To the contrary. They link to the FCC tower data base. Ham installations will not show up unless you have tower(s) registered ie over 200 feet high, special exception etc. Not all "towers" are in the
Torque arms do the same function ie protecting the guys from tools etc. Easier than making up EHS and far easier to install. That "professionally installed" tower did have guy brackets and torque arm
Go to the K0XG web page. He has lots of stuff designed to do just what you want. Less expensive than I can fabricate the stuff myself. 73 bob de w9ge What is the preferred method to side mount a fixe
Jim: Phyllistran will abrade very easily. Even used as a tower guy you should keep it away from tree limbs etc. Good quality rope will do the trick nicely. The best way I know is to run a catenary li
As per the instruction sheet Phyllistran needs to be preloaded to attach the grip. Easiest way is to have a helper who wraps the free end around her waist and leans hard on it while you attah the gri
Is this a test? If you use a line flattner so you can cover the entire band with that dipole it ain't gonna care. Field strength measurements would be insignificantly different with either equal qual
Several come to mind. Buy out your neighbors and build a gate. Buy a shotgun and learn how to use it. Hire a 24 hour guard service. Hire the neighborhood kids to do some work and befriend them. Build
Bill: You are probably not a dx hound. Lowering the angle is EVERYTHING to many of us. I agree dipoles at less than 1/2 wave high are excellent for close in work and when the dx arrival angles are hi
I cannot speak for the entire world, but here on the right coast of the usa sometimes 160 signals do come in quite high at sunrise or sunset. Not every day but it does happen. Once in a while even on
Sometimes the english language confounds us. In your anaylsis and defense you said "anything but straight up", "majority....straight up". It is either one or the other, can't be both. It is not the i
We listened all night long Rick N6RK And there in lies the problem. You started too late-- at night and quit too early ie before sunrise. That dipole might have run the pants off the vertical an hour
Per my dictionary: Radio: 1. The wireless transmission through space of electromagnetic waves in the approximate frequency range from 10 kilohertz to 300,000 megahertz. 2. Communication of audible si
Did you try a US Tower dealer? 73 bob de w9ge _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing list TowerTalk@contesting.com http://li
Chris: Rule of thumb is 1/3 of the mast inside the tower...it is a rule you should follow. Rohn TB3 thrust bearings will last a very long time if you DONOT lubricate them. If you do, then expect fail
Keith: Using TLW, 7/8 Andrew hardline is the SMALLEST that has less than 1 db loss over the length That has always been my rule of thumb ie no more than 1 db loss in feedline at highest frequency of
There are many good commercial yagi's on the market. M2, Optibeam, Cushcraft, C3I, to name a few. Where do you live? How much ice load to you anticipate? What are you going to use it for...i/e hittin
Run HFTA. You will be amazed to see that the little one at 35 feet will be MUCH better to some areas of the world at times. Here on the east coast there are times when the 40 footer will be 8-10 db b
Consiider yourself lucky. Aluminum fence wire in contact with earth here lasts about 6 months then disappears. YMMV indeed! 73 bob de w9ge _______________________________________________ ____________
Steve: I hope you did not make that fatal mistake with BX towers and have it hot dipped. Amazing how quickly those little aluminum rivets melt in the tank. 73 bob de w9ge ____________________________