Hello I currently have a modest tower (40') with 10' of 2" dia. hi-tensile mast and a 4 el 10m monobander mounted at 48'. I have two cross arms at 39' for hanging wire antennas. I currently have a 75
Hello I currently have a modest tower (40') with 10' of 2" dia. hi-tensile mast and a 4 el 10m monobander mounted at 48'. I have two cross arms at 39' for hanging wire antennas. I currently have a 75
After reading this and a little more thought.....has anyone tried using two baloons with a dipole strung between them? Use two anchor lines on each baloon pulling away from the other baloon in an X p
When I sterted getting permit applications to put up my small 40 to 50' tower I learned of our city ordinance which said that antennas and antenna supports fall under accessory structures and have a
I'm not totally sure about this but there is a uhmw we use in our materials handling chutes that is supposed to be uv stabalized. Its called "TYVAR 88". There are several grades of TYVAR but the 88 i
Author: Jerry Connelly" <jerryc@clinchrivercorp.com (Jerry Connelly)
Date: Mon, 23 Dec 2002 09:57:54 -0500
Engage brain, save your life??? How much is your life worth? Mine is worth enough that I would think twice about using just anything (even for a safety line). My tower is short (only 40') but most of
Author: Jerry Connelly" <jerryc@clinchrivercorp.com (Jerry Connelly)
Date: Wed, 7 Aug 2002 17:51:46 -0400
Don I am the first to admit that I am not an expert, but I understand that the ground system's first jobs are to provide a ground reference for rf and to eliminate static charge buildup that could at
Author: Jerry Connelly" <jerryc@clinchrivercorp.com (Jerry Connelly)
Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2002 08:02:28 -0400
Hello all Sorry if this is the wrong place to post this but you guys seem to know just about everything (even if you don't allways agree). I finally came up with enough spare funds to upgrade my mobi
Author: Jerry Connelly" <jerryc@clinchrivercorp.com (Jerry Connelly)
Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2002 09:55:06 -0400
Thanks and sorry about the wrong reflector for this. My old vehicle was a 97 Jeep Cherokee. Just replaced it with a 99. Both are company lease vehicles so I have to be careful what I do to them for p
Three years ago I had a nearby strike come in on the power lines. The only damage was my computer's power supply (or so I thought). Over the next month the rest of the damage showed itself. My radio
Hello all After a long drawn out process I have received permission from the adjacent property owner to allow me to install one or more wire antennas over an unused abandoned parking area. The area i
Thanks to all that took time to pass on their opinions and experience. I am one of those who plans something so much I sometimes fail to get past the planning stage but hopefully this time will be di
Hello all I finally got my 80m loop up yesterday. I used the ARRL antenna handbook's "loop skywire" design. Wire is 272' for resonance at 3.7 mhz and fed with 450 ohm ladderline about 1' off a corner
Hello all Thanks for the good replies. I finally have most of the questions answered. I tried adding about 5 feet of feedline (ladder line) and the swr went up on all bands. So I started trimming a l
Hello all I'm trying to get something up for 160m. I've been using my 80m loop and a tuner but its real hard to tune and not very effecient. Maby when I get my balanced tuner project done that won't
Thanks to everyone who gave their advice on my 160m question. I am still trying to digest it all and decide what to do. I will probably put up a 160m inverted L first and later (when I remove the cb
Thanks to everyone who gave their advice on my 160m question. I am still trying to digest it all and decide what to do. I will probably put up a 160m inverted L first and later (when I remove the cb
Hello to all. Better weather and a few hours of daylight before leaving for work this morning and I have a new 160m inverted L in the air but untried. It didn't go as planned and I need some advice,
Gene and the group An unexpexted trip to an Aunt's house to help her with something cut short my antenna testing last night. I did make about 3 contacts. All were somewhat close (less than 350 miles)
Tod I did download this info but haven't had a chance (gotta work) to digest the math yet. From first look it appears as though one would have to keep it low to the ground due to the maximum height a