Jim: The position of the rods isn't going to make a lot of difference in So the tower doesn't necessarily have to be concentric with the ground rods circling the tower? Is your tower on a foundation,
All: I came across a website that claimed it's better to use the hydraulic pressure from water hose to drive ground rods instead of pounding them into the ground. The idea is to prevent damage to the
All: Need some advise on getting the best performance out of a multi-band (80 through 20) wire antenna and tuner. My first option is the in-shack auto-tuner feeding a doublet with a short run of coax
Jim: Bottom line -- all band dipoles and OCF antennas are a very bad idea in today's world where RF trash is everywhere. I view them as an unnatural act. Yes, you can load a random dipole fed with hi
All: I decided to forgo the ladder line doublet and try a coax-fed fan dipole for 80, 60, 40 and 30 meters. I have two trees to work with (30 and 50 feet tall) so I can't spread the wires out in diff
All: I recently took apart my Yaesu G-1000 rotor that suffered mechanical damage to see which parts failed. I was surprised that it lasted several years spinning a 5 element 20 meter mono band Yagi a
All: A peculiar thing happened with my Yaesu 2800 rotor controller today. The rotor kept returning to it's preset position after turning it either clockwise or counter clockwise. It also moved very s
Tim: For what it's worth, I lost two G-1000 rotors to wind storms. My 5 element, 20 meter mono band Yagi and a 3 element SteppIR, which are mounted 12 feet apart on the same mast, were too much load
All: It appears that one of the motors on my 3 element SteppIR has failed. I noticed the SWR had shifted badly on several bands so I thought it might need recalibrating. During the calibration proces
All: Thanks for all the suggestions and informative replies regarding the SteppIR. Tony _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk maili
All: I recently replaced the Fulton K1550 winch on my U.S. Tower rasing fixture with a Fulton K2550. It was a direct swap so I didn't have to modify mounting plate. My only concern is that the wider
Hi Thomas: I was under the impression that the load on the cable windings developed grip around the spool to keep the cable from from pulling out of where it's bolted on the spool. So I guess the ide
All: I installed a Polyphaser rotator control line protector on my Yaesu G-2800 rotator and found that the rotor would not work. The rotor controller spun erratically when I changed heading and the r
All: I came across this video from Nott Ltd that describes how their static discharge arrays or "Porcupines" help disapate static electricity to prevent lightning strikes. https://www.youtube.com/wat
All: I've read the service life of copper-clad ground rods can last as much as 40 years depending on the type of soil they're in. Be that as it may, I found some corrosion on 4 copper-clad ground rod
*John:* Does corrosion make them not effective? John KK9A *That's a good question. ** ** **It's my understanding that the reason for copper plating a ground rod is to prevent the deterioration of the
All: I built an 80 meter doublet using W8JI's antenna length and feed line guidelines which appear in DX Engineering's documentation. http://static.dxengineering.com/global/images/chartsguides/c/choo
All: I need to assemble a bunch of connectors this weekend and was wondering which type / brand of solder the pros recommend? Thanks, Tony _______________________________________________ ____________
All: Davis RF Buryflex cable is a great product, but I'm finding it difficult to get the center conductor inside the connector pin without fraying the stranded wire. I'm using a coax prep tool and ke
All: Is there shrink tubing that will reliably shrink by a 4:1 ratio? I tried using some tubing I had on hand to cover several N-connector jumpers with LMR-240 cable. It worked fine on the connector,