Please describe the capacity hat you are considering. I have been talking with DX-Engineering about adding some top and/or bottom loading, and I am curious about your ideas. Thanks. == James - K8JHR
Greetings RS -- What did they the new models? How would we know if we found them? ;-) Happy trails. == K8JHR == == _______________________________________________ ____________________________________
Right, Rick. Many antenna manufacturers fail to adequately distinguish between inside and outside diameter. DX-Engineering sells a 43 foot monopole made of aluminum TUBING and it starts with a 2" OUT
Funny that is not what DX engineering said -- or what company that sold me the pipe! Anyway, the point remains you gotta pay attention to what it is you are using because not all metal hollowware is
Woah... that IS great opportunity. I take it you are going to inherit the LAND *and* and POLES... or just the Poles? Your post is not clear. But it may cost you like $200 - $500 per pole to have them
How high are they? What are they suspended from? What other stuff is nearby (trees, buildings, poles, metal stuff?) What type of coax are you using? Length ? What gauge wire are the elements? I think
I only made a dumb mistake once... I thought I was wrong... but I wasn't And if you are buying THAT ... Happy trails. == James -K8JHR == == _______________________________________________ ___________
Is there any reason one would not want to put protective devices at BOTH the tower AND the entry point? Unlike wearing belt and suspenders... it might be a good idea...? == K8JHR == == ______________
That is probably an accurate assessment about many installations. A very experienced and respected local ham has three towers, and one of them is not grounded in any other way than its base in the gr
I connect my disconnected cables to a ground buss, that is grounded three feet outside the shack. Bought it form The Wireman. Seemed like a good idea at the time. I did not want the disconnected cabl
Why just one antenna? Why just between the two towers? I would put up two inverted V dipoles, in different directions, plus a delta loop between them - or mix and match some of the suggestions you re
I would put up just such a dipole.... ON THE TOWER !!! A Tower with some wire hanging off it... you bet I would have a dipole.... on the tower. == K8JHR == == ________________________________________
Dan -- this one of the best messages I have seen in a long while.!!! Funny. ... but Serious. I had the same feeling many times practicing law... what would the client pay to have me just tell him wha
But that design is much harder to sell to the XYL.... and that outweighs the obvious cool factory you mention !! ;-) == JHR == == _______________________________________________ _____________________
No... silly.... it is a LADDER antenna and should be fed with LADDER LINE ..... ;-) Or call it a "co-linear, parallel bridged element dualpole"... or some such mumbo jumbo combination of neat soundin
Local fellers seem to admire the Palstar model... == K8JHR == I bought an Array Solutions AIM4170. _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ Towe
Hey.... All is not lost !! If you decide to keep the old standby... that means you have SAVED HUNDREDS of dollars.... which means you CAN BUY something else... some other little shack accessory... or
My car was made in Britain... Oxford, in fact, and it is a left hand drive.... how do you explain THAT? == Richards - K8JHR == == _______________________________________________ _____________________
Yes... we have probably worked this way too long... == Anonymous - K8JHR == Perhaps many can hold down the BS and divert to other sites. == _______________________________________________ ___________
Interesting, Jack. (really... this is a serious question.) What is the cost of doing it your way at the antenna? Thanks. == K8JHR == == _______________________________________________ _______________