Years ago I heard W0UN's presentation at Dayton where he claimed that when a thunderstorm would move over his multi-tower setup in Colorado that the lightning would actually stop until the storm fron
I removed the short aluminum tubes and replaced with longer (I think inch36 inch) steel ones. In anticipation of running high power I replaced the shelves at the top of the tower section with replace
moderated status? It is possible to "right click" on an email to open an action box, right click on properties, right click on the details tab of the newly opened box, then right click on the "messag
Use their crimps for everything from RG-174 to 9913F. BNC and UHF here but of course they sell others too. _______________________________________________ ____________________________________________
Very interesting. Would probably have to use fairly heavy wire for larger tubing and split outer tubing on joint might be needed. Their video just shows use on plastic tubing of some type. __________
I have been using a cheap 12V winch that I bought at HF 7 or 8 years ago. The last few years I had very little time to use it which led to the only problem I ever had. The HG54HD is left in the fully
Aligned with boom gives less interaction, but then you have to remember that you are 90 degrees off on 40. _______________________________________________ ____________________________________________
The reflector strips attachments unfortunately. I too remember a description and drawing of an antenna fed across a coil something like that. Can't recall if it was a dipole or the driven element of
Has anyone tried this combination? DX Engineering sells a kit to add a 3 element passive driven yagi to the boom of an HF yagi. Their literature as well as W1ZR's refer to using it with a conventiona
And they are pretty light weight towers. Look close, the diagonals are tubing and the whole thing is bolted together. Designed to be guyed at the top of all 3 sections. Maybe for very temporary use w
The tops of all three sections have guy points. Every temporary cell site tower I have ever seen were all guyed at the top if each section. Yes, most ham type crank ups are not designed for guying th
Yes, I think some of it is "make sure the tower falls in a heap", upon close inspection the towers seem to be pretty light construction. Bracing diagonals are tubing and bolted together. Might be OK
I have only ever filled one of those. I got mine from a pharmacy that did veterinary supplies. Basically the same thing as sold for human consumption, but sold in gallon can. Might try a local veteri
Maybe he was just commenting on what would have happened if Phil had NOT been at the tower when raising it. _______________________________________________ ___________________________________________
I always put a little flux on the center conductor before I crimp it, then solder. _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ TowerTalk mailing li
Experimenting can give you an antenna that works well, modelling can tell you why (and even how to improve it). Jim Rhodes K0XU _______________________________________________ _______________________
When I had a HyGain HG54HD which is a 3 section tower I had coax arms on each section and only one run of coax to the top. 9913F7 if I remember correctly. Before I put the bottom connector on the coa
That is what I have heard. They have a database they want to keep everything in so that the crop dusters just have to download the appropriate area map and everything will show on the cockpit compute
When I am told by "internet experts" that the way I am doing something is not the "correct way" to do something, I just delete the message. I know what I am doing works and I do not feel that I am ob