I've tested this on an inductance meter. It makes no difference. Neither does winding spacing. Sent Fromm my iPhone _______________________________________________ ___________________________________
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I use 4" French drain line surrounded by gravel to let the moisture out. I cannot imagine being able to slide coax 160 feet in 2 inch conduit. That would be tough. I've built 5 towers all in excess o
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What band and what type feed line? What antenna? You may need to shorten or lengthen the feed line to avoid an extreme low of high impedance point along the line. Running 40 meters on an 80 meter dip
You could also poke an eye out with a tool while up there. I had an article published on this as a pilot, but I'll try to keep it oriented to tower climbing, Something to think about when climbing! I
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I have a Pro 96 and used a TA36 and they both work great. Haven't melted under power and certainly do pull out stations clearly that cannot be heard on my wire antennas. I saw someone compare a Mo
Could it be that LMR400 wasn't available or too expensive way back when the Mosley manual was written? Sent from Outlook I had a similar setup (except mine was a PRO-57A) and had similar excellent r
I always put mine in 4" French drain pipe with the holes down and surround it with 2B driveway stone. I'm interested as well. I need to run a runs of LDF5-50a myself for the high bands and some lmr-6
Neighbor took his tower down http://m.wbtv.com/wbtv/db_346300/contentdetail.htm?contentguid=ShLsCmVC Sent from Outlook _______________________________________________ _______________________________
Absolutely it will fit Sent from Outlook Does anyone know if the Yaesu G-2800DXA rotator will fit inside a Rohn 25 tower/Thank you73 NR6M ex: KF7NMD Sincerely, Rex Turvin Vice President CADXA www.nr
In that case I change my answer. It requires a special proprietary adapter that you have to buy from Toro lawn mowers (don't ask) and then take to a welding shop. HIHI Wow! Something everyone can agr
My experience with m2 is the element rods being out of tolerance, easily bent, and then female N connectors snapping off readily on multiple products. Hello- I have been reading some of the comme
I have been nothing but disappointed with the electronics in mine too. Sent from Outlook I recently had an interesting issue with my HDX-589MDPL tower. I am posting my experience, hoping it saves so
I do this with 1/2 hardline runs. I wound a helix of steel rope around the bundle and let it take the weight and cinch on the cables all the way down. Lowering the 90 tower just causes the hardli
Why not just buy a 1/4" swagging tool? They sell the "swags" at Lowe's http://www.grainger.com/category/cable-swaging-tools/cutting-tools/hand-tool s/ecatalog/N-92c I have noticed some surface rust s
http://ncjweb.com/bonus-content/k3lcmaxgainradials.pdf Sent from Outlook Greetings all. We are in the process of doing a major remodel on our 50' X 117' city lot and our house fills the front 40% of
You can make this tower into a shunt fed vertical by dangling down a wire from a side arm and feeding the wire, bottom end insulated from ground, from the bottom. Then install a normal radial syst
It had no effect on that stuff when I did it. Sent from Outlook Mobile Curious as to how one manages all the rf induced into yagis, rotators, coax, control cables, etc when an antenna loaded tower