Gary, I have used a KLM 40M relatable dipole about 8 feet above my WARC beam for years with no ill effects. It is mounted parallel to the WARC antenna boom. It works with 328 currently confirmed. It
John, It might be worthwhile to talk to a friendly attorney. Since your tower was there before the incorporation, there might be such a thing as "grandfathering". I'm not a lawyer, so this is not leg
Jeff, I lost three of these insulators on two of the single element version. They cracked and dropped an element half each time(Not good). On the advice of my good friend N5AR, replaced mine with a 1
Just acquired a couple of these baluns for use in a stack of an A3WS over an A4WS on my LM354 tower. Am using a 2" mast. This is third time tower has been installed and second time with these antenna
Jake, My KT34XA from the 80's used a boom truss. 73 Don K5AQ _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing list TowerTalk@contestin
Peter, I share your caution about semiconductor reliability, perhaps tinged by my experience at Bell Labs and Texas Instruments, stretching from 1953 to 1995. 73 Don K5AQ ____________________________
Bob, Try Karl Tashjian at www.tashtowers.com . I have had good luck dealing with him over the years. 73 Don K5AQ _______________________________________________ ______________________________________
Bernard, In contrast to your experience with Tashjian, mine was just the opposite. I have bought replacement cables for my LM354 and a replacement fold-over winch. Several times I talked to Karl who
I and several others on this reflector have tried the MFJ grid dip adapters with miserable results. Mine are gathering dust. 73 Don K5AQ _______________________________________________ ______________
Works Dick, been using that scheme for years. OK as long as you know the color code! Us OTers have a head start. 73 Don K5AQ _______________________________________________ __________________________
Glen, Keep trying Karl on the phone. He is great that way but not very responsive on email. Overall, I have been very pleased with his help. 73 Don K5AQ ______________________________________________
Try Radio Shack. Part Number 272-1118. 73 Don K5AQ _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing list TowerTalk@contesting.com http
Use your tower with gamma or omega matches on 80/160. Works best with a self-supporting one, but lots of operators use insulated guys. I made my 160 DXCC with an LM354 loaded that way on an 80x120 lo
Gary, Page 36 of The ARRL Antenna Compendium, Volume 2, has an article describing this type of antenna. It uses three drop wires and skirts. I have used my LM354 with three drop wires for 75,80 and 1
Dennis, For what it's worth, I used Dan's method to replace the cables on my LM354. Used cables from Tashjian. Did it vertically with my XYL as helper(proper hard hat!). Been working fine for five ye
Bill, The LM470 and the LM354 both have the same top section. I have had a T2X in my 354 for all its life. Fitting it in requires a special mounting plate to clear the side braces. It has spacers to
Terry, I ordered my new winch and cable from Tashjian. Got good service and the XYL and I recabled it in the upright position with no problems. Karl was quite helpful with my questions. 73 Don K5AQ _
Rag, For many years the ARRL Antenna Book has had designs for wire log periodic arrays for single band 3.5 and 7 mHz. These are in inverted-V configuration These should be scalable to higher bands. 7
My favorite is an old Japanese multiwatt(out in the shop and too far to check exact wattage!) iron. Made for the 100V used over there. Gets real hot, real fast here. 73 Don K5AQ _____________________
Mike, I have no first-hand experience with Luso, but they were selling towers in Japan in the 70's and 80's when I used to travel over there, so there is some history with them. 73 Don K5AQ 9V1SH 7J1