The following is a summary I posted regarding this subject a year ago. It may post more questions than it answers, but it should give you place to start. Good luck. -- I recently asked the Reflector'
Thanks, Mike. I wasn't aware of that. Also, the RCS-4 sends DC up the center conductor of the common coax, which makes lightning protection more difficult. The RCS-8 uses a separate control cable whi
Hi, Brian. I applaud your choice of a TH-6 stacked with a 40-2CD on top. For a variation on that theme, you can check http://www.qsl.net/w6old/antenna.html for photos of the antenna party where we st
As the owner of the owl in question, I can say for a fact it does NOT work on ALL birds! Since the tower has never been up without the owl, I don't know if there would be more birds on it without it
Use blue locktite to prevent galling and binding like that. This is especially true when using all-stainless steel hardware. There was an excellent article posted here quite recently by Kurt Andress
I don't have a Trylon tower, but I had to bond a 2/0 ground wire to my US Tower base. I used a 2"-square piece of 1/8" copper and drilled two holes in it: a 1" hole to go over the J-bolt and a 1/4" h
I have a similar need in the near future. I have been assuming I will have to dig a 18-24 inch trench to get the coax below the frost level. Is this a valid concern or should I be able to get away wi
This was a decision process I had to also go through when I installed my tower-mounted Ameritron switch. The problem then becomes how to ensure that lightning doesn't follow the control cable down in
Lots of questions to ask first: What kind of tower? Material? Dimensions? Section length? What is going on it? Wind loading? Boom lengths? Mast length? Rotor? Where do you live? County wind specs? Wh
I believe they went out of business several months ago. 73, Dick -- Dick Flanagan W6OLD CFII Minden, Nevada DM09db (South of Reno) Visit http://www.qsl.net/cvrc/ -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.
Unfortunately, there is a major limitation in the archive search engine. It can only search on message Subject, not message text. It is common for a thread to drift onto other topics, yet retain the
I'm always amazed when lightning that has just bridged a one-mile air gap can be stopped cold by a mayonase jar. :^) 73, Dick -- Dick Flanagan W6OLD CFII Minden, Nevada DM09db (South of Reno) Visit
Hi, Ron. Do you know if you stopped loosing LNAs because lightning strikes were prevented or if because those strikes had their curent channeled through the "fuzzy brushes" and away from the LNAs? oo
Hi, Larry. I bought an eight foot bubble level from Sears. First I carefully plumb the mast and then one of the elements. From that point, I simply eye-ball the remeining elements to the plumbed one.
You won't know what kind of truck until it arrives, but in my case it was an enclosed trailer. I had a friend with a tractor that had two forks he could attach to the bucket. Another friend arranged
Some of you may have already seen a preview of some of these pictures, but I finally put them (and some new ones) together into four web pages chronicling our recent antenna party. The pages start at
I received over a dozen helpfull and knowledgable responses, but only one actually came close to identifying the culpret. Dave Hachadorian, K6LL, asked a very basic question: Are you using one of tho
No broadcast stations, but definite erroneous readings on both 12 and 40 meters. Subsequent tests with two different SWR bridges has shown the stack to have well behaved with actually better-than-boo
This was still true eighteen months ago when I got the building permit for my tower (http://www.qsl.net/w6old/antenna.html). They are still interested in ensuring safe construction practices, hence t
I called Gaylan this morning. Mine should be enroute as we speak! :) 73, Dick -- Dick Flanagan W6OLD CFII Minden, Nevada DM09db (South of Reno) Visit http://www.qsl.net/cvrc/ -- FAQ on WWW: http://ww