Does anyone have any of the accessories for the AB-155 masts systems that Fair Radio was selling last year? Yes, I have already called Fair Radio, and they no longer have any of the items. I have acq
OK, here is the results of my investigation today. First, the blue coloring of tie wraps (note - the industry calls these ?cable ties?) are nothing special. We also get them in other colors, such as,
I found mine at the local Home Depot. 73, Henry Pollock - K4TMC Raleigh, NC -- FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/towertalkfaq.html Submissions: towertalk@contesting.com Administrative requests: t
Just picked up the latest CQ Contest magazine at the PO box this morning and noticed a full page ad indicating that Force 12 is now the exclusive manufacturer and dealer for Tri-Ex Amateur Towers. Ch
Then there is the military surplus route. Check out the following web page, http://home.att.net/~surplusben/prod01.htm. These are the AB-577s which can go up to 75 ft. 73, Henry Pollock - K4TMC Ralei
I'm in the process of trimming some 75 ohm CATV coax for use with my 50 ohm system. I need a 50 ohm load at the end of the coax to use with my MFJ-207 analyzer. Are the carbon film and metal film res
Before I post this on some of the "for sale" sites/reflectors, I decided to make it available to TowerTalkies first. I have had this used hinged base plate laying around the garage waiting for a towe
In my search for military masts AB-621 and AB-577, I have been notified of the availability of some AB-952 masts. Does anyone know anything about the 952 masts? They are part of the AN/GRC-103 transp
I have some 75 ohm RG11 that I want to use below 30 MHz; however, the braid wires are aluminum. I had hoped to use standard PL259s, but have not had any experience with trying to solder aluminum wire
There is a review of the Wizard 2 Propagation Software in the Nov/Dec issue of NCJ. 73, Henry Pollock - K4TMC Raleigh, NC On Mon, 2 Nov 1998 01:36:44 -0500 "Dick Green" <dick.green@valley.net> writes
Before I plunk down my hard-saved cash from my ham radio fund (BTW, a non-profit fund, contributions are welcome :-) ) for a AB-577, I thought I would make an appeal for anyone that has a AB-621 that
Dear TowerTalkians, I have just come across several hunderd feet of some 1/2 inch coax that I can not identify. Your help is needed. The outside jacket is a single layer of black plastic(?) that snug
Ken, I think the USIA (in other words - VOA) antennas that Tom is referring to are known as broadband dipole curtain arrays. Two well known antenna engineering books have chapters with specific infor
Anyone know what is going on with the CQ-Contest reflector? I had not received any messages for several days, so when I got back to the office today from a business trip, I checked the archives on th
For those not wanting to spring for the $9.95 for the Communications Quarterly issue with this antenna design information; there are other sources for a similar design. Check out the item titled "OWA
Now this is really weird. Sunday's Fox Network's episode of the "X Files" involved trees and roots that killed people. What a coincidence. Plus, wasn't there a full moon sometime over the weekend? Ho
When I'm not contesting or playing with antennas, usually in the summer when it's too hot, I do a lot of saltwater fishing. So, last night, sitting in a motel room (on business trip) while reading ab
Received a nice catalog in the mail with all of the other holiday catalogs. This one, from Duluth Trading Co., St. Paul, MN, has some really neat items for storing and organizing all of your tower/an
I had been thinking about this array since I saw it on the cover of CQ, and was wondering what it would look like on ELNEC. So after seeing some of the postings here on the refelctor, I spent some ti