I have six of them in use and one in storage. I bought mine directly from Carl Anderson at TIC General. 1-800-TIC-RING. John - KK9A Hi, Any sources of ring rotators appreciated? Unless I missed it I
I'm not sure if these antennas are already installed or if this is just in the planning stages. If you're planning, I'd just purchase two C-4XL's or two C-3's and add a 40m beam. You also need to be
I'm guessing that the earth was already disturbed from installing the 9 ft square x 1 1/2 ft. thick footing that the manufacture (AN Wireless) recommends. John KK9A ties, etc. and plywood for the for
It's probably OK now to install your antennas and crank it up. US Tower recommended four weeks for the base for my 55' crank-up. The tower arrived a week early at the shippers terminal. (I live in th
I think your money would be better spent purchasing a stronger tower. Before totally giving up on the MA tubular towers, I wonder if anyone h appens to have gotten an MA550 qualified for 90 mph with
I think you would have better results loading the antenna with a top hat. The hat can be a single wire going back toward the ground ( inverted L) or 3 or 4 shorter wires, similar to the way you would
The W6NL 40m Moxon is an interesting antenna. The gain is similar to my homebrew 2el fullsize beam, however its elements are much lighter and W6NL claims 125 mph wind survival. I wonder if anyone has
I am not at all familiar with the antenna you are referring to, however it sounds like you have modified it into a conventional style yagi. If the impedance really is 13 ohms and you are using a 4:1
John, W2GD / P40W is a very nice guy and a great contester. I am very saddened to hear this news. John has given me a lot of contesting advice over the years which I am sure has improved my scores an
There is a lot of leverage on elevated anchors and I would avoid using them unless really necessary. You could move the downhill anchor further away from the tower base to maintain the guy angle. I h
I concur. I use a LP-100 and have an alarm set should the antenna SWR get too high. It is a great meter. John KK9A Hi Charlie, Not sure what your budget is, but I've been very happy with my LP-100 fr
It's amazing that I have need seem two ring rotators that look the same. John A relatively recent production TIC 1122 that has some mechanical damage. There are some teeth broken in the big ring, and
You can also lay it flat on a milling machine, pick up the existing hole and then bore it larger. John KK9A Not TOO bad. Probably the easiest way (if an EVEN number of teeth is a set of soft jaws wit
I was curious what this antenna is and google cannot seem to find it. Are the poor reviews quality related or regarding performance? John KK9A To: <towertalk@contesting.com> Subject: [TowerTalk] Poor
What is wrong with the standard Rohn hardware? I had a Rohn 55g tower in Aruba 1/3 mile from the sea. Corrosion was a huge problem. Big grips lasted only three or four years, the tower was painted mu
Sure it has been done before. Telrex used to make a pole mount. I guess you would have to add spikes to climb the pole and find an installation crew to set it in the ground. If you had trouble gettin
That sounds as bad or worse than my BN-86 experience. John KK9A In the wayback, we called the product "Antenna Fuse" == fine 100 watts, but even a Heath SB-220 could fry them -- I know, hating climbi
It would probably be a waste of real-estate. I doubt that you would work many stations on Top band with a low horizontal antenna. John KK9A I am making an antenna to take along when I am camping. I'm