of Rohn 25 with a Missle top and a Ham IV Rotor) I'm thinking about going with either a C3 an A3S or somethi
Not only do I agree with John's assessment, I would encourage you to contact the ARRL Legal team and get them researching this issue. Might be time to take a trip downtown to the Federal Courts build