IIRC, those towers were specifically designed for use with short boom Cubical Quads. Yagis presented way too much torque on the tower. Use it for the bottom of a 160 Meter vertical !! 73, Dick, W1KSZ
Looking at the picture of the worm gear, I was wondering if there was any engineering reason why the pivot point could not be higher up the tower. It would make getting at the antenna a lot easier. A
When I sold my place, I gave away the tower and had the protrusions above the concrete cut off with a torch. Then I stuck a $15 kettle barby on the concrete pier. No problem !! 73, Dick, W1KSZ ps: th
I just received a Hardcover copy of the 2012 ARRL Handbook that cost $41.98, shipped. I got it from Overstock.com. they may have similar deals on the Antenna Book. 73, Dick, W1KSZ ___________________
In HF's defense, I must say that their products are designed to a price and while not the "Cadillac" of the industry, it does do a job. I have a bench top drill press that gets used about once a mont
A friend is putting up an LM-470 and asked about grounding it. Who makes the Ground Kit for the tower ? I have a couple of DX Engineering PPC-UNI-KIT-2CT kits, will they do ? Also, what's the name of
There was a web site showing how to adapt an Electric Drill to the Tower Winch to eliminate the need for a Hand Crank. I thought I saved that reference but I cannot locate it. Can someone point me to
When I lived back East, I planted CatNip in several places out back. It attracted every Cat for miles. No more critter problems !! 73, Dick, W1KSZ _______________________________________________ ____
Out here in the Desert where I live (Vail, 20+ miles SSE of Tucson), there are many areas that are just chock full of CC&R's and HOA's. You can find places with "No Deed Restrictions", but one must d
I had a similar case. A House down the street was listed in MLS as "No Deed Restrictions". When I got the deed to review, it came with 19 pages of CC&R's. It makes no difference what the Realtor says
Sorry friend, but in the Lower 48, no one ..."dictates"... to you what you can do with your property. The Purchase of a House is a Contract, agreed to and signed by BOTH parties. If you sign away you
You will find that the piece of coax (shorting stub ??) length is critical. It took a couple of iterations before I got a reasonable match. The I bought a 5 el M2 beam and junked the thing !! 73, Dic
That's not the case here in the Tucson area. Both Power Companies have RFI specialists who will come out and track down any noise, even if it's not caused by them. A big improvement over what I exper
Garlic ???? HI HI 73, Dick, W1KSZ _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing list TowerTalk@contesting.com http://lists.contesti
Pinning the Mast to the Rotor using an Aluminum Rod (the softer stuff not 6061) has the similar effect as a Shear Pin. In extreme situations the pin "shears" and the Rotor Gears are unharmed. 73, Dic
Lots of it over on the "evil empire", but it's not cheap. Seems like replacing the coax every 10 years might be better. 73, Dick, W1KSZ _______________________________________________ _______________
Given that the vast majority of TV's are on Satellite or Cable, is their anything to gain by sticking a Low Pass Filter in the Transmission Line ? Back in the day, they were virtually mandatory, give
I can see my original question has caused this thread to drift a bit. However, I did get a feeling from the group as to their worth, so now to look at my situation and proceed accordingly. Thanks to
It was done in the case of satellite TV antennas, not the puny ones we have today, but the honkin' big C-Band ground mounted dishes. But, in that case the satellite TV cartel was also pushing it. 73,
A friend is putting up an LM-470. He has 4 Coax Arms, each of different lengths. Which way do they go ? The shortest on top or the longest ? Tnx, Dick, W1KSZ _________________________________________